Billi was immensely patient during the tutorial. I love that when asked if she'd like to do a fan toy tutorial, she said, nuh uh, worm! Lovely Billi! You have defended your right to be contrary in the midst of cooperative efforts with your Mom.
@@MadamFoogie And here's me going "Oh look! I think that's worm in the background. It's been so long since we've seen Billi play with worm!" But this time it was Mom who had other ideas. 😀
ive made and bought so many toys for my cats, and you know what their favorite thing is? an antenna from an old RC toy car. its just a long metal stick. they cant get enough of it. hours of fun.
My first cat could not have been less interested in his mousy or this random string I had. But when I put them together, the world changed. 3 years later and “mouse on a string” is still his favorite, and his younger brother’s too. It is the only toy they both know by name
Fun to see the DIY teaser toy. I had something like this for my cat, but it was a plastic stick about 3 feet long, with a string attached to one end. At the end of the string was a fishing spinner and a pair of feathers so that the feathers would spin when you whipped it through the air. It was my kitty's favorite toy. I had to keep it up out of reach or he would eat the feathers. So when it was time to play, all I had to say was "Shall I get the bird?" and he would go nuts. He'd chase that thing until he was panting like a dog. When he caught it, he would shake it and then try to drag it into the bathroom to bury it under the rug. I highly recommend a toy like this for anyone with a hyper cat that needs to burn off excess energy. It also keeps kitty's teeth and claws at arms length.
I also have a toy that has broken and been put back together many times 🙃 Funny thing is: one night the feather attachment at the end broke off again, but I was so tired I kept moving it without fixing it. You'd think my cat would be disappointed with what was now just an elastic string-on-a-stick. But his eyes lit up and it was like he was seeing it for the first time. It was a revelation. He was so excited, he made me stay up playing with him for 3 hours after that. To this day, it's still his favorite toy (a black elastic string at the end of a wand)! Haha
Billi looks like a jumper. Here’s a fun jumper game: Drag your fan toy in fits and starts across the floor/ couch/ whatever. Wait until your cat’s pupils are wide and they are starting to crouch, then just when they are about to pounce, just LAUNCH that sucker in the air and watch em’ leap for it. Repeat until cat is done. Do not be fooled by short breaks for face washing, that is a dodge. 😁
This was fabulous! Entertaining AND educational! Thanks for the great info! Now if only my lazy cats would be that inclined to play vigorously. Billi is a very special older kitty!
So glad to see this!! I have been repeatedly lamenting (everyone's probably tired of it!) my cat, who is a tad younger than Billi, and her lack of interest in Billi's level of energy and play. You are right, Billi is def an exceptional cat!
@@rivercrow8988 they all definitely have their own personalities. Much like some human beings are more inclined to be athletic than others, perhaps there are some cats more inclined to activate that hunt mode than others. Interestingly, I have two cats that were raised more around dogs than other cats in their formative years. I wonder how many other cat owners find this to be a factor, or is it just a random personality thing? Who knows!
My favorite way to modify teaser toys is to attach them to a teacher's telescoping pointer (super long ones on Amazon!). Allows you to sit and have lots of range to flick it around
Funnily enough, my roommate recently broke one of the fan blades in his bedroom. Smart guy stood up on his bed, forgetting the fan was on, and it bonked his head. XD Anyway, since the fan is already missing a blade and needs to be replaced, maybe we'll try out a version of Fan Toy there. I attempted it once before with toilet paper, and that stuff didn't last ten seconds once my girl got her claws into it. So she's clearly fond of the whole concept. Thanks a bunch for the tutorial, sewing elastic is a great idea!
My Razzberries didn’t have a fan toy, per se -her toy WAS the fan. Just a 3-mo.-old, she jumped up from my bed and smacked the short chain I used to change the fan speed! It would smack a fan blade, she’d fall back to the bed, and the fan, on HI, would swing the chain just a little, and off we went again!
Billi is so lucky to have such a loving mom ......homemade toys ......that's so nice because you made it and you put alot of love into it!!! Billi a beauty ......😻😻😻😻😻❤💛💚💙🧡❤💛💚💙
As kids do, an old game for a cat, they have fond memories and nostalgia about it, and play again from time to time, but can't just have the joy of the first discovery ever again!
I don't know why, but sitting on gemstones seems like an extremely catlike thing to do. My girl also really enjoys wire. She likes to pick it up in her mouth and toss it around. So when I go to the grocery store, I snag her up a fresh bunch of those wire ties from the produce section, as she tends to wear the paper down pretty quickly, then gets bored with it. They're kind of everywhere now, little green flecks of paper and semi-bare wire. I need to vacuum.
