Mouse for Cats

A great game for my cats. They’ve been playing for years

My cat is an 8y old female who I rescued at 2w old. I taught her to hunt real mice via toy ones. This proved effective when she caught 2 live ones in our new apartment. I decided to see if something besides a laser pointer would hold her interest. This game does. Teaching an 8y old feline to play a virtual game requires patience and rewards be it verbal or treats. At first she’d watch me tap the screen and listen to the mice squeak but tried to follow the them under either my iPhone or iPad. Bast would then try to scent them so I added a little catnip to the screen. That produced nose bumps to the mice. That got us to over 10 hits. I tilted it up to a 45’ angle and the paw started hitting the mice. She’ll watch and play for about 5’-10’ minutes depending on street noises or my motion. I found if I left the room she bopped the mice more frequently with higher scores. Now if I’m not using the iPad she signals she wants the game on by sliding her front paws under the device while trying to lift the cover. I just hope this doesn’t start in the middle of the night lol! 🙀 She sometimes just watches the screen but is fully engaged with her body language mirroring screen activity. I think the younger the cat the more interactive and interested they’d be but I’m impressed she interacts with it engaging my 8y old kitty. The only other virtual image she loves is from the first Avatar movie when the ‘birds’ flutter through the forest. No one believed me until I videoed it. I’m glad to see game developers noticed similar behavior in our feline friends and acted on it. Since she’s started playing this Bast has stopped hiding my cell phone-kudos and thanks to the developers! 😺😸😺