Keeping an indoor cat stimulated means creating an environment where they can regularly perform important feline behaviours. Provide safe hiding and resting places, elevated spaces, appropriate scratching surfaces, opportunities for stalking and chasing through interactive play, ways to search or work for some food, and positive social interaction on the cat's terms.

Pet enrichment is the deliberate creation of opportunities for animals to express important natural behaviours and engage meaningfully with their environment. Depending on the species, that might involve foraging, sniffing, digging, climbing, hiding, chewing, hunting-like play, training, exploring, bathing, flying, social interaction or simply being able to choose where to rest.

Understanding cat behaviour means looking at the whole cat, the situation and what is normal for that individual. A raised tail, purr, scratch or hiding episode cannot reliably be interpreted in isolation.