26 Hilarious Little Cat-ecdotes From Cat Owners Questioning The Cosmic Significance Of Splurging On Cat Toys

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Dec 20, 2023 2:00 PM EST

If you're anything like us, I Can Has-ers, you have a box full of unused cat toys sitting around at your house. Why is that, you ask? It's because our cats would rather play with a crumpled piece of paper than the toy mice or feather toys we buy them. These purrfectly picky felines love to test our limits, and yet we love them anyway. We turned to the internet to find out if we weren't alone, and we found this hissterical Reddit thread from loving cat pawrents giggling about all the things their cats like to play with instead of their toys!

From old potatoes to milk cartons, these cats are nothing if not consistent - consistently choosing to make our lives difficult! Scroll down through these super silly cat-ecdotes and you might find some solace with your own funny feline experience.

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    What's the thing that your cat plays with that makes you ask "why do I buy cat toys?"?
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    SpankYourSpeakers · 1 mo. ago When my late void was a voidlet she played with her . Dug it out of the litter box and chased it around the apartment, it was the most fun she could think of.
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    We blurred out the word, but you can probably infer what they're talking about. We'll give you a hint: it's brown, stinky, and is most definitely not a toy! Our cat may play with lots of things, but we're very glad that they don't play with that.

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    DerAlli Monster 1 mo. ago I used to have a cat that was nuts for the little plastic ring/strip that you remove from milk jugs. Now, I just have a dog that steals all the catnip toys for herself.
    via u/DerAlliMonster
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    burnaspliffnow 1 mo. ago The plastic collar from ice cream containers and pop bottles, twist ties, boxes, anything moving under a blanket, hair ties, , they even pull like, carrot stumps out of the little green bin. I've caught them playing with their own fur bunnies from under the tv stand, even sometimes nothing at all. I have 3 cats, my place is often chaotic.
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    Wowza, this sounds hectic! Maybe it's time to get a trash can that can't be jerry-rigged open by some overly mischievous cats. Our cats also love to go under the couch and play with their own fur bunnies, it also helps us clean up a little bit!

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    rawberryfields. 1 mo. ago My mom has two cats and they somehow pull rather big squashes and pumkins out of the vegetable bin and roll them around
    via u/rawberryfields
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    Stillbornsongs 1 mo. ago The fur bunnies and nothing at all is so relatable for mine lol. One of them would knock the food bowls over as a kitten so she could play with the food. Now she just pulls a few pieces out and chases them around the kitchen.
    via u/Stillbornsongs
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    Apprehensive_Ask3910 · 1 mo. ago Came home one day and found kitty completely obsessed with an old piece of potato she fished out from somewhere under the kitchen counters. Had to take it away of course, but me and my wife joke to this day that potato was her best friend.
    via u/Apprehensive_Ask3910
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    MrsTrellis_N_Wales . 1 mo. ago A piece of paper scrunched into a ball.
    via u/MrsTrellis_N_Wales
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    smiledumb. 1 mo. ago When I get home from grocery shopping, my orange one goes nuts waiting for me to pull the receipt out of the bag. I ball it up, toss it in the air, and he turns into an utter spaz for 10 minutes, every time, without fail.
    via u/smiledumb
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    mslashandrajohnson 1 mo. ago Toilet brush I bought at Hmart. One of my two cats drags it into the kitchen from the bathroom when the mood strikes.
    via u/mslashandrajohnson
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    CrazyCatLady1127 1 mo. ago I have a cat that loves sponges as well I can't let him play with them though, because he likes to dunk them in his water bowl and then run through the house. It makes an awful mess
    via u/CrazyCatLady1127
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    Hard__Cory 1 mo. ago Pens and pencils. I don't want him ingesting ink or chewing on the metal bits, so I bought a $1 skinny wooden dowel and chopped it into 6 toys.
    via u/Hard__Cory
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    gwaydms 1 mo. ago Large thick crackly plastic bags (not clingy). My husband's cat scrambles around on them, because she loves the noise. Then she falls asleep on top.
    via u/gwaydms
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    sharkslutz 1 mo. ago My emotions
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    AUTOMATIC_RULES 1 mo. ago My buddy's cat is obsessed with balled up paper towels
    via u/AUTOMATIC_RULES
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    NatureThrall. 1 mo. ago Q-tips
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    roguemage01. 1 mo. ago Her favourite "toy" is a piece of weather stripping she ripped off the underside of the front door. She fought for weeks to get that off and will not let it go!!
    via u/roguemage01
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    Susie4ever 1 mo. ago Straws and emory boards.
    via u/Susie4ever
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    Big_To 1 mo. ago Nice, Karen ANOTHER mouse toy. Wait is that a MF sponge??? *proceeds to roll around on the ground with sponge
    via u/Big_To
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    justmitzie 1 mo. ago The container the toy comes in. Any size, any material.
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    Not_A_Wendigo. 1 mo. ago Pipe cleaners. She is obsessed. Carries them. Cuddles them. Puts them in her food and water.
    via u/Not_A_Wendigo
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    AssumptionTough 9709 1 mo. ago Socks! Best little critter ever! She's started grabbing them off my feet if I begin to take them off
    via u/AssumptionTough9709
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    Bind_Moggled . 1 mo. ago Big, dry leaves. They are evil, and must be destroyed.
    via u/Bind_Moggled
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    haubenmeise · 1 mo. ago My feet. Mostly when I'm asleep.
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    Wanderer-clueless963 1 mo. ago Mine go for wine bottle corks, walnuts in the shell and ping pong balls!
    via u/Wanderer-clueless963

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