Do These Cat Hacks Actually Work?

in today's video we are testing out a few new life hacks but this time it's for pets what sort of life hacks actually work for cats and which ones don't [Music] [Applause] guys meet Jack and Sally Jack Sally these are Callie's new babies babies children children I guess they're the only children I'll ever have they of the many children I along with cats comes cat care and cat ownership and all that good stuff and sometimes it can seem a little overwhelming and I believe you found where they're supposed to be several life hacks for cat ownership that should make it easier or they're like DIY toys or tools yeah and I think we're gonna be testing those have today here's the basic idea we have several different life hacks for cats we want to see if they work or if they're just a bust and I will hopefully be in this whole video but I'm actually allergic to some cats and there's no way to know which ones until I start reacting so if I suddenly disappear it's because my eyes have started itching and watering and I went home to take a shower I'm taking a histamine technically you can't be allergic to kittens but I'm not sure how true that is for somebody who's very very allergic kittens don't have dander they don't shed so most people who are allergic can at least handle kittens so long as they haven't been around a mother cat or an adult cat now these two were actually foster kittens they were adopted and rescued through a company or organization called pods for life which is a no-kill organization and I fostered to adopt hopefully because these guys were raised by humans they were saved and then raised by my sister who's a wildlife conservationist which makes things great they shouldn't make Nate allergic but this is the mean way to test out because I wanted to do this video there goes dad but he's allergic so we compromised and we got cats I think what we're gonna have to do is Nate and I will be assembling these hacks and then we'll let them run around while that happens and then we'll bring them back up to the table to test things out because they don't want to be in one spot it's a big studio there's lots of new smells you got to work with me Sally good job so the channel household hacker is actually put out a video about cat hack to save you money household hackers I love this idea so I want to see if they work on kittens so that's our plan today so I have several different cat hacks I want to try out along with two other not necessarily hacks but slight experiments that I want to try with the kittens and we'll see if it works so to start out Nate on your side you have got some paper bags I want to see if they can figure out what these are for so in this video that I watched they were talking about the fact that they bought these catnip scent infused paper bags and they were saying okay yes you can buy paper bags infused with catnip you're buying trash basically so why not use a paper bag from the grocery store reuse it spray it with catnip mist and see if that works about the same I probably spent more money for this experiment than necessary because the store that I went to didn't have paper bags at the checkout so these are in fact gift bags but it should work about the same okay I'm gonna be honest I don't smell any anything smells like a paper bag but it's supposed to be like released winds moves or scratches or something so maybe you haven't spent with every touch it's a scratch and sniff bag it's not the other problem is the fact that yes some cats don't particularly care for catnip is Nate was saying these ones I've already you know tried and true tested doesn't always work as well on kittens but so far so good so let's see what they think bags well Jack well Sally has a preference that took nothing what if I just put one in this one yeah is it just that it's a bag or is it they like the smell more I can't tell there's just too much going on side-by-side comparison which one set well now she likes that bag I think the conclusion here is anything cardboard related cats like exception and staying that nearly as long jack just does not care king of random now Animal Planet I would say that sally has a definite preference there's too much going on this is a brand new environment for them guys we're doing a YouTube video did you know we're working right now ok ok got it got it got it go alright Jack your turn get it get it get it get it get it get it go choose it back the dot is so much more interesting than cabinet so I think they like the smell of catnip but they're not obsessively interested with the smell of catnip no and again kittens it doesn't work quite the same until they hit about six months they're almost there I would say that they're both more interested in this braid bag yeah it's not a huge difference no but I think they've spent more time in the gift bag than the cabinet bag given the fact that they are in a new environment they're over stimulated there's a lot going on obviously they're not in distress if they were I want to done this video they are happy they're having a good time I would say yeah so far they've absolutely spent more time in the spray bag if you work with animals you would call this enrichment it's something that keeps them entertained if you have to go run errands if you're not home during the day I'm gonna say this one's a win I see this is an absolute win alright for the next one the idea here is you take it up where you cut some holes in it that are just big enough for their paws to get through or get a toy out cut some holes if there are sharp edges you take duct tape and you just sort of soften the edges and then you fill it with toys catnip treats give them something to do oh yeah kind of like a Kong ball for a dog [Music] some treats in there and they said just kind of go crazy well alright let's see what they think of it what's it color everywhere with this I'm gonna be honest this is one of the ones I was more skeptical