Carrying around wand toy

[hal1]

Toby has an affection for wand toys, not just playing with them, but carrying it away.

This post/question is specific to the fact that even if he has ripped the feather/streamers/whatever out of it, he'll still carry off the empty wand. He's got one right now that only has the little bell on the end and he carries it off to another room, then brings it back, as if it's a caught prize.

Has anyone seen something similar.

(yes, I know I need to supervise to make sure he doesn't get the little bell loose)

EDIT: It's definitely the bell on the end that he's obsessed with

[CJinCA]

Lickorish does the same with the feather wand. She's gradually ripping out the feathers, carries it around and sleeps with it. She loves that thing. I got a backup wand now for when all the feathers have been ripped out. Tried a few other feather toys, but she wants that wand thing.

[lyle]

Hero drags around a streamer wand, 3 of them in fact.

He hardly ever meows, but late at night he drags them around the empty, dark house moaning like a banshee. And I can hear the wand click on the stairs. A little spooky. Often he'll leave them piled up on the floor at the kitchen counter (where his meals are prepared).

One more thing in the WTH is with cats?

[BotanyBlack]

Gypsy carries around a feather duster looking cat toy.. I call it her "Bird". If I ask where the Bird is, she will go get it and bring it to me to toss, she will fetch it for a while if I keep tossing it. I will wake up and find it next to me at night. or if I go some where I come back to find it in my seat in front of the computer.

[hal1]

Like I mentioned, even if the streamers a gone he'll still drag the wand around. But it does have a bell and that may be the difference.

[JoJodaPyro]

Fieldy Does too. His toys are kept in an old laundry basket. When he wants a toy he tips it over and gets the one he wants. He brings it to us where ever we are.

[Beckie210789]

Monkeys does this with our cats wands as well as a couple of the others. We keep it locked in a closet when we're not using it, because they will get into fights over who has possession. Monkeys is also well known for carrying around her catnip puffy balls and moaning at night, it's absolutely hilarious though, because the puffy ball acts as a muffler, and it's like she's meowing under a blanket.

[lyle]

Sounds like fairly common behavior then. Anyone know of, or want to hazard an educated opinion on, why?

[hal1]

Originally Posted by lyle

Sounds like fairly common behavior then. Anyone know of, or want to hazard an educated opinion on, why?

The toys I understand, it's a prey thing. They "caught" it, it's theirs. Or maybe they're keeping them like their own pets (though I doubt it the way they kill them). I can even see the wand with streamers on it as it is even more of a prize, since you were dangling it and they feel that they actually did catch it.

[dweamgoil]

Yeah, mine will walk away with the wand toy if I allow them to. Lacey for the most part will not let go of it until I let her have it. Then she brings it back a short time later so I can make it move again.