Make a whisker toner for your cats

Written by Dr.Laxmi Iyer

What's a whisker toner?

Well, have you noticed that many times your cats just don't get to use the entire breadth of their whiskers in the way they'd like to.

Feeling with the whiskers - pieces of plastic toys, furry soft toys, distempered walls, polished, veneered furniture, dry-cleaned carpets, fabrics and upholstery come nowhere close to feeling the elements of air, earth, trees and plants that really make up your cat's natural environment.

Whisker toners are especially useful if your cats are cooped up indoors all the time.

Material
1. 14 boxes (the length and breadth of the box should be exactly equal to the distance between the furthest tip of your cat’s whiskers – measured end to end)
2. Sand
3. Mud of different kinds - red, clay, loam
4. Wheat grass
5. Tomato, pumpkin and cucumber seeds
6. Dried flowers
7. Dried leaves
8. Pieces of bark
9. Fresh and dried grass

Method
1. In 7 of the boxes, place mixtures of sand, mud, dried flowers, pieces of fresh and dried grass, dried leaves, tomato, pumpkin and cucumber seeds.
2. In the remaining 7 boxes or pots, sow some wheat grass seeds.
3. Now, place all the boxes close to your cat’s playing spaces.
4. Make separate whisker toners for each of your cats. You can give each one of them a unique identity by pasting a few strands of your cat’s own fur on the rim of the boxes.
5. Let the fragrance of the earth lift your cat’s spirits.
6. If by chance, your cats feel like nibbling some grass, wheat grass makes for that perfect appetizer and energizer.