20 Best Toys For Cats Home Alone (2023 Updated)

My 3 “kittos” absolutely love these furry catnip-filled mice! They’ve gone through a whole pack so I needed to purchase another one to keep the excitement going! They chase them around the entire house, hide them under the couch or in the closets, and love to catch them in the air.

I’ve tried other brands, but none compare; they lose interest. These mice are durable and last a long time. Great product!.

My cats absolutely love these miniature rainbow colored mice. With three cats in the house, it is not common to find a toy that they all play with and enjoy. These mice, fit that task! The catnip in these toys does not have an overbearing scent.

One of our cats likes to grab these by the tail and toss them around, cat number two enjoys hoarding them all in her cat bed and protecting them like they are her babies, cat number three enjoys hiding behind household objects and pouncing on the mice.

These mice are small enough that they can be easily carried around, but large enough that they do not pose a choking hazard. My dog also enjoys playing with these mice. This is a perfect size pack for a multi cat household, like ours.

I can’t even find where my cat has hidden all the little mice! These ones are perfect size for cats that want to feel like hunters, and while mine doesn’t care for catnip the little bit they have in there keeps her interested here and there, she mostly just throws them around or carries them in her mouth and yodles.

Colors are cute and no fear of ingesting small pieces after rough play.

I ordered this for Christmas for my under year old cat. After being spayed he was not active & becoming lazy. It is such a simple toy that brought out his tracing instinct, makes him dance around for hours, & he doesn’t become disinterested! I have given one to 10 other cat household & their animals of all ages across the board behaved the same! Beware of knock offs- the wire is sub power & cardboard degrades quicker.

Cheapest & Simplist toy- but vigorously exercises my cat & stole the show this holiday! :).

My sweet little girl (a year and a half old tortie) LOVES these. More than probably anything else in the world. I thought she loved the bigger ones but as soon as these showed up, she lost interest in the bigger ones (and pretty much every other toy).

Fancier, more expensive toys are no match for a single spring from this cost-effective multi-pack. They fit perfectly in her mouth so she can catch them and carry them around. She’ll bring one into whatever room I’m in, no matter what I’m doing, drop it at my feet, and sit there expectantly (and sometimes even meow loudly and consistently) until you throw it for her.

But, it’s not just throwing the toy. You’d better be ready for 20-40 minutes of high-intensity fetch. Yes, fetch. Which she taught herself (and us) with this toy. Because throwing it once isn’t enough.

Throw it and she’ll bring it back (with the same sitting/meowing/harassment). You have to keep throwing it until she’s tired, or suffer her tiny, adorable wrath. I thought surely she’d get tired of this toy and this game in a few months but this has been her obsession for the better part of the last year, with no sign of relenting.

As in write this, it’s 8am and we’ve only just finished 40 minutes of fetch, initiated by her dropping one at the foot of the bed and just standing on my stomach. She’s merciless. Pros: +hours and hours of fun +great price +good quality/durability +happy, well-exercised cat +multi-pack for when your cat hides them +perfect size for cats to carry in their mouths Cons: -small enough to slide under most major appliances -might turn your cat into a fetch-playing tyrant.

I am a kitten foster mom. A lot of cats run thru my household. Every single one loves this toy spring and the fatter version as well. I send two springs with each foster to their new home. It is small and light weight enough for the babies to start play.

They can move it on their own. The littles love to carry it around in their mouths. A bit like a pacifier, that way they always have a toy. It is small enough to fit under the door gap, so there is a lot of soccer with the spring between who ever is in quarantine and the outside world.

The senior cat will also bat it about. Most importantly, no bells or noise. Everyone can play and not wake up the household.

My boys have so many toys. I’m constantly rotating them so they don’t get too bored. These thin springs stay in every rotation because these are the absolute favorite. They will plays with these over all the other toy choices.

If buy several packs, as they end up under furniture. They love to see me with a stick and a flash light. They know we are hunting springs. Lol.

