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I'll start. My girlfriend's cat never purrs or does the "baking biscuits" thing even when he is clearly enjoying the cuddles.

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[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I have a cat that plays fetch.

It sounds cute, and it is - until he's bringing you q-tips he dug out of the trash to play with.

[–] punkaccountant@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One of mine does that too. He only likes sparkle balls or rattle mice tho, so no risk of gross items from the garbage fortunately.

We have a wood floor and his favorite thing is to have me throw it in that room so he can slide halfway across it while fetching the toy.

He has definitely slid into the wall a time or two.

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Our tabby also loves to fetch and he prefers the rattle mice too

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

We got some of those trash cans that have to foot operated lid and a pretty heavy spring on the lid, they've been super helpful keeping our dogs out of the bathroom trash.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

Every time my cat sneaks to our bedroom trash and grabs a q-tip, he SPRINTS out the room and we both yell “CONTRABAND!!!”

Our cats also play fetch as well! We have these shitty bouncy foam balls we dub “regular ball” that they’ll often bring into the room to have us throw them. We have to keep a bag of treats handy at all times.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

My cat used to do this too! Now she doesn't bring stuff back lol.

I had a cat who loved doing that with a ball of paper. It was basically the only toy she cared for. I bought her so much stuff but it was all not interesting.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

All three of ours play fetch, but only with specific objects. They're all brothers about 2½ years old.

The tabby cat plays fetch with fluffy toy balls with feathers on them, the grey cat plays fetch with spare cat collars and the little black cat plays fetch with menthol sweet wrappers.

[–] GuyDudeman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

My cat and I would play catch when he was younger. Then he discovered the outdoors and that was the end of that. He’s content to just come in for a lap sit in the evenings these days.