Indoor cat enrichment: activities that use what you have
Indoor cats still need to hunt, explore, climb and solve problems. These activities give them a way to do that inside, mostly with things you already have at home, and each one says what to watch for.
Build a 7-day plan from these →🥣 Foraging
Kibble treasure hunt
Small portions of your cat's dry food hidden around the home, so a meal becomes a hunt.
Toilet-roll slow feeder
A toilet-roll tube with holes cut along its side and kibble inside. Your cat bats it around and food drops out.
🧩 Puzzle
Cardboard reach feeder
A shoebox lid with toilet-roll tubes standing in it, kibble dropped into the tubes. Your cat fishes the food out with a paw.
Starting a cat on a puzzle feeder
Move part of your cat's dry food into a food puzzle, so they work for it as they would when hunting.
🎾 Play
Toy rotation box
Keep most toys in a box and put out only a few at a time. Swapping them every few days makes old toys feel new.
Wand toy hunt
A short play session where a wand toy moves like prey, so your cat can stalk, chase, pounce and catch.
🎓 Training game
🌿 Sensory
Box and paper-bag hideout
A cardboard box and a paper bag on the floor: somewhere to hide, ambush from and explore, for free.
Window "bird TV"
A comfortable perch by a window, and if you can a bird feeder outside it, so your cat can watch the world go by.
How we choose these activities
Every activity is written from published guidance — AKC, ASPCA, Cornell University, International Cat Care, Ohio State's Indoor Pet Initiative, the House Rabbit Society and the Rabbit Welfare Association — and each page links to its sources. The safety note says when to stay with your cat, and "what to watch for" tells you when a game is too hard.