How to entertain cats

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While cats have a reputation for being more of an apathetic roommate than a BFF, your cat has a pretty rich internal life and a deep bond with their human. Just look at all those times your cat lays on your laptop--only when you're working, of course.

The trouble is that the domestic life removes a lot of your cat's natural stimulation--hunting, climbing, investigating, prowling their territory. Which means that as a good cat parent, you have to give your bored cat something to do.

Here are a few ways that you can bring some fun into your bored cat's day, with a variety of options depending on what your cat loves most.

Feline Mental Stimulation, a.k.a. Cat TV

Your cat may not be a huge Game of Thrones fan, but they certainly like TV. Cat TV, anyway.

The best form of cat TV is to bring them back to nature--by bringing nature indoors, so to speak. Just set up a bird feeder or squirrel feeder outside the window, set up a cozy perch for your cat, et voila: the perfect cat programming, with enough variation to keep your cat amused for hours.

If your living arrangements don't allow for a bird feeder, you can still improvise some cat TV. There are tons of bird videos for cats online, plus some squirrel and mouse videos (depending on what your cat likes best). They'll be entertained for hours, and you'll crack up when they meow and swat the screen.