It has been a while between posts on toys - not because we've stopped playing, but just because I've been a bit busy (lazy??). A firm favourite in our home for the last year has been a long 60cm ostrich feather. It was SUPPOSED to be safely stored in the cupboard for a dance costume (so it was bought from glitter and dance, a dance fabric store for about $10 plus postage). However, husband man thought it was safely stored as a cat toy, so thats what it became!
As a toy, it is long enough for human safety and functions as a wand, is soft and fluffy for cats, and it is surprisingly hard-wearing (probably because it was one for dance!). Only a few of the fronds have come off after almost a year of HARD wear. And the 'spine' was finally broken just last week. It has worked comfortably (for the humans) and unbearably enticingly (for the felines) on couches, stools, as a jumping gambit from the floor, in tunnels, in boxes, and all over their massive cat tree. This is the toy that will have them racing up the cat tree to play, or any other place we use it. It is also the fail-safe toy for Ava...because she sits and whines at us and refuses to play (while demanding playtime!) until we select the toy she wants!
As a toy, it is long enough for human safety and functions as a wand, is soft and fluffy for cats, and it is surprisingly hard-wearing (probably because it was one for dance!). Only a few of the fronds have come off after almost a year of HARD wear. And the 'spine' was finally broken just last week. It has worked comfortably (for the humans) and unbearably enticingly (for the felines) on couches, stools, as a jumping gambit from the floor, in tunnels, in boxes, and all over their massive cat tree. This is the toy that will have them racing up the cat tree to play, or any other place we use it. It is also the fail-safe toy for Ava...because she sits and whines at us and refuses to play (while demanding playtime!) until we select the toy she wants!