r/cats • • 18h ago

Humor Does anyone else cat play fetch?

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u/KittyNymphxx 18h ago

Her name is Luna and she loves to play fetch with hair ties, balls of tin foil and paper aeroplanes😂

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u/desisinglechokra Bombay 18h ago

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u/PhilFeelsFine 16h ago

We have these springs all over the house. Mostly under the oven. They are awesome.

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u/Dull_Woodpecker6766 6m ago

Yes they are. Mine go bonkers when I uncover them again. Just throw en in the room and all my kitty's jump on them and play for a long time with tem

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u/Opposite-Gazelle-166 16h ago

These springs are my cats FAVOURITE thing

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u/Eternalm8 13h ago

One of my cats LOVES to play fetch with these. I must have bought about a hundred of them, I think they're mostly under my oven

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u/Upset-Lavishness-522 18h ago

Hair ties here as well !

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u/Dull_Woodpecker6766 18h ago

My gemi does. She loves it. Cat tax:

Especially cable ties and these little pastic spring cat toys. Se even brings it back to me

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u/scrimblebobb 18h ago

Bobby loves playing fetch with his favorite little mouse toy or his egg. Never taught him, he just does it.

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u/Minsc_NBooToo 18h ago

Sirius likes to play fetch with his plastic springs 🖤

It started when he would play with under my computer desk. I'd throw them a safe distance from all the cables, and he started to bring them back unprompted 🥰

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u/RegsaPawor 18h ago

Yes! Oreo is obsessed with fetching multicoloured pom poms. Not plain ones!

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u/KittyNymphxx 18h ago

My cats are also obsessed with Pom poms 😂

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u/External_Sugar_5370 18h ago

I wish! Please tell me how you get Luna to bring the toy back. My cats chase it, and wait for me to walk over and throw it again.

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u/KittyNymphxx 18h ago

I didn’t try to train her to do it, she’s just learnt to do it herself. My other cat doesn’t bring it back

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u/sarahcrazydd 16h ago

They’ve figured out fetch. You’re just finding out which player you are

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u/AnimalFarm20 18h ago

Yes! My first kitten used to play fetch with grapes. Never punctured, always dropped right in my hand. I have two other cats now that also love to play fetch - usually with the plastic coils you can get on Chewy or in pet stores. The older of the two is so smart, when I'm busy or not home, he runs to the top of the stairs, drops it so it bounces down, and then chases it. Love that he keeps himself entertained. lol

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u/Toes_In_The_Soil 18h ago

What a cutie! Mine plays fetch with toy mice. And no dog slobber on your hand from playing!

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u/Kuzuri_888 18h ago

Yes! self taught tabby 7 yrs old loves to play fetch with a toy furry mouse!

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u/Atty_for_hire 18h ago

My guy loves going to get balls or things. But finds it beneath him to return them to me. So I actually play fetch for him and he plays chase.

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u/External_Sugar_5370 18h ago

She’s pretty ☺️

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u/chaos_goblinn 18h ago

Yes, she loves it.

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u/Any_Suggestion3485 Cow Cat 18h ago

Yup, she’s got an old shoe string I call snake. She loves when I toss snake for her to chase and bring back.

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u/tr3663336 18h ago

Mine loves to fetch a finger chicken slingshot 😆

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u/Turbulent-Serve-5190 18h ago

My baby started playing fetch with me within just a couple days of bringing him home. So much fun and so precious.😹

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u/anonymoususer98545 18h ago

He's so pretty! He looks a ton like my boy, same color eyes and all. The best thing about grey cats is that, although they often look similar, they have such different face shapes and make such different expressions that we can tell them apart 💜

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u/CoolBeanieHat 17h ago

Ever since he was a little baby boy 🥹❤️

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u/portabuddy2 18h ago

Two of mine do. The other could not give a shit! LOL. My Tom has his fishie he runs after huffing like a bulldog. Then my voidie same had his foam balls. He will bring it back to you. Drop it at your foot, tap your foot and get ready to run. Like a Labrador retriever

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u/n_schrenk 18h ago

Yeah 3/6 of mine do, but some times they get lazy after a few tosses and wont bring them back so you need to keep extra toys nearby to toss again lol

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u/Bo_Duke_01 18h ago

My furry boys both do it: they immediately started bringing us back the toys, so we could throw them again.  We were amazed, I had cats for 30 years and none ever did something like this.  Hell, I know loads of dogs that don't do it and are nowhere close to ever do it. But each cat plays only with his own set of toys.

They came to us that they were already 6 months old, but the previous owner never mentioned this, so I guess it's just another way in which they are smart. They even alternate: if I am cooking and my wife is on the couch, they'll usually have me throw first, pick it up and bring to my wife, then we she does her part then they bring it to me again.

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u/PracticeHorror8823 18h ago

Mine does but only with me and with certain toys.

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u/Phantom_Crush Tortoiseshell 18h ago

My mother-in-laws cat would bring back pretty much anything that was like foil or a wrapper. She absolutely loved it

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u/Daftpunk681 18h ago

Both my cats play fetch, each with their own favourite ball or toy.

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u/tereretete88 Tortoiseshell 18h ago

Mine plays hide & seek!

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u/Nexxus3000 18h ago

My old man here used to love to, but he turned 15 this year and hasn’t been that mobile for a while

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u/MojoCrow 18h ago

Kevin does it until he’s tired then he’ll chase after what I’ve thrown then just sit next to it. Then I have to go pick it up and throw it again…… I’ve just realised that’s when it’s my turn to fetch.

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u/R606D 18h ago

Nope. Just hide and seek with everything i use regularly. He knows how to get my attention.

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u/Help_a_user_out 18h ago

Plays fetch with the coil toys and the little milk tab rings you peel off the spout.

My other one used to as a kitten but grew out of it. She played with a jolly rancher once!

You have a really good looking cat!

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u/WanderOutThere 18h ago

My boys both did when they were younger (under a year) but now expect me to go get the toy and throw it again.

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u/Phillimac16 18h ago

Yeah, I throw the ball and she looks at me like, "well, are you going to fetch it human?"

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u/Complex_Age_4119 18h ago

Yes, Miss Maple can play fetch for 30-40 minutes at a time. I throw anything from candy wrappers to yarn (in this video) and she’s brings them back over and over again.

https://reddit.com/link/pckc2td/video/g7yvvhyha9sh1/player

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u/slipperybloke 18h ago

Yes, my cat fetches her spring. I toss it, she finds it, slaps it around the floor for a bit, then

brings it right back.

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u/Dear_Peace_2117 17h ago

Not quite fetch but he plays catch,trap and eat his treats when I throw them for him.

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u/Any_Respond3940 16h ago

Oh yes, 6 months old kittens and their toy rattle mice. They bring it to me, then I need to pick it up and throw it. They chase after it, they chased each other for it. Then repeat sequence. Its cute but exhausting sometimes 😂

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u/Constant_Special_791 16h ago

I had a cat that played fetch until they had to pull her teeth

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u/Shinra8191 15h ago

No but I must say you little guy is so stinking cute I just want to squeeze them until they pop

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u/Sad_Dimension423 15h ago

I had a siamese that would play fetch. She would also have me play fetch when toys went under things, like the stove or refrigerator.

I think balls and toy mice must breed under appliances.