I’m looking to buy some cat toys that will last. I’m looking on Amazon – though I would love to avoid Amazon – and everything is terrible quality. Even if I sort by rating, everything still seems like junk.
There are some pretty sick toys, like this automatic motion activated laser that will move around the room when it senses motion. Or one of those balls that will role itself around the room. But neither seems to hold up.
I suppose I could stay away from the electronic stuff and just get some good old fashion manual cat toys. I’m looking to adopt a kitten, and I wanted to give him as much play time as he needs. I figured a few automatic toys for while I’m working could be good.
Cat needs your attention, not electric toy. Use wasted clothes: socks on a string, sock balls, shirt tube with suspended enerance to crawl through. Build a cat tree (premade ones are junk, just nail together a tripod and randomly placed shelves on it, how hard could that be? Wrap some cord around it somewhere).
Cat toys are made to be demolished quikly, making them from something that is not waste is kind of stupid. The only things to buy are lazer and catnip, and catnip could be grown at home (lazer could be grown too but crystal fab is not a simple project).
I would advise against using clothing as toys. It blurs the line between what they can destroy and what they can’t. Toys are meant to be abused by the cat, and will be utterly decimated if the cat has any say in it.