For $34. 99 this product is a total joke. I only bought it because friends told me their cats loved it. The toy is noisy, you need a tiny screwdriver to open the battery compartment, you need batteries, the feather piece is too short and can barely be seen past the edge of the fabric.

It struggled to work on carpet. My cat was definitely intrigued and pounced a few times but her claws got stuck in the flimsy fabric cover. Poor thing got scared, ran off with her claw stuck in the fabric dragging the whole toy, plastic piece and all.

She then hid under the bed for the rest of the night. Oh, and there is no remote. If you want to adjust the speed you need to manually press the buttons, disrupting playtime while your cat is trying to pounce.

Save yourself the frustration and don’t buy this toy.

So first of all, my cats loved this toy, especially the one, and he’s very picky on his toys, however, the quality of this wasn’t great. First of all, right away the cover started to fall apart with the stitching coming undone.

This caused the metal wire that kept the shape to become exposed. I had to re-stitch this in countless areas. However, my real annoyance is it lasted less then a month. The motor quickly gave out on this.

No clue why, I took it a part to see what’s up, and it just was done. My guess, it’s cheap, and my cats playing with it burned it out or something. I really loved this toy and was so happy to find it, but it’s quality was awful.

This is probably my last Petlinks product I’ll buy. I have bought multiple and never been impressed with the quality. Oh one other thing, look to buy some rechargeable batteries. This thing was chewing up AAs so I went and got some Nickel–metal hydride (Ni-MH) batteries to help against that.

My cat can be pretty iffy on toys. One day he likes the laser pointer, the next not so much. Then it’s the catnip fish taco or the tunnel etc. But this toy he’ll play with EVERY SINGLE MORNING. At night, if he’s got the zoomies and I fear he’ll drive the downstairs neighbors nuts, I put this on the carpet and let him go to town.

I’m about to buy a second one for my mom’s house. 🙂 I do wish it had replacement feathers as those are long gone. And the cover has teeth marks in it, but I guess that’s just a sign of how much he enjoys it.

And it’s still going after a full year. So for what it’s worth, I’d recommend it.

I bought this toy about a month ago as a post-New Year gift for my kittens. My boy DESTROYED it in less than one day! I was fooled by the tough-looking synthetic fabric; he chewed a couple of huge holes in it, and now the catnip is leaking out onto the floor.

It was expensive, so I am going to try to salvage it by making a denim cover for it. Do NOT be fooled like I was, save your money and get creative. In general, I am finding that most commercially-produced cat toys DO NOT LAST.

The companies are more interested in getting you to buy more and more replacements than they are in making a good quality toy that will last.

We got a new tripod kitten recently and I wanted some new catnip toys for her, since her older sister prefers chasing/string toys rather than balls or other types of physical toys. I knew we’d have to test out everything under the sun to find her preferred play method and these are a hit (so much so she jumps onto and off of the bed at 2am with it in her mouth…which is not as fun for us but I love it for her).

She is tiny (5lbs) and will run around with it in her mouth or bat it around/roll around on it. The donut holes can get lost pretty easily since they’re tiny, but I’m buying another set even though she tends to ignore the big donut part … it’s worth it! I added some photos of our gal playing with the pink donut hole (she had her amputation only about a month ago so she’s still growing her fur back).

I was super excited to get this bc one cat especially loves investigating EVERYTHING, sticking her paw into small places, etc. And she was truly pretty excited about it at first, and played with it for a solid 20 minutes or so plus some overnight.

The next day, only minimal interest. By the third day there was no interest in the toy at all. The track pieces were easy to snap together. It took a bit to get the cover pieces in correctly, and overnight the cats removed a couple of them that first night.

I’m really bummed because I thought for sure this toy would be a keeper and keep my kitty’s interest for a long time, but nope. And the other cat couldn’t be less interested. So while it appears well made, and I love that it’s an expandable system with other parts, more track, etc, if the cats don’t play with it what good is it?.

My ruffian , easily bored cat loves this toy. First day, she was delighted with the chase and tried to get the lighted balls out as she does with all of her toys. Puzzled over it a while. I put it in the bathtub so she would not lose any stray balls.

