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.
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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.
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.
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