This year was a bit different though. We were able to find Easter eggs that had shapes cut into them, so the kitties were able to smell the treats better through the holes. And we had three new participants! Last Easter, we only had Delilah and Sampson, so this was Sophie, Sassy, and Caster’s first egg hunt.
We put all the kitties up in the office while we hid the eggs. Once all 18 were hidden (17 regularly hidden eggs, plus one grand prize egg that was hidden extra good), we opened the office door and the hunt began! It’s so funny to watch them. It usually takes a few minutes for them to catch on to what they’re supposed to do, but once they realize the treat smell is in the air, they jump on it. It probably took 20 minutes for all of the eggs to be found.
Here are some of the highlights:
The next couple pictures are some of my favorites. The best and funniest parts of the hunt were when the kitties were SO close to an egg and didn’t even realize it.
DELILAH!
Sophie: 0
Caster: 3
Delilah: 4 (including Grand Prize Egg)
Sassy: 5
Sampson: 11
Wow! Concatulations Sampson!!! He is the reigning champion, as he won the hunt last year too. π
Sampson would also like to show off this beautiful card that his girlfuriend Astrid (The Cat on My Head) made for him:
da tabbies o trout towne says
happee bee lated easturr everee one !! N what a fun fun eye dea….
conga ratz two ewe sampson….N we noe all de eggs were FISH eggs….rite …. !!!! ??????
RITE !!!
noe burd innvolved……rite !!
π
Kitties Blue says
Sampson, you told us you were going to win the egg hunt, and you were true to your word. Were y’all able to open any of them by yourself? Hope nobuddy ate too many treats and hurled. Astrid is so happy that Sampson liked her card. She thinks he is the bestest boyfuriend a girl could have. We are pleased that your egg hunt went better than the one at Cat Scouts. Mau got so frustrated. Have a meowvolous week. XO, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo and extra kisses for Sampson from Astrid.
Deztinee Izabella says
OMC How cute. Concatulations Sampson!! And all of you fur duin a pawsum job on findin’ yous’ tweats. π And yous’ cawd is vewy nice Sampson. Dat wus vewy sweet of Astrid. Hav a Pawsum Munday!!
Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses π
Dezi
Marg says
What a fun thing to do. I think I will try that and sprinkle the eggs with Nip and see if they find the.Thanks for this great idea. Love that your cats would go hunt for them. Take care.
Tamago says
I love love love this. What a fun you all had!!
Sampson, you are way ahead of your fursibs. And Delilah, great job finding the grand prize egg! I sometimes play hide-and-seek-food game with my boys, too. I love those eggs because you can really hide them and also kitties can smell treat!
Oui Oui says
What a cool idea! We’ll have to try it, IF the mom remembers. She’s elebiny seven years old and she’s not great in that category any more. Concats to Sampson, the mighty egg hunter!
The Florida Furkids says
What a great idea! We hope Mom sees this and does it for us next year!!
The Florida Furkids
The Island Cats says
That sure looked like fun! Congrats to Sampson for finding the most eggs. It must be his Cat Scouts skills that helped. π
Playful Kitty says
That must have been a hoot! I can imagine the cats looking for those eggs π Samson is quite the egg finder! I guess we know who likes those treats the best.
spitty the kitty says
WOW! You must have the Best Humans Ever!!! What a fantastic Easter game! But Sampson–my gosh–11? Did you at least save one for Astrid?
And you know what Sophie? You are not weird at all. I never met a treat I liked, either. We are not strange–just connoisseurs!
Kwee Cats and Art says
Ha-hee! You guys are so cute and have great fun. Mumsy says there’s still treats around here from LAST year we haven’t found! We are not soooo sure.
Happy Easter you guys!
Hugs π
Sammy says
SAMPSON! World champion egg finder! Bravo buddy…..what a fun Easter your humans make for all of you. That just looked like tons of fun.
Hugs, Sammy
Crepes says
Wow, 11 eggs?! That’s a lot!! I think MOmFOD may want to do a belated easter egg hunt here for us. that will be fun! I can’t wait! – Crepes.
Caren Gittleman says
This is the most clever idea! Love that you found eggs with designs cut into them. I hadn’t heard about doing this until I saw some Shelties on their blog, doing the same thing. Brilliant Idea!
MAxwell, Faraday & Allie says
Sampson, DOOD! Way ta GO!!!
LP says
Great idea you two two footers! And so great that efurryone loved the game. We know Sophie did too even if she isn’t motivated by treats…Leo doesn’t like treats either and Mitalee has to have a really special treat to be interested!
the critters in the cottage xo
Fur Everywhere says
That looks like so much fun! Concats to Sampson to finding 11 eggs; that’s amazing!!
Connie says
I did that for a couple of years with standard Easter eggs and I couldn’t get The Crew interested, probably because they really couldn’t smell it.. I like those eggs, I’m so going to have to get to the store and see if i can’t score any of those on clearance