Brain Games for Cats #5 - Brain games with treats are a variation of them "hunting"
My boy cat Roo loves games. I think he lives for games and his morning cuddle. A day without is a bad day for him.
Cats are super sensory in everyway. Any change is a big experience for them. such as using tissue paper rather than printer or packaging kraft paper. The feel is different, the smell is different, the appearance is too. The same goes for changing out the boxes - each box has a different quality, smell and feel. We just see a box of a different size, for them it is a whole new world to explore.
I also vary the experience by using air-filled bubble wrap too, though never unsupervised.
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Brain games for cats #4 - Advanced cat games with homegrown non gmo cat grass
I only ever use thunder acres wheat grass cat grass seeds. 99% seed viability and a real non green thumb success rate. Soak seeds 24 hours (not more of they go bad). Place the seeds on top of some soil (miracle grow is great), add some rocks or stones to keep the platter heavy for the yanking and pulling your cat will do when it eats and chews on the grass and use a well-draining dollar tree cake pan like in my video, a cat-it cat grass element, or even repurposing bulk size plastic food produce containers (the kind you find at Costco with grapes or kiwi's in them) which already have the drainage holes you need. Put it in a hot sunny window, if covered then no real need to water, or use a spray bottle to mist. Seeds will come up in a week or so. Thunder Acres seeds will keep for about 4-6 weeks. Depending your cat's cat eating style you may or may not need to cut it down with some scissors.
I do NOT work for thunder acres, they just sell amazingly high quality seed and I always support honest sellers with awesome products.
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Brain games for cats #3 - Advanced cat games (one treat per brain game that he already knows)
I only do this series with brain games I know my boy has successfully accomplished and achieved. I usually put 4-5 treats in a new "game" as it encourages him to figure it out and be rewarded each time he gets it. He is most challenged with a new game. This time I use all his successful endeavors and only give him one treat per game.
He is very shy and pretty fearful of people so most people have never seen him. My mom is seeing him uncensored for the first time in these videos as he is with me in everyday life.
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Brain Games for Cats #2 - keep your smart hunter cats engaged with games (paper & box)
More brain games for my boy cat Roo. Keeps him engaged, interested, happy, satisfied and happy to see me and be a part of me. He KNOWS THAT i CREATE THESE FOR HIM. He will wait outside on the patio most mornings waiting to see what games I have for him. He keeps me on my toes.
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Brain Games for Cats #1 - keep your smart hunter cats engaged with games
My boy Roo is very bright. He needs a daily challenge and gets bored and frustrated easily. If he doesn't get stimulated both with play and a mental challenge for treats then he causes trouble. Trouble means that he will go beat up on my second cat Bear.
These games started some years ago when I bought a treat toy. It took a few days for him to get it then he knew what to do and how to get maximum payout asap. Then it got boring for him. I found another one and it was the same thing. So I started making games for him. He is extremely treat motivated, very bright and loves to wow me with his intelligence and dexterity. And above all he likes it too.
I once got a slow feeder for him, but he couldn't do it, not even after a week and he gave up. That wasn't good.
Each game has to be something that surprises him, challenges him, makes him work a bit more, but never impossible. Just enough, not too much. Big enough a challenge to matter, but small enough to manage.
subscribe to see more. They will be short. I will at some point share with you how I cook for my cats. it is easy and simple. Costs less, is healthier, mostly organic, human food grade and I add vitamins so they get everything. I originally started cooking for them because they were throwing up daily (both my cats) and I thought maybe it was the food even though I had great food for them. They went from throwing up daily to throwing up maybe once a month. and they stopped throwing up on a daily basis!... which was why I decided to start cooking for them.
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