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December 25, 2005
The perfect cat toy
I wanted to give my cat a toy for Christmas, but I knew he was easily bored, and it would take a very special toy to get him excited.
I finally found something I thought would work. It looks a lot like this wand.
It's a wand with what looks like a long Christmas tree wreath. It's plastic, with hot pink center and white tips. The wreath is built with a metal thread, so it wafts lazily, a bit like a cat's tail. And the tip of the wreath has a few feathers with what I'd describe as a light weight. That way, the action is just right. And IT RUSTLES!!!!!
Pusur went wild.
And since he usually goes wild Christmas Eve with all the gift wrappings, I combined the wand with the paper. Instant hit. No risk of me getting clawed by accident, and the rustling combined with the rustling paper got him all worked up.
Poor guy didn't want to get to bed. He kep looking at me late at night, hoping I'd come up with more fun...
If you want to buy your cat a toy like that, beware if your cat is the destructive type. The metal thread and plastic doesn't taste that good. In fact, Pusur lets go quickly. He's not the destructive type. He can keep toys for years without ruining them. But if yours is destructive, be careful exactly what materials, and how sturdy the wand is.
Update: The wand broke the second day, after I wrote this entry. Not because the cat is destructive, but because the wreath was made with metal thread. Metal that thin has a tendency to weaken if you twirl it around too much. A weakness in the design, would be my guess. I'm thinking of repairing it, and putting something else between the metal thread and the wand, to shore up the place where it would break a second time. Maybe a piece of string. But in the mean time, I accidentally made another wand out of a piece of ribbon and the wand.
Posted by Ann at December 25, 2005 11:56 AM
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