about oh my gosh it's figuring it out I looked at this and I was like there's no way they're gonna be entertained by this so mark and I are in the bathroom we want to see if without other distractions if this is still interesting to them so let's see if we can guide them over when they sniff it they're interested they're curious he's been pawing at it if we left him alone for long enough I absolutely think this would work so I wouldn't leave it out when guests came over but yeah I'll probably use this later like they like it it gives them something to do alright I want you to guess what we're doing those three objects is another cat toy it is another cat toy there's a lot of cat toy things in this hacks video but at the same time categories are actually really expensive like a pack of this and put you out five six bucks and considering the fact that your cats are going to loose these everywhere in your house or they eat them I'm not sure buying five dollars worth of toys every week is kind of a lot the idea is to make a mouse so you take a sock stuff it full of catnip so here's my concern so then what you'd have that and this is supposed to be like a mouse tail and you cut that part off you put googly eyes on it if you wanted to be like a mouse that's a mouse okay guys I'm not gonna lie it just looks like a stuff talked to me but let's see what they think test one go okay well he's killing it I'm gonna call catnip a success as far as functionality goes in my opinion this one doesn't get a pass I'm gonna say I wouldn't use pipe cleaner I'm very very worried about this little sharp edge hurting them and I'm worried about them pulling it apart and making a giant mess in my apartment cats enjoy scratching things and if you have designated things for them to scratch they're less likely to attach your furniture we're going to see if we can use some cardboard to make something that's pretty much the same as this but making it ourselves instead of buying it to see if that's like oh is that a good way to recycle cardboard or is it not worth the effort we've got a cardboard box I just kind of cut it open and we're just gonna start cutting some strips off of the cardboard [Music] Nate's been cutting for well over ten minutes it's not even well it's a little over half as wide as this is as far as time conservation goes if I'm looking at like time versus cost I don't want to spend fifteen minutes cutting out pieces of cardboard when this is less than three dollars now I don't think you can ever just get a cat to scratch things so whether or not jack goes for anything right now is well we'll see smelling smelling interesting interesting this does have fresh catnip in it whereas this one has the spray so not even a little bit inches okay okay yeah not in the mood for scratching right now so upwards of almost a half-hour versus less than three dollars I'm gonna call this one a bust I'm gonna say I wouldn't want this in my house and my cat doesn't seem interested in it so at least not at the moment yeah cats are cats cats are cats last one that we've got the pumpkin pie filling it is 100% pumpkin puree I did a lot of research after I saw that this was one of the recommended things apparently pumpkins good for dogs and cats in small quantities I'm not sure cats like pumpkin it says mash it in with their food but I can't imagine cat liking it so I'm gonna put a little bit on a plate we're gonna see what they think go for it go for it lots of smelling okay good sign licking okay I had my down word about that goodbye like yes maybe the vitamins in it are good for him but I think what you're ending up with is a lot of wasted food now you have mushy food in your bowl possible if they're hungry boys go for it maybe they're just not in the mood to eat right now could it work maybe do I think it would work I absolutely have my doubts how's it work today you know there's a lot of this video any excuse to look at cute cats an adorable video online showed cats versus clean wrapped over a door frame doesn't hurt the cats they were entertained it seemed like nobody seemed distressed but they couldn't figure out what cleaning wrap was and they couldn't figure out that they could just jump over it so we want to see what kittens around it alright I'll be up here so I'm less distraction Sally is decided she is done being filmed today she is the opposite of a diva let's see this is absolutely something you would not do if you were leaving them unsupervised this is simply something to do as an entertainment for the Vosges with you honestly they can't figure out how to jump over it oh oh there you go are you smarter than grown up cats what about on this side smaller okay cats versus saran-wrap is my new favorite thing in the world Wow Thunder hi hey welcome to the party well I'm gonna go ahead and say guys that my cats are smart enough to get through the saran-wrap challenge however it's highly entertaining there is exactly one more challenge that I want to try because this is all over the internet so here's what I've seen on YouTube you take food you distract them you put it down and as you do so you put this object right next to them or underneath them it's a cucumber and back away hopefully he looks the right direction hmm terrified he is startled out of his skin be afraid not really cuz I like you jump startled do I have weird cats they beat the saran-wrap challenge and they like he's he's licking it he licked the cucumber guys I have Jack and Sally now if you guys have any life hacks for cats that you want to learn about let me know so I can continue to terrorize the boys and bring them to the studio guys that's not all you know we've always got more for you to see hit that box up at the top to see our most recent video and we'll see in the next one talk to you then [Music]

Channel: TKOR

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Length: 13min 23sec (803 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 26 2019