I love how you interact with Billy. Mama is so loving with Billy because she deserves the best. You got the best baby and Billy got the best mama and dad.
I’ve done the same with a shoe lace and a stick with a hole, but I do like the ‘bungee cord’ elastic instead, since that will give it a little more jumping!
Billi probably: "Mom, I'M THE ONE WHO PRESSES THE FANTOY BUTTON!" and then goes for "WORM" out of spite ... "No, Mom, see, I didn't want FANTOY AT ALL! You were WRONG to press it!" I love cats and their attitude of: "It wasn't a MISTAKE! I MEANT to do that!"
@@sarahstrong7174 They make mistakes all the time! But always play it off like it was their complete and full intention. Just like when Billi took that spill. "Nope, I'm fine! Totally meant to do that!" 😺 Cats are so funny that way. Little goofballs, dingus bingus.
"It's all right! It's all right. Nobody panic. That was deliberate. It was deliberate." Gimli in LotR: The Two Towers ...and all cats when they totally biff it.
Our teaser toy is pre-made, but I really appreciate how the line is very soft and elastic. The elasticity ensures that it won't suddenly yank out of his mouth when he's really jumping around and catching mid-air, and the softness ensures that it won't hurt his teeth or gums!
I haven't been as exited for any make up launch as I was to read this title! Honestly one of the most important tutorials I've seen recently. I haven't been giving enough ribbon length. Learn a new thing each day.
My cat's favourite toy is a q-tip on a string. It's as simple as it sounds, but he absolutely loves it; much better than all the purchased toys we've tried.
Your Billi girl is so darn cute. Me and my Kirby girl watch her all the time. Kirbs will give a little happy trill every once in a while watching Billi play!
sometimes the homemade toys are the best, as long as you use good *strong* cat safe materials; because you know what your cat loves best. I have to admit I have wasted money on toys that look like they are awesome because of good marketing but my cat ignores them. they just are not the type of toy she likes. Give her anything with feathers or stuffed with catnip on a string? That is heaven for her
I think my cats when they got past 7 or 8, they totally lost interest in playing with anything. Or if they did have interest in say a new empty box or tissue paper, etc. they'd play with it for 3min and then get bored with it and never look at it again. I think if I had one of these voice boards back in the day, the 2 most favourite buttons of theirs would be 'Naw', and 'Are you kidding...?' LOL
I've got a teaser toy with an extra long stick and it's honestly fantastic. I get so much reach even sitting on the sofa! But you did make me realize that if the feathers on the end break, I can totally just tie other stuff to it.
I can’t get my cat interested in teaser toys. He liked them when he was a kitten but not anymore. The fact that she wants to play worm and not fan toy is astonishing.
Hehe well if you're gonna get so weird about the fantoy she wants worm instead. I imagine the entire diy tutorial sounded like the adults in snoopy to her
If you need a completely super safe fan toy, you can always just tie some toilet paper onto the fan blades and let them hang a little bit above the ground. Even if your cat grabs onto them, the paper will just tear with no damage to the fan or the kitty :D (If you're using extra strong paper, you could partially pre-tear one spot near the fan blade)
One of my cats favorite toys was a long old shoelace that they liked chasing around, perhaps because it looked like a snake, so we called it snakey. Sometimes I would just drape it over their tails and they would chase it in circles really fast until they got dizzy. 😂
My male cat Grey has a little mousey toy on a fishing rod, i have to hide it after we play, because as soon as he spots the mousey he gets desperate to catch it no matter what.
Her huge expressive eyes get me every time. I just cannot comprehend how adorable she is. T_T
Agree. She looked especially adorable in this video💜
Billi was immensely patient during the tutorial. I love that when asked if she'd like to do a fan toy tutorial, she said, nuh uh, worm! Lovely Billi! You have defended your right to be contrary in the midst of cooperative efforts with your Mom.
I love Billi looking at you like "Less saying, more playing, mom!" She's such a good sport & project manager! Thanks for the tutorial!
Ah, the irony, in a special edition fan toy video, Billi pressed “worm.” 😹
Haven't seen worm in a while. Billi definitely goes through phases. Mercurial child.
@@MadamFoogie And here's me going "Oh look! I think that's worm in the background. It's been so long since we've seen Billi play with worm!" But this time it was Mom who had other ideas. 😀
Mom: Use your local friendly cat
Billi: *looks around* What, is there a one of those around?