And she went back to it at 3 am. Then again at 6. Bought couple of extra motion sensor lighted balls. None lost yet. Great for bored cats. Track can be adjusted to be short or long.

Get this toy for your kitties if you have hard wood floors. Something about the little pieces of plastic skittering about makes them go crazy. They love slapping them around. The noise isn’t bothersome like some toys, but they love it.

The plastic is a little more heavy duty so I feel better about them playing with this rather than a milk jug ring. It also deters them from trying to steal pony tail holders or small things on the counter.

I hide these around the house and let them hunt for them. I will be buying more.

Fat Cat makes the best toys! My tortie loves chasing twist ties and milk caps around the house, but we don’t have have milk and bread to open for her to feed her addiction. These “crazies” have been a great option! We gave her a pack and she immediately lost all 4 in the vents, under the couches, and into whatever other magical realm cat toys go to, so we bought a 2nd pack and handed them out one at a time.

She has learned to be better about immediately losing them and will entertain herself all day with a crazie. Great buy for our lil buddy.

My cat is a toy snob. Usually the only things she plays with are stolen hair ties. I’ve tried all kinds of toys and they all inevitably end up being donated to my other cat who then hoards them in my wife’s military gear.

Orange grump potato won’t even chase laser pointers. I like the Kong brand a lot and the hoarder cat ate the most recent fishing line style toy so I ordered this one. To my surprise and delight, orange grump loved it.

I guess it just has too many irresistible qualities: it crinkles, it swings, it fluffs, it bounces, it’s hot pink. It looks appropriately absurd for a cat toy and seems sturdy. When the hoarder cat eats it or hides it in my wife’s body armor for an unfortunate field surprise, I’ll definitely buy another.

My cats like teasers with a few feathers, ribbons, and decent sized plushie they can grab and kick. When I bought this, they already had a ride-or-die favorite teaser that ticked all the boxes. They were on their 4th (they loved this toy and played with it so much the feathers would be stripped to nubs and the ribbons all wonky and frayed) but chewy was temporarily out of stock, so I grabbed this one.

They abandoned their old favorite for this one IMMEDIATELY/. This one is more durable than the other because even though they play with it MORE, I haven’t had to replace it. I had to buy another so each cat could have one as they don’t share very well.

The best part about this toy is the elastic string – it stretches, bounces and springs when they grab it. It is less predictable so it seems more ‘alive,’ plus it makes playing easier on me since it does some of its own teasing as isn’t all just my doing.

I was trying to find a toy that would deter my kitten from biting or scratching. I found it! The toy is so durable, and my kitten is very interactive with it! The kitten phase is cute, but tough. This makes playtime much easier! I don’t know how much I paid, but it is worth every penny!.

My cats absolutely love jumping and playing by hunting whatever I fling around for them! So this type products are perfect! We usually end up breaking the toys eventually so it is nice to buy 1 for this price!.

Great price, good fun for kitties, but lost a star because it does not look like the picture!! It looks cheaper material. We got the orange: does not have the blue ring around it and the ball colors are different too! Yellow top; green middle; pink bottom, which does not really matter at all.

BUT my point is: it is not the same as picture shows! However, if you check other places, it is more than double the price! So, we are okay with it: it functions as it should! Both indoor and outdoor kitties love it!.

It is cheaply made. My cat was able to get the balls out of it. The plastic needs to be a little tighter so the balls roll around but not come out. It was a total waste of money. The cat plays with the balls, they just don’t stay in it.

The plastic is warped in different places, that’s why they fall out. Would not recommend at all.

As my cat is a little older, he was initially attracted to this toy (due to catnip), but after rolling with it for about 2 minutes, he moved on. I could get his attention with it again, and would bat it around a little bit, but again, he lost interest.

I think for a younger, faster, more playful cat this toy would be great. I thnk age wise, my cat is “over” it and loses interest too fast. Overall, toy is a good size, it makes a little noise, which grabs my cat attention, the catnip keeps it for about 2 mins, and then.

hes onto something else. Good toy, just not for seniors.

