Premium Cat Feather Teaser Wand Toy - Interactive Exercise & Play for Cats & Kittens - Perfect for Indoor Play, Training & Bonding with Your Feline Friend

This simple but very effective toy is the ‘new’ thrill of both of our cats. Our female is 9 years old and our male is still a “kitten” (about 4 months old), but he’s as big as she is at this point.Our cats are strictly “indoor” pets and both of them have their own, unique way of playing. The young male is an acrobatic nut! This Feather Teaser toy is right down his alley!The string is well attached to the wand and about 3.5 to 4 feet long. At the end of the string is a snap clevis & swivel, much like what you may see on some fishing rigs.The snap-swivel is easy to open and the two ‘fish-birds’, (I like to think of them as such, lol), have a very well attached, metal eyelet swivel just like the one on the end of the string except without the snap clevis part of it.You can quickly attach either of the feathered ‘cat lures’ to the string and/or make additional variations to snap on when you feel like a change. You can also buy them, (we bought a “bumble bee” looking one but haven’t received it yet)Each ‘fish-bird’ is very well sewn together and of surprisingly high quality materials. They’re both about 7 inches long and roughly that wide when you measure across the feathers.The body of each toy is about 4 inches by 1.5 inches without the feathers and tail. The body is stuffed and about an inch thick and the material is strong, yet soft and flexible. There’s a loop sewn into the nose and threaded through the eyelet of the swivel and again, it’s very sturdy and well sewn.The wands are each about 17 inches long. There’s also a two inch long, threaded coupler that allows you to screw the two wands together making a single, 32 inch, and VERY flexible, wand!I can’t say enough about those wands, really! They have the perfect amount of flex and when you connect them together, the flex is so good, that our male cat literally can’t break it!That’s saying a lot because he has broken several wands from other manufacturers with no problem. The cats have a cat ‘tower house’ and there’s a small hole in the very top of the highest enclosure.Though I doubt either of our cats will tear these feather toys apart, (even the feathers are very well attached), our male cat has already bit through the string. That’s not a problem, we simply tie the two severed ends together and we’re back in the game.If he winds up doing that too many times, (my guess is that he will), we’ll simply tie on a new length of kite string or maybe some nylon as a replacement. Because the male is still young and careless, he’s been able to get himself wrapped up by the strings of these kinds of toys.Therefore, we don’t leave them unattended with this toy. Just like a small child, the string could pose a danger if he gets into a tangle and then, (like most young cats), goes into a panic because he’s now realizing his situation.So we do recommend that you stay close by when they’re playing with this, or any similar wand/string toy. When they’re done, (or you are, whichever comes first), put the thing away where they can’t reach it.When we want to take a break but the cats don’t, we simply slip the two assembled wands into the hole and allow the feathered toy to dangle down from there. They sneak up, grab the toy and jump off the platform they were on at the time.Of course, the toy goes with them, and the wands will bend almost in half! The tension on the rig reaches its maximum and the toy is pulled free of the cat’s grip, (claws or teeth). Then, it slingshots back and that return action, stimulates them. They frantically chase it back down only to repeat the process almost to the point that the ‘cycle’ runs itself!The “Cat Toy Interactive Cat Wand” or, if you prefer, the “2 Fish and Feather Teaser”, is a great, reusable pet toy that can be kept interesting to your pets by simply changing the ‘lure’ with a different one from time to time.It’s surprisingly well made for the low price and it’s simple. But then, as most cat owners know, the simplest toys, (a paper bag or cardboard box), are often the best as far as the cats are concerned!5 STARS!