That's a Billi approved stick.😂 Loving the slow motion clips of Billi playing on the bed.😻
Right?! That slo mo leap up to get the fan toy was better than any wide receiver catch in the NFL! 😂 1:54
Yes
New artefact and merch item:
"Billi-approved stick" 🤔
I was giggling throughout the whole video, so cute 😸 The fan toy saga continues. Love your humor and the wonderful care that you give Billi
🥰🥰🥰🥰
ive made and bought so many toys for my cats, and you know what their favorite thing is? an antenna from an old RC toy car. its just a long metal stick. they cant get enough of it. hours of fun.
😂😂😂
Awww…young Billi chasing original fan toy when it was attached to the fan was so cute!😻😺😁
that was very informative for cat lovers around the globe, glad to see Billi's very important contribution to the DIY project, that's teamwork.
She vital to the process 😹
My first cat could not have been less interested in his mousy or this random string I had. But when I put them together, the world changed. 3 years later and “mouse on a string” is still his favorite, and his younger brother’s too. It is the only toy they both know by name
Impressive leaps for fan toy on the bed! And then the running over the couch in the living room!
Billi is such a happy girl.
Fun to see the DIY teaser toy. I had something like this for my cat, but it was a plastic stick about 3 feet long, with a string attached to one end. At the end of the string was a fishing spinner and a pair of feathers so that the feathers would spin when you whipped it through the air. It was my kitty's favorite toy. I had to keep it up out of reach or he would eat the feathers. So when it was time to play, all I had to say was "Shall I get the bird?" and he would go nuts. He'd chase that thing until he was panting like a dog. When he caught it, he would shake it and then try to drag it into the bathroom to bury it under the rug. I highly recommend a toy like this for anyone with a hyper cat that needs to burn off excess energy. It also keeps kitty's teeth and claws at arms length.
Oh wow! Original fan toy is genius/cat-brained! I think you two have the “Vulcan mind meld” or something!
When making a new fan toy, Billi has to approve everything! She's the best at okaying it. Now to test it out!
A animal toy company should make fan toy for real that would be a fun to see maybe Billie's fan toy would be the name of it
I also have a toy that has broken and been put back together many times 🙃 Funny thing is: one night the feather attachment at the end broke off again, but I was so tired I kept moving it without fixing it. You'd think my cat would be disappointed with what was now just an elastic string-on-a-stick. But his eyes lit up and it was like he was seeing it for the first time. It was a revelation. He was so excited, he made me stay up playing with him for 3 hours after that. To this day, it's still his favorite toy (a black elastic string at the end of a wand)! Haha
That slowmo jump was awesome!!! 😍
One of my favorite videos of Billi 😍
Billi is adorable. My cats love her too
Billi looks like a jumper. Here’s a fun jumper game:
Drag your fan toy in fits and starts across the floor/ couch/ whatever. Wait until your cat’s pupils are wide and they are starting to crouch, then just when they are about to pounce, just LAUNCH that sucker in the air and watch em’ leap for it. Repeat until cat is done. Do not be fooled by short breaks for face washing, that is a dodge. 😁
Whoa! Action Kitty! I can see why Fan Toy is on her ‘most requested’ list!
This was fabulous! Entertaining AND educational! Thanks for the great info! Now if only my lazy cats would be that inclined to play vigorously. Billi is a very special older kitty!
So glad to see this!! I have been repeatedly lamenting (everyone's probably tired of it!) my cat, who is a tad younger than Billi, and her lack of interest in Billi's level of energy and play. You are right, Billi is def an exceptional cat!
@@rivercrow8988 they all definitely have their own personalities. Much like some human beings are more inclined to be athletic than others, perhaps there are some cats more inclined to activate that hunt mode than others. Interestingly, I have two cats that were raised more around dogs than other cats in their formative years. I wonder how many other cat owners find this to be a factor, or is it just a random personality thing? Who knows!
Different levels of activity and energy are driven my hormones 🤓
My favorite way to modify teaser toys is to attach them to a teacher's telescoping pointer (super long ones on Amazon!). Allows you to sit and have lots of range to flick it around
Ooh good idea!
Those never engage my cat enough, I think she likes the experience of running around with me… exercise for 2
She also loves Grandma!
Truth!
I’m so pleased Billi gave her approval all of the way through in making her fan toy. Thank you. May you please take care and stay safe.
