They seem more afraid of it than excited. I guess that’s my donation for the SPCA Christmas rummage sale this year.

On the plus side, it gets dust bunnies out of tight crevices better than the vacuum cleaner does.

  • nocturne@slrpnk.net
    18·
    1 day ago

    We used to have a tunnel cat toy that linked together and made a complete circle. I would toss ours into the tunnel and all the cats would play with it through the sections of the tunnel until the battery died.

    • KittenBiscuits@lemmy.todayEnglish
      11·
      1 day ago

      Ooh good idea! My cats have had something similar to OPs toy. They loved it at first, then grew tired.

      Then I got the mat accessory, which is like a big pocket made out of the spring wire sun shades for cars, and the toy contained inside mimicked a panicked mousie. They loved playing with that. Then grew tired.

      A new venue for the coked up ‘mouse’ toy would probably rekindle their interest for a couple of weeks.

      • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 day ago

        So the solution is just rotate the same toys every few weeks so they get excited about them again or once the cats are bored that’s it, even if you bring the toy out after a gap they won’t care for it

    • MissJinx@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 day ago

      I spent a lot of money before I realized my cat likes cardboard and trash. I bought them one of those colorfull 100 packs of pipe cleaners and when they get bored of one shape/color I change. Work wonders

      • Venat0r@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 hours ago

        I’d be worried mine would try to eat the pipe cleaner and get it stuck in thier throat