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My house is strewn with cat toys. All types of toys. Tunnels, scratching posts, balls, toy mice, kicker toys, springs, chew toys. I even have small dog toys so that they would hold up better to my hyperactive, either on the move or dead asleep kitten. Blaze, named for the fact he blazes a trail of mischief (sometimes destruction) wherever he goes, was found in a tall bucket in the garage at about 4-5 weeks old. He had gotten trapped in it and couldn’t crawl back out for at least two days. He had two siblings and I’m fairly certain his momma had given up on him and his rambunctious ways. Kittens are supposed to sleep what? Like 16-18 hours a day at that age? Not my little guy. Nope. He averaged about 8 at the most and the more tired he was the more like a crazed, fit throwing toddler he became. He has true symptoms of ADHD. My legs look like I walked through a thicket field with shorts and no socks because he was constantly attacking me as his play toy. Then I found this door hanging bungee mouse and I was like there’s no way this will hold up but I’m gonna try it (mostly because I try EVERY toy I see for active kitties) because his favorite toy at the time was a mouse on a short bungee that I had to hold, but then I would become the toy rather than the mouse. ? Well. It did hold up, so far anyway. And it doesn’t matter because it is such a miracle I bought two more “just in case”. Blaze will play with this for a solid 10-15 minutes and then pass out tired. Sweet relief!! Thank you thank you thank you little string mouse!!!! As he’s grown he’s learned to get on the counters, open cabinets and climb the door jams. Yes. Climb up door jams. But if I get lucky he sees his bungee mouse hanging in the door and focuses on it enough to wear himself out. Sometimes I even trick him into playing with it if he’s super tired and not fully on his game of disobeying. Anyway. If you’ve made it this far and you have a, not only active but HYPERactive kitty, try this toy. I think you’ll be praising the toy gods, just like I do, every time your kitten starts playing with it.This is not exactly top of the line anything. However, it's a favorite. You need a doorway with molding. There has to be something for it to hold onto. The stretchy line needs to be tied at an appropriate height. You don't want to choke kitty.My youngest (now almost eight) had something similar as a kitten and he would play for hours (with small pass-out naps in the middle). I found this and the reasonable price sold me.It's simple, which can be one of the best things about it. I don't keep it up unsupervised. When I am done listening or watching, I put it away. Then, the younger comes to me and escorts me to the very closet in which it's kept to have me put it up. I guess you can say he likes it.There are many other choices for similar items, and the prices are all over the place. This works just fine. Kitties are happy. I'm happy. Win-win.Please note that you must have a doorframe with trim so this has something to “grab onto” to hang properly so the cats won’t continuously pull it down. Fortunately, I do and my cats love playing with this. Since it’s “springy”, they seem to enjoy smacking each other in the face with it the most. LolCat toy very well-made, very durableWill not work in an older home: the thickness of the woodwork between the two openings is TOO big! I had to put up a cuphook in order to use it.I would have to say, this toy keeps our cat and even out yorkie occupied for hours a day. I told my husband when they break this one I will definitely be ordering more.My cats loved this but it got old quickly and eventually it kept coming off of the door frame.The only complaint I have about this toy is the way it attaches to the door frame. It's basically a wire, similar to a hanger with small rubber grips on each end. The grips came off the wire within the first hour. I wrapped the ends with surgical tape so that it wouldn't scratch my wall surface. My cat loves this toy!
