I had to come report back - yesterday I finally got a chance to add some fun stuff to Totoro's tub, and I'm so glad I did! I found a way to securely hang some of that fake leafy vine from the dollar store about halfway up in his tub, and got him one of those cat toys that's a ball in a circular track. I swear, you'd have thought Totoro was a toddler at an amusement park! He spent about an hour hiding from the new stuff in his hide, but then he came out to investigate and it was ON. He was climbing vines, tunneling under the ball toy, all over the place... he started around 6 pm, and when I went to bed at midnight he was STILL at it. Apparently the very BEST thing is to climb up onto the vine above the toy, then dive down through the middle of the toy and into a tunnel that he dug. He did that for hours, over and over again. It was awesome to see him having so much fun. I'm definitely going to use some more of these enrichment ideas and keep changing things up for him, since he so obviously appreciates it
Then, this morning when I went to feed him, he ATTACKED his mouse with more enthusiasm than I've seen from him since I got him. I bet all that playing made him hungry!
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