Data has been obsessed with this Squirmle thing that Gina and Steve sent us as a joke.
Whenever we get it out to let him play with it (we have tied it to dental floss for sturdiness) he goes NUTS. He does leaps and flips to try to catch it. He makes crazy noises when he goes after it. You have to play with him for at least 20 minutes, or he’ll act crazy all day. And even then, once you put the Squirmle away, Data is looking for it the rest of the day.
Sadly, the Squirmle has seen better days.
It’s essentially made of all these little fibers, so you can’t really pull on it when it is in Data’s mouth, or it shreds all over the house (and breaks down!). Data was getting pretty bored with his sad little broken Squirmle, and my sister (Christina) won’t be here with reinforcements (from Bed Bath & Beyond) until Friday, so we decided to make our own homemade Squirmle. Here’s Data asking Christina for his new Squirmle:
Anyway, I just happened to have some pajamas that I was getting rid of (no, mom, you did not give these to me, nor did anyone in our family), so we decided to use them. YES, this is how I spend my Sundays. Fascinating.
Our method was to cut little disks of fabric and thread them together with fishing line (for sturdiness).
Data was interested, and tried to behave himself.
But as the thing got bigger, he got more involved.
We had to harass Steven to hurry up so Data could play.
The verdict? It’s more sturdy that a Squirmle, but not as bendy, and a little bit bigger. Data is interested, but not as crazy as he is about the legit toy. I guess he just has to play with this one for 5 days. He’ll survive.
Data is so cute! Good job on the replacement!
The things we do for our cats…
I’m glad I got to see Data in action with the real Squirmle!
Why is it that animals love-love only one toy? My Penelope is crazy about this one little mouse we found at IKEA. She’ll play with that over the ten other toys in their basket.
It’s so funny! Maybe it’s like when kids have a favorite stuffed animal they won’t get rid of? 🙂
Data is so cute.
haha cats are hilarious. My mom took care of the neighbors kittens for a couple weeks. They had so many toys and all they wanted to play with was a random piece of velcro. You just never know what theyre gonna want. 🙂
LOL! That totally cracks me up! Does Lexie do that?
Hilarious! I love data! I used to play with my cat all the time. She loved any kind of string!
Have you played with “Da bird” before? It flaps like a bird. Lucas goes NUTS. To the point we have to hide it, otherwise he’ll sneak in and find it and destroy it. He jumps a good 5 feet to get at it. No joke.
I haven’t seen that! But I saw this video after you wrote this, and wondered if that is what you were talking about? Sounds fun.
http://sisinmaru.blog17.fc2.com/blog-entry-894.html
My son had one of those!
I heart Data!
(will I see you tonight?)
I have my strength class tonight, so no. I will probably be there next week though! Have fun!
You cut out all those tiny circles by hand? You really love that cat!
Yeah. We were pretty bored that day too 🙂
No fail at all… those are some great pics of Data, especially the one where he is standing on his hind legs.
Thanks 🙂
Last night we played it with him, then put it away in my desk drawer. He stared at that drawer for about 10 minutes (by himself while we were in another room) so I had to get it out and keep playing with him!
Based on most of the cats I’ve had, a lazer pointer is WAYYYY more fun (to me….and probably to them).
What kind of cat do you have? He’s so pretty!
We think he kind of looks like a Burmese (or maybe a Chartreux) but I think he is just a mutt.
Thank you!