I'd picked some catnip growing in the yard, but they just kicked it around the house and made a big mess. Until I put it in this box...and added some toys and packing paper--their favorite!
The Enrichment Box stimulates the olfactory with the catnip, and their auditory with the crunching of the paper.
And apparently the straws I stuck in the side for their amusement smell weird too.
But most importantly, it gives them another arena in which to practice another natural behavior...
The fight! Look at that! It's like something out of Wild Kingdom!
But Strombeek fights dirty.
Louie isn't so easily put down, and he's back for round 2. Strombeek hadn't anticipated this.
He's willing to wait for his chance, if necessary.
For a while anyway. Then he's like, what's the hold up? Are you taking a nap in there?
It's round 2, Fat Cat!
Wait, what?
It looks like Louie can't figure out how to get her out of the box! This is why enrichment is so important--to keep your house cats mentally agile. Apparently I haven't been doing a very good job...
Just you wait, Fat Cat. Just you wait. And there she is, waiting.
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