Undercover Mouse cat toy panic mouse cat's meow electronic cat toy cat training tool

I have three cats. Simba, the head of the house who's rarely interested in anything, Monty, a timid cat who prefers a nap on the radiator to any kind of activity and Nibbles, a stray who we recently adopted. Now I'm moving out soon to an area near a busy road, so I wanted a toy that could give him the something to hunt as he's used to being in the garden. I got this for Nibbles. To my amazement, Monty has taken an interest in it to, he simply loves watching it go round and round and give it a whack here and there, and Simba seems to get a lot of enjoyment out of just watching it too. So here I am writing this review about to go and buy another to leave for them when I'm gone!A few things to note; It's the kind of Toy you can leave on, but you want to check on it after a few minutes because cat's can pull the mouse out of the socket, leaving it pathetically whirling round and annoying the cats because the mouse seems to stay still, it's designed to be detachable but it's worth checking on them.Second thing to note is batteries, this thing uses C Cell Batteries (Big chunky ones) and because these can be very expensive I would recommend to anyone to invest in rechargeable batteries  Duracell Rechargeable 1 Hour Multi-Battery Charger  This seems to be the best charger around, rechargeable batteries can be bought here at Amazon too, it's worth the investment to avoid disappointed cats. Anyone knows cat's don't sit disappointed, they take it out on something so save your furniture now!I see a lot of questions about the noise of this thing and to be honest, I haven't really noticed it too much, it makes a sound like rubbing something against a raincoat, but on the lower settings it's not too noticeable. It is very entertaining to watch and my 3 year old nephew sometimes likes to get involved too which is hilarious. I bought this and a laser toy and there really is no comparison, this is simply the best toy out there, it looks simple, but cat's don't get bored of it for a long time!In fact last night I wanted to switch it off so I could go to bed, soon as I picked it up monty looked at me and gave me the saddest meow I've ever heard. Honestly, buy this toy, you will not regret it.

My cat really likes it - he tolerates the (small) noise and likes to hunt the wand.Unfortunately, after 5 months it started to make sometimes a stronger noise while the wand stopped.I opened the toy and found out that they were really short on screws - my toy was missing at least four screws in different places.For example, the electric motor is fixed by a plastic cap on the bottom of the toy and from the four holes, only two had screws (and, of course, in time they got a little loose and the mechanism started to fail.I "borrowed" some screws from some other not-so-critical parts of the toy and now it's working again but I didn't expect them to try to save (money? assembling time?) by forgetting screws.

My partner was told about this toy by another cat owner and insisted we got it for our 3 cats. As with most things they were unsure at first but were soon attacking from all angles. The sound gets a bit annoying after a while if the cats ignore it for some time and I'm sure we wil lbe burning through batteries so may look at the rechargable ones (some of the more expensive cats meows come with this so look into costs re batteries to find the best deal). We attached a feather to the rod and they preferred this but it slowed things down. Good idea but think it can be improved with optional attachments maybe? Overall not a bad cat toy.

Both my cats love this. This is a 2nd purchase because Chatty dominated the 1st one, not giving Ginger a chance. I thought by getting another and putting it in another room that would solve the issue, but Chatty races between the 2 and, because I have laminate floors, sends the toys & himself skidding across the floor. It's actually hilarious to watch & he definitely thoroughly enjoys himself. I tried closing the doors so they each played with their own but I think the closed doors worried them, cos they're used to full access around the house, so they stopped playing. Ginger now has 'secret' play times when Chatty's not about. Some reviewers have given this a 1 star rating & warned people not to buy because their cats won't play with it. This, to me, is daft! Cats are individuals with different likes & dislikes. What is fun for 1 cat might not interest another in the slightest. Unfortunately the only way to know how your cat will react is to buy the item. If they don't play with it, it doesn't make the toy itself 'rubbish'. This applies to all cat toys and products, not just this one.

Both my cats (1 year old) love this toy. As soon as I walk into the room, if it's not switched on, one of them will run up to it and then stare at me expectantly until I've turned it on, if I'm not fast enough the stare is accompanied by loud meowing.My only gripe with this is that both the cats have managed to pull the plastic tail out of the holder several times (thus 4 stars). However I'm going to try and get around this by fixing on some sellotape.All in all, a brilliant toy that my cats are completely in thrall with (this week!).

I bought this for my two 11 year old house cats. One is lazy and shall we say, well covered; the other is poorly with cancer. The podgy one was well entertained for half an hour chasing round after the little tube - until he remembered breakfast was more important. The poorly one has always been a natural hunter, so had great fun launching himself onto the middle of it and disrupting proceedings for the other cat. He quickly worked out there was little point running around after it, much smarter to sit in the same place and wait for it to come to you, after which you can sit on the tube and try and eat it at leisure. He also found trying to rip the cover (unsuccessfully, it's fairly robust) and diving underneath to suss out the mechanism all helps to "kill" it. It's probably best for younger cats who haven't seen it all yet, but it's still a great toy. I will probably only bring it out from time to time to prevent them tiring of it. But worth 5 stars alone just to cheer up my unwell cat.