After asking everyone what they were going to buy their pets, I wonder if the pressies were worth the money..

I was going to get mine a zhu zhu pet as they love their mice. Instead I got them a a variety of toys including a squeaking mouse, several other bumble mice (pull chord and they bumble along), a dangle toy, a kickaroo and some pipe cleaners (which one other poster mentioned and which I knew my male cat would love as he has a thing for cable ties).

A major success was the furry squeak mouse which by the end of Boxing day lost its squeak and had a severe case of alopecia. The bumble mice and the kickaroo not as much as I'd hoped, the pipe cleaners a major hit and suprisingly the home made santa hats stuffed with rustly plastic and catnip were a huge success. Home made blankets knitted by my mother were also an instant success.

Unsuccessful were many of the nibbles. No to the milk drops and catnip drops and biscuits and a major yes to the chew sticks.

In conclusion, the home made stuff (corks, triangles (folded crisp packets), cable ties and curtain rings) is the way to go with my two.

Oh and you can make up your own mind as to whether this home made creation was a hit or not although I promise he was purring at the time.

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His sister wasn't as impressed though.

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Aww how funny. I caught mine when she had just woken up.

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Apparently my brother had to chase his cats around - with little success - the hats kept falling off.

I didn't buy Grumps anything. I always get a load of cat related presents, so she has been eating treats a lot - despite the fact that I am trying to keep her from getting fat.

I would get a Zhu Zhu for them. My daughter got too and the cats are fasinated with them. She has now put her Zhu Zhu in a cupboard as they are annoying her now.

Aw, she looks cute in the hat. I managed to secure Tim's by stitching elastic to the beard and hat so he couldn't wear one without the other. He didn't mind at all until everyone laughed at him and then he tried to shuffle off into his pop-up tent and sulk but his hat stopped him. Edit: I must stress though that he didn't wear it for more than 5 minutes.

Just saw your other cat pictures - she's lovely - and your cat's toes..what a lucky little thing!

Yeah, maybe next Christmas. I was surprised they liked the squeaky thing so much (more of a dog's toy in sound and appearance) and also surprised that they didn't like their treats as they normally love them.

This was Chocco's, he wasnt impressed, I was

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Ohh Did you buy that or make it? That's great!

I bought it new off ebay, but he's such a chubby lump its too small for him. I've ordered another bigger one - with trousers! He can have that next christmas haha

Funny! It's the sort of thing I was aiming for but couldn't find one anywhere that would fit (these two are little porkers really). I didn't think of looking on Ebay so I ended up making one.

Mine have been finding cable ties everywhere recently! And they keep them entertained for hours.... I so may have to splash out on some pipecleaners!

There is a Mad Cat Owners thread, perhaps we should have a Mad Black Cat Owner's thread. Love Chocco's expression.

that made me giggle..he looks really p^ss*d off

I know bless him, it amused me though lol.

Here is his other present, ratty-on-a-rope that was a success for him, though didn't take long to chew through the rope!

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Probably not a bad idea. They get so overlooked as kittens but I think their personalities are adorable and very unique....and very intelligent. I swear they just humour us most of the time!

Why do they do that? They always seem more interested in the cord and elastic than the actual toy.

I notice Chocco has a white tufty bit on his chest which Tim has too. Does he also have white armpit hair?

Ours loved her poached mackerel (reduced to 20p for two on xmas eve) and the turkey sticks from lidl went down a treat. From the inlaws dog she got a refillable catnip mouse which is already shredded! and from my mum's cat she got some M&S treats which she's turned her nose up at

I really dont get that, I went for the black kitten on both occasions with my two ( they are sisters but a litter apart ).

I love black cats, but mine are a bit loopy I am sure, Gizmo seems to think she is human and Bookend is adorable .

Lucky? I guess she is. I let her stay when she decided to move in - she steals most of my bed, makes me get up to let her out even though there is a window open, shouts at me if I don't let her have her way, bites me for no reason other than I am attached to my lap and it annoys her and is generally a little pain in the buttocks. I have three keys missing from my laptop because her 'thumbs' caught in them, she is the heaviest footed cat I know. More claws = more pain when I get swiped. Mind you, when her thumbs get attached to things and she can't let go, she does let me have a little go at them with a nail file Wouldn't swap her for the world.

No, theres no other white spots on him.
Its funny because even though he is a pedigree Chocolate British short hair, he could never be a show cat because of the white tuft.
Tim is a little stonker though, lovely, happy looking cat you have there

The most successful present wasn't even a present - just a cardboard box that something else had come in.

(I'd post a picture if she didn't jump out of the box as soon as I go for the camera)

I got our two one of those Whiskas balls that you put treats in...took them a while to work out that they had to chase the ball to get treats!! Once they'd eaten the treats they were more interested in the cardboard boxes that were in the flat!!

Mixed response from our 5-month-old tortie kitten to her Christmas prezzies.

She loved the two different dangly toys on string and has already removed most of the feathers off one and bitten through the elastic on the other one (but we tied it back together and it is still going).
The five rubber balls to play with in the bath with a big hit - she uses them to play tub hockey.
The treats were very popular - she had already learned before Christmas how to get treats out of a ball.
The one Christmas present I thought she would really like but which has been totally rejected was one of those fleece hammocks which attaches to the radiator. She loves sitting next to radiators so I thought a radiator hammock would be popular, but she won't go in it. She doesn't seem to like the fact that it is not solid under her feet but gives way. She jumps on it and then straight off again. Maybe she will learn to like it one day, otherwise I'll be giving it away to some deserving cat or other!

My boss bought my border collie a toy rabbit that jumps, walks and makes a weird sqeaking noise, it was mainly to stop him being too upset when the real rabbit I'd been looking after for her (her present for her daughter) was taken away on Christmas eve, since poor Barney was obsessed with it. Anyway he's absolutely terrified of it and hides behind me barking whenever we switch it on

I got him squeaky tennis balls and a few cuddly toys which he's mostly destroyed, so they received the Barney seal of approval.

When i got my two kittens there were 9 black and one b&w at the shelter. We got the b&w and a lovely little black girl. Its so sad that there were so many unwanted black kittens. I think theyre lovely.

I got Winnie one of these

I don't think she was too impressed. I put the treats into the ball but she didn't really play with it.