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#3 Pet Grass: This is one of the most overlooked options that pet owners completely miss. Pet grass is just a patch of specially designed grass for your pet to play in. Most people don’t realize that grass is a natural part of most animals’ diets. It aids in digestion, constipation, nausea, and other digestive problems. You cats (or dog) instinctively knows this and eats it when necessary. Aside from being a good health supplement, it can also be a fun thing for your cat. Cats can tend to have an over active imagination. Their little patch of pet grass can be anything they want. To them, it can be a jungle or a green toy that moves when she runs her paws through it. Occasionally your pet grass will get a bug or two in it. This is perfectly ok. It’s grass. Grass gets bugs. Bugs can be hours of entertainment. Your cat loves chasing and tormenting them, and you enjoy watching them chase and torment the poor lil’ bugs.

#4 Homemade toys: You can go to the store and buy your cat a $50 pet toy. You can fork out the money and buy the top of the line pet toys. Your cat will then ironically have a cruel since of humor. She may annoy you by ignoring the expensive gift because she is more interested in the packaging it came in. It makes crinkling noises and slides on the floor. She will entertain herself for a good while with, not the toys, but the package it came in. After doing this a few times, you will probably stop buying the expensive toys and get creative at home making stuff. Two things that cats go nuts over will give you a solid example: throw a balled up piece of aluminum foil at your cat. She will chase it all over. Fill a sock up with a few pieces of catnip and tie it off. Throw it to your cat and watch her go nuts! Really! Just give it a try and see for yourself - this is going to be crazy!

#5 Give into their demands: If all else fails, give into the purring and meowing and pet your cat. Sounds simple, but she can be content for hours just sitting in your lap. When she has had enough of you, well, then you’re history anyway :-).

So, how do you entertain your cat? I’m really curious - please post your suggestions in the comments!