Toys that cats actually play with

[LittleWhingingWoman]

Any suggestions for multiple cats?

Huge box with holes cut in each side and the top...

Yes to a box. A laser pen is also good. My cat used to like little fluffy things scented with catnip until the catnip wore off. My childhood cat used to love a stick with feathers and bells on the end.

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Cutting a box up right now! 😂😂😂

Ours like a crocheted jellyfish, tiny furry mice from the pet shop, plastic springs from Amazon and ping pong balls. Anything they can bat around!

A length of red string is the only thing dcat plays with, despite having lots of toys.

Rattley mice, small ping pong type balls, feathers, laser pens, catnip sprayed on anything. Dreamies hidden in anything. Boxes and bags, play tunnels.
(I have 5 furry overlords, these are the much in demand play items).

Well...whatever you give them won't be it. Fussy beggars.

My cat hates boxes and bags but adores crinkly foil balls. Easter egg foil is a decent substitute. Those little cloth mice are also good. Basically anything she can shove under sofas and beds but use a claw to hook them back out to give it a good kicking, so not ping-pong balls as too hard. Pets at home do a kind of small toy pickamix for a few quid, worth getting one of each type and see what they like (I get these for cats protection at Christmas as they are cheap, even rescue kitties deserve a present at that time )

My daughters cat refuses to play with anything except uncooked pasta, and then its only fleeting. But he does love hiding/jumping in and out of bags and boxes.

catmint-stuffed mouse dangling from a stick

DCat likes the wiggly stick game - me writing with a pen or pencil

Shoelace and plastic tape tied onto a scratching post

Both cats like Da Bird (wand with feathers). I don't know what they put in the feathers, but they love it.

Catnipt loving boy cat has a wine bottle toy filled with catnip(?) he kicks it most days.

Neurotic, maternal girl cat likes chasing up and down stairs after a pipe-cleaner "spider".
She likes carrying a fluffy thing around the house in her mouth.

Attacking my feet under the duvet at 4am seems to get them excited too. Me, less so!

You can get little fish shaped bean bags full of cat nip which drive both mine and my friends cats into a state of ecstasy. They are called Stinkies. Cats love them. Get them from eBay or amazon

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The only toy my grumpy boy will play with.

Ping pong balls in the (empty) bath

A pen, especially one half hidden under furniture.

The one we have that all of the cats do really play with is the Pets at Home 100% catnip plush ball cat toy. It is a round fluffy grey ball with 6 leather laces sticking out of it, so it does look a bit like a giant eyeless spider. £4. Customer reviews is 4.9 out of 5.

I'd post a link but my phone is playing up.

Of the toys we've bought, the only really big hits with our two have been:

this: www.argos.co.uk/product/8389668

and this: www.argos.co.uk/product/8389644?istCompanyId=a74d8886-5df9-4baa-b776-166b3bf9111c&istFeedId=30f62ea9-9626-4cac-97c8-9ff3921f8558&istItemId=imqxpwilp&istBid=t&&cmpid=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59157%7cacid:278-707-7346%7ccid:9568738540%7cagid:126121373494%7ctid:pla-1394984928384%7ccrid:546372195786%7cnw:g%7crnd:18089664604227669936%7cdvc:c%7cadp:%7cmt:%7cloc:1006707&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=9568738540&utm_term=8389644&utm_content=shopping&utm_custom1=126121373494&utm_custom2=278-707-7346&gclid=CjwKCAjw9e6SBhB2EiwA5myr9rkTvSnYqJ1DKDOkUuGFOlLYX0V7D1v13dFUaX7_kNBBxgwkisi8KxoCj3cQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

They play with those, but their first love is scourers, for some reason. They LOVE them and will hunt/worry/toss them around endlessly.

A cotton shopping bag, a balled-up pair of socks, bras stolen from the clothes horse, an empty Pringles tube...

Literally nothing. Likes to kick prawns about the house occasionally. Chases spiders and moths. Loves to be up high so Mr Grombles has built extensive catnaseums all over the walls for her to climb about on. She has a favourite box she sleeps in too.

Mine likes the foam golf balls, she's also been known to play fetch with them.

Scrunched up aluminium foil. Preferably from a kit kat.

Pipe cleaners. Sometimes stripey cat will bring me one, meowing at the top of her voice. She's so good at providing for her family 😆

Just get something and pretend it’s not for the cat.

Or laser pens and string.

Crisp packets tied into a bow tie shape.

A paper Primark carrier bag.