Kitty Condo
Hook:
I have to agree with the "cats like to sleep in new stuff" idea. I've found that they love cardboard boxes, even if it's a size 11 shoebox and the cat is about size 18.
Recently my wife went to pick up a paper gift bag (like the old paper grocery bags, but with handles) and discovered it was heavy: there was a cat in it.
I've never had a kitty condo in real life, but we had something similar once. It was a tall pipe with a flat top and holes in the side, covered with carpet. Cats loved sleeping on top of it. Sometimes they'd even get inside to play.
As for real life cat toys, I've had cats play with them, but not a lot. One favorite was a "ball race"... a hollow donut with a ball inside and holes on the outside. Cats like to play with non-cat-toys a lot tho. Drop the wire twist tie from a loaf of bread on the floor some time and see what happens.
Oh yes, almost forgot. I had one cat who loved to dig through my son's toy box when he was bored. I don't recall him ever playing with the toys he found there though. :) He loved plastic grocery bags as well. He'd stick his head through one of the handle loops and wear the bag around like a cape. Supercat. He did this a lot. He got upset if you tried to take it off.
As for the kitty condo, I was surprised when my Sim cat wouldn't sleep in it. In the one house where they do, is there anything different about the placement of the condo? I think the only configuration I haven't tried yet is having one out in the middle of the floor, not against a wall.
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missangelica:
My three year old cat likes to sleep practically anywhere.. piles of clothes, in clothes baskets, dining room table, all the beds, any floor, any chair/couch.. right now he is behind me sleeping on the window air conditioner unit outside. Oh, he loves sleeping in boxes too!
My eleven year old cat only sleeps outside (he has a place in the backyard he always sits in), the air conditioner unit, the floor, and chairs. He likes to claim chairs as soon as we get up!
cabelle:
Our cats like to sleep in shoe boxes too. :D We've given up on buying real cat toys for them. They're not interested. They'd much rather play with my daughters' "My Little Ponies" (they pick them up by the tail, throw them around, groom them and run through the house with the tail in their mouths), a ball of crumpled up tin foil or an ice cube. They love twist ties & rubber bands but we take them away because our oldest cat tries to eat them. Those plastic spider rings the kids get around Halloween? My cats LOVE those. They'll play with them almost endlessly.
It's been getting warmer around here so lately our cats have taken to sleeping in the bathroom sinks again. Rather humorous to see.
Once in a great while my sim cats will sleep in the condo. It doesn't seem to matter whether it's against a wall or not. I've seen them sleep in the little cubby hole and even once on the platforms. They seem to prefer the beds though. Perhaps they advertise higher energy & comfort levels?
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: sara_dippity on 2007 April 27, 16:21:08
Hey, you know what hack we need for realism? Something that makes the cats seek the most expensive object that is not a pet bed, and that is what they sleep on. Especially rugs. I'll never forget Luv Bug and my mom's antique rug hunting spurt. Every new rug was in the house about 3 min before a fat cat was right in the middle, fast asleep.
Sadly, they didn't implement the ability for cats to procedurally get on things. Snow can get on things, but cats can't. It's a major shortcoming of Maxis cats.
notveryawesome:
IRL, my cats love their kitty condo. In fact, they're up there now, snuggled together on the top tier (awwwwww). In my game, however, the cats only sleep in the condo if I direct them to. I really wish the sim-cats could snuggle together like real-life kitties do. Even when it's stifling here (which is any time other than what passes for winter in the desert), my cats will curl up together in a chair or on top of their kitty condo. Oh well. Maybe in TS3.
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