Can’t wait for Billi to do the electric boogaloo to fan toy 2
MOTHER!!! I SPECIFICALLY SAID WORM!! 😂😂😂
Funnily enough, my roommate recently broke one of the fan blades in his bedroom. Smart guy stood up on his bed, forgetting the fan was on, and it bonked his head. XD Anyway, since the fan is already missing a blade and needs to be replaced, maybe we'll try out a version of Fan Toy there. I attempted it once before with toilet paper, and that stuff didn't last ten seconds once my girl got her claws into it. So she's clearly fond of the whole concept. Thanks a bunch for the tutorial, sewing elastic is a great idea!
Hi pretty girl! The thumbnail is magnificent!! ❤🐾💛🐾💙
That’s the best thumbnail ever 😂❤❤❤❤
My Razzberries didn’t have a fan toy, per se -her toy WAS the fan.
Just a 3-mo.-old, she jumped up from my bed and smacked the short chain I used to change the fan speed! It would smack a fan blade, she’d fall back to the bed, and the fan, on HI, would swing the chain just a little, and off we went again!
Billi is adorable
That tutorial was very special, thank you for that and thank you Billi for good inspections ❤️
My favorite girlie! I love to watch her - her eyes speak a million things! Billie knows what she wants and she is not afraid to speak her mind! 😂❤️
I’m going to make a fan toy for my cat now. Her name is Pip. 💚
That's an adorable name for a cat~
Lmao I have a Pip at home myself. Also a female, short for Pipsqueak. Please give extra pets from my Pip to yours.
Billi is so lucky to have such a loving mom ......homemade toys ......that's so nice because you made it and you put alot of love into it!!! Billi a beauty ......😻😻😻😻😻❤💛💚💙🧡❤💛💚💙
As kids do, an old game for a cat, they have fond memories and nostalgia about it, and play again from time to time, but can't just have the joy of the first discovery ever again!
05:35 Best "Billi Supervising" shot!
I used to make jewellery and my Winfield would have to inspect every bit of wire and sit on the gemstones.
I don't know why, but sitting on gemstones seems like an extremely catlike thing to do.
My girl also really enjoys wire. She likes to pick it up in her mouth and toss it around. So when I go to the grocery store, I snag her up a fresh bunch of those wire ties from the produce section, as she tends to wear the paper down pretty quickly, then gets bored with it. They're kind of everywhere now, little green flecks of paper and semi-bare wire. I need to vacuum.
At last we learn the arcane secrets of the Fan Toy
I’ve kept it from the world for too long! 😹
@@BilliSpeaks HAHA, too funny! ;)
I love how you interact with Billy. Mama is so loving with Billy because she deserves the best. You got the best baby and Billy got the best mama and dad.
I’ve done the same with a shoe lace and a stick with a hole, but I do like the ‘bungee cord’ elastic instead, since that will give it a little more jumping!
I remember OG worm. RIP OG worm...
Billi's SO quick w/ catching the end of the fan toy (s).
I can see why she likes fan toy so much. Maybe trade that industrial coffee table out for a soft ottoman bench.
Billi probably: "Mom, I'M THE ONE WHO PRESSES THE FANTOY BUTTON!" and then goes for "WORM" out of spite ... "No, Mom, see, I didn't want FANTOY AT ALL! You were WRONG to press it!"
I love cats and their attitude of: "It wasn't a MISTAKE! I MEANT to do that!"
Cats NEVER make mistakes. I cannot think what you are going on about.
@@sarahstrong7174 They make mistakes all the time! But always play it off like it was their complete and full intention.
Just like when Billi took that spill. "Nope, I'm fine! Totally meant to do that!" 😺
Cats are so funny that way. Little goofballs, dingus bingus.
"It's all right! It's all right. Nobody panic. That was deliberate. It was deliberate."
Gimli in LotR: The Two Towers
...and all cats when they totally biff it.
I honestly think she just thought Fan Toy was out of commission so she’d better suggest something else.
Our teaser toy is pre-made, but I really appreciate how the line is very soft and elastic. The elasticity ensures that it won't suddenly yank out of his mouth when he's really jumping around and catching mid-air, and the softness ensures that it won't hurt his teeth or gums!
I haven't been as exited for any make up launch as I was to read this title!
Honestly one of the most important tutorials I've seen recently. I haven't been giving enough ribbon length. Learn a new thing each day.
That is much loved with all the repairs.
My cat's favourite toy is a q-tip on a string. It's as simple as it sounds, but he absolutely loves it; much better than all the purchased toys we've tried.
Your Billi girl is so darn cute. Me and my Kirby girl watch her all the time. Kirbs will give a little happy trill every once in a while watching Billi play!
Lol, that face plant was in slow motion.
