GoCat Da Bird Pull Apart Rod & Bird, 36 in, Assorted Colors

I passed over Da Bird Cat Toy several times because the photo image of the toy made it seem like it might be too simple for my cat and I wasn't sure it would interest her. Finally I decided to give it a try based on all the great reviews and the enticing price. From the moment I started playing with my cat Misty, I could see what all the fuss was about! I have had this toy for only two days and it stimulates and exercises my cat like no other toy. Do not be deceived by its simple look like I was. When I first swung the toy around for Misty, I was really impressed how the feathers flutter in the air and by the fluttering sound it produces. Misty went absolutely nuts! She was leaping and jumping all over the place to capture "Da Bird". She loves it so much that when she gets a hold of it, she sometimes tries to run away with her "captured prey" and doesn't want to let go right away. Misty is highly intelligent so she tends to figure out toys rather quickly, even the laser pointer bores her at times. However, based on her initial reaction the last two days, I don't foresee boredom with this toy. My tips when using Da Bird: 1.) It is definitely a supervised play time toy. If left unsupervised the feathers will mostly be destroyed quite quickly. 2.) If your cat is smart like mine, do not let your cat see where you store the toy. I made that mistake the first night, and the next day my cat was scratching like crazy at my Ikea cabinet that I stored it in try to get to her new toy, She has never reacted this way about a toy! It was absolutely hysterical and made for a great video to share with my family!. Needless to say though, nobody needs their cat scratching at their furniture. Drawbacks: 1.) If my cat tugs really hard at the feathers the 2 piece pole comes apart, but I just have to put it back together. I may just end up tapping it together at some point to avoid that. 2.) I can tell that she will end up wearing out the feathers pretty regularly, so I will need to have refills on hand. However, these two small drawbacks are completely outweighed by the excitement and exercise it provides for my cat. So I can easily give this 5 stars and I will be getting refills and sticking with this product long term.

My two cats loved the product from the moment I got it out of the box and have been demanding to play with it even after a week. This is the third wand toy they have including one with feathers & other puffs from petsmart and the interactive dancer thing. They like this one A LOT more and will either sit at the closet door meowing or will follow me around the house meowing and as soon as I look at them sprint to the closet door. In fact I've been having to stop playing with them because one was open mouth breathing but still wanting to chase it and jump. They did not really care for the puff attachment though. The wand has not been a problem for me. For those that keep having issues with it disconnecting maybe a little putty in the connector would provide a little more friction and hold? If you're worried about fiberglass splinters a very easy solution would be to wrap the wand in some material that would keep the splinters from poking through. I think even duct tape would do the trick. That being said there are a few things that need work. The line easily gets tangled on the toy and the string gets twisted so much it will kink up (much like those old yo-yos but even more annoying when you're trying to unkink it and there are two cats attacking it). My other complaint is that the line connecting the toy and the wand is still basically no more than a piece of string. One of my cats loves to chew strings and will start chewing on it as soon as she catches the toy. She destroyed one of the other wands this way. It can't be that complicated to use a material that cats can't chew through. I would definately not leave my cats alone, even for 5 or 10 minutes, with this toy because of this. I think they could easily chew the string into a couple pieces and then swallow one and end up with a linear foreign body. 6/30/13 I've had the toy for only about three weeks now, have only played with it for about 20 minutes a day and never left it out afterwards and it is already broken. The string separated from the spinner. I was able to tie the string to the spinner and still use the product, but it is disappointing that a product that appears to be selling well and well liked by both cats and owners is still constructed poorly and unable to last for about six hours of total playing time.