But the thing is -- over the past several days, he's been deliberately putting toy mousies in holes, and in narrow spaces, and so forth, and working out strategies to try to get them out again. I have this creepy feeling that he's training himself in case another mouse gets in -- he seems to be proactively trying to figure out places mice might try to hide, and work out ways to access them.
Yup, that's pretty much exactly what he's doing. This is a really typical form of cat play. The things they hunt hang out in small places and little holes, so they love to try to extract stuff that way. Herbie does this a lot, other cats we've had did it as well. Of course, the dumb one used to stuff his toys into small places and then simply forget they were there until we rescued them days later.
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Date: 2011-05-30 03:38 am (UTC)Yup, that's pretty much exactly what he's doing. This is a really typical form of cat play. The things they hunt hang out in small places and little holes, so they love to try to extract stuff that way. Herbie does this a lot, other cats we've had did it as well. Of course, the dumb one used to stuff his toys into small places and then simply forget they were there until we rescued them days later.