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Kate

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My cat Jack was playing with a ball of tinfoil, and managed to lose it. He started crying (apparently he really loved that tinfoil), so I came running and we searched for it. After a couple minutes I gave up and made a new one for him. 5 minutes later and he lost that one too. I can't figure out where they went - they can't have gotten too high, he was on the ground the whole time. And we don't have a lot of things on the floor that aren't furniture. Any ideas? Has this happened to anyone else? I don't really want to end up with a house full of wadded up tinfoil that we'll find when we move out in several years...

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Lisa

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I find a lot of cat toys get caught underneath the couch and recliner chair. Or wedge in between the stove and refrigerator.

catgirl

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Just make sure he didn't swallow it!

sinead

Ah, the case of the missing toys. We are constantly puzzled by the disappearance of cat toys. Here's where we've found them: under fridge, under stove(!), under couch (you probably already looked there, but I thought I'd mention) under ottoman, and in the magazine rack (the only way it could've gotten there was if it bounced off something). These are for the ones we found- many, many more are in the twilight zone.

Velma

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I remember moving out of a grad school apartment and discovering 21 lost "mousies"--my dear departed cat's favorite toy--in all sorts of peculiar places. Turns out the little guy liked to hide them for safe-keeping. I hope I keep a cleaner house these days!

Kate

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Oh, he didn't swallow it, they are way too big for him to fit into his mouth.

Update: I found one behind the toilet. I'm trying to capture a picture of him and the tinfoil, but the still shots just don't do it justice. He's been running after it and sliding around on the floor like crazy. It's great when we get our 12.5 year old cats to play like kittens!

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catgirl

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SOOOOOOOOOOO cute! My cat does this with crumpled-up tea bag wrappers. Then the dog chews them into oblivion.

chewyspaghetti

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My cat is constantly losing his toys! Usually they end up under furniture or appliances (stove, fridge, dishwasher). He loves little balls of paper of all kinds. At least they are easy to please

bella

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He's beautiful! I can't stand the thought of him crying after a lost tinfoil ball. Give him as many as he wants!

Elly

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Don't feel bad, we have repeatedly lost a stuffed dog toy in our house for months at a time (a kangaroo) that is our small dog's lovie. The bad part is that it is the size of a yorkie, if not bigger.

catgirl

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Elliy, isn't your dog a Yorkie? Is his toy bigger than him?

Aida

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My sister's kitty stashes all of his great finds; the last time I helped her move, we found a huge stash in a small corner filled with hair bands/clips, candy wrappers, a few mouse toys, and even some chapstick (!) that he'd hidden away. I can't get my 10 year+ cat to play with much of anything, but I like the foil ball idea! Going to give that a try Also, your kitty is beautiful!!

Elly

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Una-- one of my dogs (the little one) is a Yorkie cross. He is half Pomeranian and half Yorkie. The half breeds are usually bigger than purebreds, so he weighs about 15 pounds and is pretty robust for a little guy. The toy is just slightly smaller than him. We have a friend that has a purebred Yorkie and if he stands beside this toy you can't see him! But still, it is embarrassing to loose something that would weight between 7 and 10 pounds if it was alive! That is like loosing a newborn!

Anonymous

Jack is such a cutie!!!

Heather

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Aw, Jack is sooooo fluffy and cute. =) I bet you will find the other ball of foil under your pillow.

Maya

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I'm afraid this comes with the territory of pets. You'll find it when you're not looking for it.

FWIW my kitty's fishies often end up being kicked into the closet. There is a small gap under the door--just big enough for a wayward fishy.

Louise

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There is nothing like a scrunched up bit of tinfoil or a piece of string to get a cat in a frenzy. Tigger's not really into toys he just likes playing tag with the kitten! Marley has a pig, frog and mouse which originally had some sort of Australian catnip in them which he carries round in his mouth while yowling! We have a routine now, about 11pm he's starts up the yowling I have to call him and he troops upstairs with a toy in his mouth drops it on the bed and settles down to sleep. After a couple of days they all somehow make their way back downstairs and the ritual begins over!

Janet

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He's so cute! We haven't had cats, just dogs, in quite a few years, but my last cat, Worf, loved to play fetch and tinfoil balls were his favorite things. Although wadded up paper was fine with him too.

One morning I opened the front door to let him in the house (he was an indoor-outdoor cat), and on our front step was an enormous wad of heavy-duty tinfoil, we're talking 5" in diameter! I guess it came from someone's trash.

Another day I opened the front door to find a wadded up cigarette package. At least he was cleaning up the neighborhood!

Aunty

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I always check slipper and shoes. 2 of my babe's like putting bit's in them. I could not understand why my slippers hurt, then found a bit of twigg in there! Since then we have had mice plus worms. Yucky!!!

Diana

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When my good friend moved out of her house, she found a whole pile of her kitty's mouse toys under the fridge. Since they had already packed everything else up, the newly discovered mousies went into the trunk of their car, which was being shipped across the country along with all their stuff. Of course they forgot about the mousies once again, until they got their car back and opened their trunk to put something in!

Beth

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Aw, Louise:) Scooter, the Cat Of My Heart, used to do the same thing with a bit of heavy cotton cord. He'd start meowing and carry it, trailing between his legs, all the way up the stairs and present it to me, then snuggle up and go to sleep.

Our current kitties go wild for twist-ties and hair bands. We can't leave one alone for a second.

SW Ann

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OMG Kate, your cat is so cute!!! My cat, BK, kept losing his toys, then one day I saw him looking into a floor vase (about 15" high, large, sits on floor) and I looked in it. There were several little fur mice toys I thought he'd lost!! Now, I always check there when something is missing, in addition to the other aforementioned places. Our furbabies are quite resourceful at "hiding"!

Elly

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The shoe thing got me and I had to post again. When the little dog was a puppy he would hide chew toys in my mother's shoes (she wears a 11). Then one day we were looking for him and couldn't find him. Of course, until she went to put on her shoes. He was wedged down into a flat clog. He had hid dog cookies in the toe and then had gotten stuck trying to retrieve them. I only wish we had a picture. He was quite brave too--- we tease her about having the stinkiest feet in the family, which is saying with a teenage boy!

chewyspaghetti

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My cat does the toy in the slipper thing, too! Actually, my husband's slippers (which are hand knit from wool yarn and felted) is one of his favorite toys. For some reason, he likes to jam his head right into them and then wave his paw around. His absolute favorite things are rubber bands, though. I am vigilant about not leaving them around because I am worried he will choke on one.