I love when you ask for her approval. It's great seeing her big eyes and athleticism. Billi could you send me some of your energy 😂🥰
Thank you I always wondered where you got it lol
She's maybe thinking the fan toy without a toy on the end looks like worm
lol the dignity injury of the LR fan toy!
sometimes the homemade toys are the best, as long as you use good *strong* cat safe materials; because you know what your cat loves best. I have to admit I have wasted money on toys that look like they are awesome because of good marketing but my cat ignores them. they just are not the type of toy she likes. Give her anything with feathers or stuffed with catnip on a string? That is heaven for her
I want a "fan toy"!!! no! not for me, for Houdini! 😁🤣
That thumbnail…so cute!!
Billi definitely approves the new fan toy! Good Job Meowy and Billi!
I mean I think she said Worm, cause she said fan toy and you were faffing about. So maybe worm since you weren't doing fan toy. lol
I think my cats when they got past 7 or 8, they totally lost interest in playing with anything. Or if they did have interest in say a new empty box or tissue paper, etc. they'd play with it for 3min and then get bored with it and never look at it again. I think if I had one of these voice boards back in the day, the 2 most favourite buttons of theirs would be 'Naw', and 'Are you kidding...?' LOL
Stop blaspheming Mom! It's a flying mouse and I'm hunting it for food. Why do you have to destroy my immersion?
This video popped up on my feed. Watching made me cry. 😢
Thank you so much! I've been wondering, and now I can make one for my kitties. 😻
Yes! The legendary fantoy!
I remember when I started watching Billispeaks she was 12 so 2 years of beautiful Billi!
That's so sweet!❤️
Billi has the moves!
Thank you for the generous tutorial ❤️
Hm…the ceiling fan is in my kitchen. No table in there, so I’ll have to test this out 🤓
Thank you (both) for your thorough tutorial! 🙂❤️
I've got a teaser toy with an extra long stick and it's honestly fantastic. I get so much reach even sitting on the sofa!
But you did make me realize that if the feathers on the end break, I can totally just tie other stuff to it.
Well of course she wanted worm. Fan toy was in the repair shop. 😃
I can’t get my cat interested in teaser toys. He liked them when he was a kitten but not anymore.
The fact that she wants to play worm and not fan toy is astonishing.
Billi-tested, Billi-approved!
We need more slo MO action.
Hehe well if you're gonna get so weird about the fantoy she wants worm instead. I imagine the entire diy tutorial sounded like the adults in snoopy to her
Literally LOLed
I WONDERED why the string toy was "fan" toy! So great!!!
Thats awesome!
I love the thumbnail!! She's just so damn cute I can't stand it.
Billi: Mom, you forgot to put bunny on it!
Thankyou for sharing.
2:38 oh lawd 😂 her tush going up like that!
I really enjoy your explanation videos. Beautiful Billi so sweet.
An old fishing pole works well also, tho it won't beat an overhead fan for being a favourite!
Billi thank you for showing us the fan toy demo. Now I can make one for Chai. Chai loves worm too. Lol. You are tdc-too darn cute! 🤦♀️🙀😊🌞🐾🐾🐈❤️🤗
I'm inspired! When the day I can adopt a cat comes, I'll make a fantoy for them!
That thumbnail. That glorious thumbnail!
lol. Billi had to make sure you won’t messing fan toy
She’s a micromanager but I love her anyway 🤷🏼♀️
It kills me a talking cat has a blooper reel. 🤣
I loved this video!!! Thank you so much!
The origins of fan toy!
Merhaba kedi çok güzel video
Aww that precious thumbnail face ❤️
If you need a completely super safe fan toy, you can always just tie some toilet paper onto the fan blades and let them hang a little bit above the ground.
Even if your cat grabs onto them, the paper will just tear with no damage to the fan or the kitty :D
(If you're using extra strong paper, you could partially pre-tear one spot near the fan blade)
I like how Billi opens her mouth with fan toy in case she needs to catch the mousey like a shrimp at a hibachi restaurant
One of my cats favorite toys was a long old shoelace that they liked chasing around, perhaps because it looked like a snake, so we called it snakey. Sometimes I would just drape it over their tails and they would chase it in circles really fast until they got dizzy. 😂
Yep, Shoelace was my cat's #1 love for a year or two. It was actually from a hoodie so it was really long, & had metal ends he loved to chew.
Inspired me to get creative ✨️ 😌
My male cat Grey has a little mousey toy on a fishing rod, i have to hide it after we play, because as soon as he spots the mousey he gets desperate to catch it no matter what.
Of course she asked for worm 😂
what a delightful video😊🥰 I love you guys..specially billi😍 and love the tutorial💪❤️🤩 happy new fantoy👍