Kitty Can't Find Her Toys? Go On A Safari!

I admit it:  My cats have more toys than they know what to do with, as in three baskets full of toys.  Everybody has their favorites, too.  Abbi loves clunky balls.  Livia likes fuzzy falls and teaser toys.  Ateret, too likes teaser toys.  Everybody likes catnip.  Things get lost, and Livia's got the memory of an elephant about what gets stuck where.  

What are mommies and daddies to do?  I, for one, get down on my hands and knees and hunt. Here's Ateret before her leg surgery.  She used to ride in a basket during toy hunting safaris.

A lantern or flashlight and a long stick are used in my house.  Kitty supervision is also a welcome plus.

Yesterday, Ateret, Livia, Abbi and I went looking in the kitchen and in my bedroom, checking things out in the usual places:  under the stove, under the refrigerator and under my dresser.  Abbi is always the first one to lend a paw in the kitchen. I figure this is so because the refrigerator generally yields ewdies, and she's always game for extra.

Nothing under the refrigerator or the stove, and nothing extra for Abbi's chubby tummy.  So, on to the bedroom where we looked under my dresser.  There's always something stuck there, and yesterday was no exception.

We found two balls and one yellow mouse.  The fuzzy ball on the right is one of Livia's all-time favorites.  The little ball is perfect for her to carry around in her mouth to play fetch.  The ball on the left used to have fuzzy, pink pieces of Mylar sticking out, but it's been plucked bald by now.

Livia is very happy to have some friends back.  I think a game of fetch is probably in order for tomorrow.