I don’t think we tried a laser pointer specifically, but we tried flashlights with our Buster, and he couldn’t be bothered.
On the other hand, SHADOWS??? Now there was some good fun. He’d pounce on them with both paws, “catch” them, drag the paws toward him, then look confused that the prey hadn’t stayed “caught”. We took to calling him our “remote control kitty” because we could play with him from several feet away.
We actually used to have to keep the bathroom door closed at night even when we weren’t in there; it had a nightlight and he’d go in there at 2 AM and try to catch those pesky shadows.
:::thump:::
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:::pause::: (during which the cat was clearly thinking DAMMIT)
Update: her Whipped Cream Detector works just fine. I made my daughter some hot chocolate earlier this evening, with whipped cream, and Sapphire managed to find it and stick her face in it.
When one of our smarter cats starts staring at my hand, all I do is point the laser in such a way that the dot is in her line of sight, but the tip of the pointer itself isn’t. She will then follow the dot to the floor or wherever.
We have a couple of really pudgy ones in the bunch. They are my favorites to see lumbering after the dot. Reminds me of me when I was the fat kid playing sports.
As I’ve mention3ed many times on this Board, our cat Midnight wouldn’t chase the laser pointer at all. If you shone the dot in front of her, she looked back up to your hand holding the laser, as if to say “That’s you doing that.” And she wouldn’t move.
All of our current cats love it, though. Hestia goes insane over the pointer.
Sorry about that. That particular model year did not come with the Laserkitteh functionality pack factory-installed. You’ll have to find an after-market version and a mecatic to install it. Of course, this voids the warranty. Would you like to upgrade to the 2012 Catte 2.0?
Srsly, does anybody use the laser pointer for anything but pet toys? I’ve gone beyond pug bowling to actual cat bowling. My pug will knock over anything, even cats, in her pursuit of the DOT.
My Tasha and Beth used to love to chase the dot around…then again, they were easily amused…their favorite toy was the plastic ring off of a milk jug…they had about $200 of toys, between my parents and us overindulging them…the thing that held their attention the longest? A moth being in the house!!!
Dammit, I KNEW I should have gone for the extended warranty. She was sold to me as a refurbished model, someone had had her as a kitten and then returned her when she turned into an adult. Now I know why.
Meezercat 2000 is still functional in all other areas, though. We might need to look into getting her joints lubricated. And she doesn’t perform well at all in cold weather. Still, I’ve gotten attached to the old girl, and don’t want to trade her in for a newer model.
It’s not that, she probably loves it, but you don’t have to look far to find a cat who will do something just for the pleasure of being disagreeable to you
Update: my daughter was using the LP to play with the other three cats. She got the younger male to run around in tight circles, and managed to make him dizzy. His head was bobbling and he was staggering. Then she did it to the younger female, who bobbled and wobbled to a lesser extent. The older male enjoyed chasing the dot, but didn’t go after it so enthusiastically that he got dizzy.
