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debm55

(56,409 posts)
Wed Dec 10, 2025, 08:04 PM Dec 10

What is Santa getting your furbaby/furbabies for Christmas? I got Dolly one of those furry circular beds. Santa

dropped it off early so she is sleeping in it now.

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hlthe2b

(112,949 posts)
1. I bought my sweetie one a couple months ago because she is too old to risk falling off the bed (14 1/2)
Wed Dec 10, 2025, 08:17 PM
Dec 10

She hasn't slept on it once. (I do have an egg crate foam pad on the floor covered with a sheet and a big stuffed dog that she will sleep on--, but I missed snuggling with her, so you can probably guess what happened next*












*Yup, I bought a folding three-section cushion for the floor from Amazon and covered it in a nice set of bamboo sheets. With my feather comforter in the duvet, it is not that bad, really, and with a couple of good pillows under my head and knees, I've managed to learn to sleep on my back, sans my too-soft and too-high mattress... She sleeps just beside me. What we do for our beloved furry babes.

debm55

(56,409 posts)
2. That is wonderful, hlthe2b. Yes , whe love our pets. I didn't have a problem with Dolly Dog. getting into it. Santa
Wed Dec 10, 2025, 08:35 PM
Dec 10

still might get her some flatsies.(unstuffed stuffed animals)

debm55

(56,409 posts)
4. Thank you very much, House of Roberts. Your four furbabies will be so excited on Christmas morning.
Wed Dec 10, 2025, 10:16 PM
Dec 10

catbyte

(38,697 posts)
5. Probably a cardboard box
Thu Dec 11, 2025, 08:54 AM
Dec 11

I've bought expensive toys, state-of-the-art this and that, and they always go to crumpled up pieces of foil and boxes. One Christmas, I bought one of those cat drinking fountains with filters and all the doo-dads but my 18-pound behemoth, Otis, was terrified of it. He avoided it like the plague so when I caught him trying to drink out of the toilet, I gave the fountain away to a friend and went back to bowls.

Cats.

debm55

(56,409 posts)
6. HAHAHHAHA, That's funny. catbyte. I had a cat that would only drink from a red solo glass.
Thu Dec 11, 2025, 09:04 AM
Dec 11

Ziggysmom

(4,067 posts)
9. Cheers for cardboard boxes!
Thu Dec 11, 2025, 01:19 PM
Dec 11

Most fun we ever had with the fur babies, a few years ago, we duct taped tons of various sized boxes together and made a sort of kitty castle. Cut little windows in it, tunnels, you name it. They had great fun and even left the tree alone that year! After a few weeks they lost interest and the boxes slowly made their way to the recycle bin.

My cats also do not like the cat fountains, we’ve tried 3 different types, too. Their fav water bowl is a big old coffee cup of mine that is shallow and deep. We have water bowls in 3 different rooms and they seem happy with that arrangement.

debm55

(56,409 posts)
8. HAHHAHAHAH. Thank you very much, nocoincidences. Molly should be very happy with here own Q-tips.
Thu Dec 11, 2025, 01:03 PM
Dec 11

Ziggysmom

(4,067 posts)
10. My cat kids love Catit brand tube treats. They adore the chicken & liver flavor.
Thu Dec 11, 2025, 01:21 PM
Dec 11

I also crochet catnip mice for the kids, making an octopus this year, too.

justaprogressive

(6,346 posts)
12. My cat Adelaide
Thu Dec 11, 2025, 06:14 PM
Dec 11

loves to lie in her stress-relieving shag donut, which fits perfectly
into a turret on her cat tree...as it happens, we have two small cat
trees together each with a turret almost the same distance from
the floor.

The other day I saw Molly (Mrs JAP's cat) try to fit herself
in the donut with Addy so we just ordered her, her very
own stress-relieving shag donut in a contrasting color.

debm55

(56,409 posts)
13. Thank you very much justaprogressive. Dolly loves her shag bed. They said it relieves anxiety and stress.
Thu Dec 11, 2025, 08:59 PM
Dec 11
Santa brought it early for Dolly.
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