I received this free for an honest review. My cat is a 1. 5 year old fixed female. She loves mouseies. This she was instantly interested in. The feathers caught her attention first and then the catnip.

She played with it hard for about a half hour, throwing it up and rolling around with it. Then passed out from the playing. I consider this a success. She hasnt gone back to it in recent days but that is only because she has been outside and not needing stimulant from toys.

I received this as a sample and I am so very glad that I picked this mouse. One of my older cats, Annie, loved to play with the wishers and all the ribbons and feathers. However, the kittens, Gloria and George, were having great fun.

They rolled it from the living room to dining room and to kitchen and back. They were having great fun being entertained by this great mouse. Thank you so much.

Okay, I was extremely torn between four and five stars for this review. Our 6 year old, recently adopted Siamese cat has shown little to no interest in every toy we bought her. We have tried catnip, silvervine, plushies, balls, rings, wands, light-up, sound, crinkle, leather, felt, fur, feathers, treat-dispensing, you name it.

If she shows any interest in any of them, it is extremely brief, and most of them are left untouched. This includes another ball-on-a-track toy, a multi-level stacking one with several regular and jingle balls on the tracks.

The SECOND I put this thing on the ground, she came over and started batting the ball. This continued, I am not exaggerating, nonstop for half an hour. She wasn’t just casually poking at it, either. She was hitting, kicking, switching its direction, even chasing it in a circle around the track.

At one point she wrapped both her front legs around the track in an attempt to meet her paws in the middle to catch the ball. When her paws (obviously) didn’t reach that far, she just batted the ball back and forth between them.

It was absolutely magical. The ONLY problem is that, within those thirty minutes, I had to go fish the ball out from under the furniture no fewer than six times. LITERALLY every five minutes. The tracks were definitely snapped on correctly, it wasn’t that.

I’m not sure if it’s a combination of her strength and the extreme energy that she was using to attack it or just a straight-up design flaw, but it was pretty frustrating. That said, she has tired herself out and then later come back to it for several minutes at a time about three or four more times since this morning (it’s just late afternoon now).

I have been dying to see her so enthusiastically engage with a toy, so honestly, I decided the frequent game of human fetch that it ends up producing is worth it. And maybe this is not an issue at all with smaller cats.

(Our lady is about 12. 5 pounds, if that helps. ).

Toy was great until one of our 15 rescues lost the ball. Unfortunately, no other replacement balls on the market DO NOT FIT this wider track. I’m disappointed that replacement balls are not available.

Now I have to toss into the trash bin. Thanks.

I ordered the Shark toy and three other Doggles for my cat, Penny. She “lost” a previous one in the house and kept looking for it, so I ordered three more of the toys. They’re really cute, durable, and she loves grabbing them and throwing them around in the house.

She also likes me to throw them for her, but then I also have to get them after she knocks them down.

The shark toy is a little bigger than the shrimpy, which is Bilbo’s absolute favorite, but he can still easily carry it around in his mouth. The fins and bug-eyes offer secure holds for his teeth. He doesn’t chase this one around as much as other toys, but we keep it in the routine because he will readily chase it when bored with other toys.

I have bought many of these toys, because they’re re beyond fantastic!!! Very well made, the bells have not fallen off, the feathers have not come out (they’ve been drooled on quite a bit) and the fabric over the wand makes for a safe end (in case it’s chewed on).

This toy literally has everything: crinkle sound, bells, feathers, is safe & well made, and can even be washed. I volunteer with a local rescue and the cats and kittens I use this toy on LOVE playing with it.

They’ll even drag it around as the prize for defeating their prey. Also, because it is a shelter and everything must be washed, this toy holds up beautifully in the wash! The price can’t be beat either! Highly recommend for anyone.

we bought this product around a year ago and so far it remains my cat\’s absolute favourite, she likes to chase the fly around and when she gets tired she lays down and lazily swats it. She loves chewing on the crinkly wings and pulling on the antennae- She also loves licking the feathers, nibbling on the polka dot string, and even play fighting with the handle! She\’s not too big on bells and tends to prefer quiet toys but apparently this doesnt deterr her from playing with it.

