SmartyKat Twirly Top Electronic Motion Ball Cat Toy, Battery Powered - Randomly Selected Color, One Size

Update 3/11/22: still working fine, and getting used daily by 2 cats. The feathers have completely been ripped off now, and wand is surprisingly still intact, despite my senior cat always trying to chew on it. Having trouble with replacements feathers though. All the ones I’ve tried are too heavy so the ball can’t stand up and swing around. For now I just hot glued some feathers and ribbon from an old toy, light enough for it to work. Kinda disappointed like others that replacement wands are not available. But I can see another seller listing 2 balls w/ wands & 2 replacement wands for about $30, so weird how I can’t just purchase individual wands :(PROS: This is hands down the best toy I have bought for my 9 month old kitten. She has been playing with it pretty much nonstop since we got it. She plays with it all over the house (carpet and tile), she seriously just purrrs nonstop playing with this thing! She bats at it and attacks it while it’s on and moving, she still plays with it when turned off but keeps waiting for it to move, then looks at me like WTF Mom, FIX IT haha!!! My senior cat enjoys it too, but he loses interest after a few minutes…I think he just enjoys being bigger and faster than the kitten at attacking it. We have only had it for 1 day so I can’t speak for longevity of toy, but my husband picked up the kitten while she still had the feather wand in her grip. It dropped on the tile floor pretty hard but still stayed together in one piece and haven’t noticed any difference in the motor function so I would say it’s pretty sturdy!CONS: I will say that when I bought this (even after reading some reviews, but not enough) I thought this was motion activated. I thought it was always on standby and would start moving when touched, then stop after a while. So I was kinda disappointed when I realized you have to press the button for 10 min of motion that auto shuts off. So a little inconvenient to keep pressing the button every few minutes for my very active kitten, but it’s worth it. Keeps her occupied, when she’s bored or wants attention she just meows nonstop and looks for ways to get in trouble so she gets attention haha.As other reviews stated, packaging was tough to crack or cut with scissors but no more than other plastic packages. I was able to open it with 1 arm (other arm in a sling), scissors and muscle and DID NOT cut myself! Opening the battery pack was also a little tricky but not difficult. Just get a small screwdriver, lefty loosy, screw becomes loose but does not pop out, then I took a flat head screwdriver to pop the battery pack open, insert batteries then with a little force pop it back in and screw it tight.All in all, it was reasonably priced, does exactly what I wanted, and my kitten is seriously LOVING this thing. 9/10 rating for me, only reason it’s not 10 is cause I have to keep getting up to turn it on cause kitten meows at me 😹

The media could not be loaded.  UPDATE: The company very kindly sent me a new, different new far less noisy product. They explained that the newer units are designed to make a loud noise so that cats will release the wand toy. This prevents the motor from wearing down. I think do they need to go back to the drawing board, but I am changing my review because of their great customer serviceUPDATE: I am about to return a defective second unit. Both units make a horrible grating noise that could wake the dead. Our cat won't play with the new one because the noise frightens him. When Smarty Cat added the lights and more realistic wand toy, they clearly compromised on the quality.Pros: Except for the tiny skirt, this is a great design improvement upon the original Hot Pursuit toy. The old one just had a little red tube for the cat to chase around. Our cat got quickly bored with it, so I rigged it with a furry wand mouse much like the new and improved model. Our cat just CANNOT get enough of this new Hot Pursuit. He "asks" me to turn it on and plays with it for hours. Highly recommended for easily bored or high energy kitties.Cons: Smarty Cat lowered the price, and a s a result the quality of the newer design is abysmal. The skirt gets quickly ripped to shreds and the motor wears out in a few weeks. In addition, this new model is a battery eating monster! I have to replace the AA batteries at least once a week. This may be due to the addition of flashing lights. Sadly, I will have to find a similar, but rechargeable toy of better quality. I still have the sturdy old unit from years ago and there is no comparison.

Cats of all ages love this toy! We had one of these about five or six years ago, and it was designed differently, but it was my cat's favorite toy. Eventually, we moved and lost it somehow. My cat is now elderly and still loves it. It is still his favorite toy. My two adult cats, and two kittens love to gather around it and play together. It's really cute. My elderly cat does a special cry for me to start it again when it stops. My only issue with it is that the kittens pull the feather toy off too easily. Everyone seems to love this toy!

Virou o preferido da minha gata, só n deixo o tempo todo pra n acabar a bateria logo.

Es un juguete muy entretenido para los gatos, sobre todo si tienen instinto cazador y se aburren rápido con otros juguetes. 100 % recomendado

Just like reviewer, Kiki O'Brien, I also got the SmartyKat Hot Pursuit toy instead (it spins under a blue cloth on the floor.) But was a simple return with postage paid.

El movimiento es muy leve, a mi gato no le llamó la atención para nada.

The media could not be loaded.  Correspondeu totalmente a minha expectativa!! Normalmente, todo brinquedo de gatos precisa de alguém para ficar brincando com eles, a varinha, laser, bolinhas etc. Esse, eu só ligo e o bichano fica se entretendo sozinho por muito tempo!! Quanto a durabilidade ainda não sei, mas parece ser resistente.