The hidey game

This seems to be a universal thing with cats - they won't just play with a toy, they will deliberately hid the toy in the most awkward place they can find and then struggle extract it again. You wouldn't believe number of times I've found toy mice in my shoes that have been dropped in there deliberately and then abandoned. Every now and then I have to rescue all the lost toys under the coffee table. And of course, used tissue boxes are perfect for this game.

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More on the cats and paper theme. How many times have you found your cat asleep on top of a tiny bit of paper like a subs form that fell out of a magazine, or with a receipt under one paw?

Rraaaagh!

Cats and paper have a strange relationship. I’ve told you about Bella’s favourite game of dunking paper in her water fountain in an attempt to make papier mache. Well, any bit of paper shat she finds on the floor is now officially a cat toy. Sometimes she’ll pick it up in her mouth, throw it in the air and then chase it from room to room. At other times, this happens.

Incidentally, things I’ve found in the water fountain recently include a completed Daily Telegraph prize crossword, several Christmas ornaments, and one of my shoes!