Long story short—Rexie is 2 1/2 yrs, got him at 3 1/2—4wks, unweaned, of course; and I am Mommie.—Shirley
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How about trying to get him to exercise more? :)—Alison

Duh! That was the first thing tried. Unfortunately, exercising him turns out to exercise me more. I’m trying to get him hooked on catnip like everyone says, so he’ll play more, but he’s just never developed a ’smell’ for it!—Shirley

BG sorry that was a bit obvious ! I dont know your story. What have you tried so far? My cat doesn’t react to catnip but goes crazy for Valerian.—Alison

Alison, you mean valerian, like the stuff I use as a relaxant, and in stronger form, to curb muscle cramps? The smell of the stuff makes me hold my nose when I take it, so it would stand to reason that an animal would like it! Do you put it in toys or what? Surely they don’t eat it!

We play with all the little balls, sticks & string w/feathers, etc. Once he catches it, he puts his weight on it so I can’t get it back. (Literally, he will put both front paws on the feather or whatever, stare at you like, "this is mine"). Then he likes to chew on the connector between the feather and the string. He’s broken more of them than I can count.—Shirley

I’ve taken it too ; it’s taste absolutely foul. You can put a couple of drops in the cat’s water bowl of sprinkle a couple of drops on their bedding. I put some drops on Kim’s bedding as I didn’t want to put her of drinking the water. She didnt really react to it until I accidently got some on my hand and she sniffed it and started rolling around on her back etc. I decided to stick with the Feliway diffuser.—Alison

I’ll check that out, thanks. —Shirley

Alison, FYI, the valerian I take is in capsul form. It’s called Formula 303. Still stinks, but if you keep the bottle downwind when you open it, then hold your breath when popping them into your mouth and swallowing water, it’s not too bad!!—Shirley

That would be a better way to take it . I bought Dorwest Herbs’ veterinary organic valerian compound in liquid form for the pets and then read it was good for people so tried it . If I have to go to the dentist or doctors , I put some drops on my tongue.—Alison

Have you tried a laser pointer yet? —M.C.

I’ve wanted to get one, but my hubby is a little afraid it’ll hurt Rexie’s eyes if we accidentally flash it across them. Have you heard of any problems in that area?—Shirley

I think one can be careful. And I guess the toy laser pointers they sell to kids can’t be that dangerous. We’ve never had a problem because you usually move the dot on the floor away from the cat, and up the wall which is special fun!—M.C.

Indeed, why is it that the "red dot on the wall! red dot on the wall!" is the most intriiiguing thing. It seems that they can’t resist it if it goes up the wall.—Karen

I would like to see it as they see it. It certainly seems compelling! —Diane

I can attest to this--Nina almost gallops UP the wall in pursuit of the red dot greebling. She and her mother come to "full alert" the minute I so much as touch the toy. =o) It’s good for hours of entertainment, and you’ll lose interest before they will.—Shiral

Maybe he has never really learnt to play. If you have had him since he was soo little and he sees you as mummy he wouldent have learned the same hunting and playing skills as a normal cat. You need to get some great toys and teach him how to play, gonna take a lot of excercise and more time from you but when he gets the idea he should be able to do it himself!!—BC

You know, in a way that’s true. He does crouch and hunt, kind of. But when he plays with Jim, he’ll play like he’s going to attack (lurking around a corner, etc), but then he lets it go. I did fail miserably in the litter box area. He uses it faithully but doesn’t do a good job of covering the mess!

He’ll jump at a stick with string, (but lately, not as high - that’s probably the extra weight).

One of his favorite things to do, after he’s destroyed one of the stick/string things, is to use it as a battering ram. See this URL - The pix are about a year old, but you get the idea! <jumi-shirley-butler.com>—Shirley

Wow. I am many days late in getting to this thread (lotta junk ’round these parts lately, eh? ;) ) but I can’t believe how much darker he got with age! I have only had Jasper since August and he is around 14, so I don’t know what he looked like as a young spry guy, but I’m sure much lighter and boy do I wish I had some pictures of him from back then

:) <public.fotki.com>—kitkat

Awww! Classically beautiful face!!

Hugs,—CatNipped

Pam, Jaspar is gorgeous. I love his angular face. So exotic!

If you want to get sick of Rexie, check out his site. I make hubby sick that I take so many pix of my baby, but . . . . . . . ! <cards.webshots.com>—Shirley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ok how CUTE is this???

<webshots.com>—Karen

You neglected the kitten fever warning. :-)—Seanette