She also doesn\’t react to catnip and honestly it isnt needed when she\’s having just so much fun i think it would be cool if you offered more interactive products, other than this and the fishing elastic toy.

I’ve had the catit track for 7 years now, once the cats stopped playing with it so much I put it away, so recently my daughter brought home a kitten so dug out the track and hunted for a flashing ball.

All had ceased to work and sealed so you cannot replace batteries, very wasteful. When I spotted this one that can be opened so you can pop new battery’s in I was pleased. It came quickly and both kitten and my boys are batting it round the track for hours at a time, offen when you’re trying to sleep.

but hey ho! Love em.

I was underwhelmed when it arrived. This little plastic inanimate ball. Within a few seconds the batteries were in place and. WHOOSH! The fun began and continues. Not only is it a ball but the cat is encouraged to give it a tap which starts the light show which further encourages her.

And it great fun for humans to watch the mesmerising lights rolling all over the place. In a word BRILLIANT.

Vivian could not wait when the Chewy box arrived! She sat in the box while I pulled this toy out. Then pounced on it after I cut the tag and removed it from the cardboard. She seems to really enjoy all of Mad Cat Catnip & Silvervine Toys, and this cucumber / pickle is no exception.

She rolled around the living room clutching it to her chest and biting it. She even managed to bunny kick it a few times. Right now, it’s the new favorite!.

My cats LOVE this brand of toy!! So much so that the cucumber was destroyed in about 2 weeks – all stuffing pulled out and they found the catnip packet!!

Took my boy no time to check this guy out. He gave him a few minutes but that’s good because if he didn’t like he would’ve just walked away from it. I recommend.

As previous reviews have mentioned after a few minutes my kitten got his head stuck in the middle since he’s very curious. He was running around frantically. Good thing I was there to help him. I remedied this problem with putting a heavy duty plastic cup upside down in the middle.

I see other brands have a safety bar in the middle for this not to happen. It was scary.

She had a toy like this before and we lost it. As soon as I brought this inside the house and set it up (which was super easy), she immediately went for it. I’ll wake up at night hearing her playing or she plays at random times of day.

She’s 16 years old and loves it which makes me happy. The toy is very well constructed. I would totally get this again if needed.

Over the years I’ve bought many toys for our cats – most of the time, it’s been a waste of money! But not with this one! They ignored it for the first five days snd I assumed it would be like all the others, but no – now they can’t leave it alone! So glad I purchased this item from Zulily.

You should too!.

My cat would never play alone. He would constantly bother me to play with him or brush him or rub him or talk to him. The only break I would get was when he went to sleep. I purchased the collapsible cat tunnel and left it open in his favorite room, my living room, of course! He is having the time of his life playing with this tent.

He hides in it, runs through it, rolls around in it and plays peek-a-boo in it. I get a kick out of watching him have so much fun with the Collapsible Cat Tunnel. It’s the best toy I have ever bought for my cat.

It doesn’t take up much room and it is very sturdy. Well worth it’s cost. Money well spent. Finally my cat will play by himself.

Bought this before (and now have purchased a 2nd one). Cats outside love running through it, and having a midpoint ‘peephole’ adds to their enjoyment! Since I leave it outside, it’s held up very well~the material is waterproof and lightweight.

Great toy for the price!.

Got this for my buddy Bucky to help him unwind after his long days of dealing with my 4 and 2 year old daughters’ shenanigans. Like the other reviews say, it’s a hit. And the design is hilarious. It’s been 10 minutes and he’s already destroyed the feather.

Will be buying backups.

I love this brand’s toys! They are great quality and the designs they come up with are phenomenal and make my heart very happy. This white claw duo, the shrimp duo, the avocado duo. I love them all. Absolutely freaking adorable!.

This toy is great until your cat is able to eat that feather like thing right off the white claw and is sick for DAYS and requiring multiple vet visits to get rid of the blockage. Beware.