
Hexbug Mouse Robotic Cat ToyĪt just over 200 reviews, this is currently the most reviewed remote control cat toy on Amazon. These exceptions (the best remote control mice I could personally find) are as follows: 1. And due to how inexpensive they are, I’d like to get my hands on at least some of them to try them out. I have no problem spending extra money ($20-30 even) if it’s on something a cat’s almost guaranteed to love, and something that will be durable, but it just doesn’t look like there’s much out there to choose from to begin with. Problem with this whole wanting-a-remote-control-mouse-to-try business is that I can’t seem to find all that many options available, and the ones that I do find don’t tend to have a lot of positive reviews. Remote Control Mouse Cat Toys That Don’t Have Terrible Reviews It’s encouraged me to keep trying other interactive toys on the market to see where things go from there. And you know what, it was worth the shot, because he actually plays with it pretty regularly, though it’s not his favourite toy in the world (an award that currently goes to the Interpet Feather Wand that’s reviewed here).

But at under $20 for a toy I could set and forget, it was worth a shot on the up chance he might use it even once in a blue moon. Considering Avery’s a fairly intelligent and lazy cat who used to just stare at me when I tried to play with lasers with him as a kitten (as if to say, “I know you’re making that light move, so I’m not going after it!”), I thought there was no way he’d like this toy much. There are a number of reviews saying some cats aren’t the biggest fans of these since they’re predictable. Recently, I bought the Petsafe Frolicat Interactive Laser Toy ( reviewed here), and I honestly wasn’t expecting Avery to play with it at all. At least until I have a few well-liked interactive toys in his toy drawer. I’m sure I could find a few still toys that he’d be happy to bat around once or twice by himself, but in the meantime, I’d rather invest my money in cat toys I know will have a better shot of engaging him, and that means trying out more interactive cat toys and fewer “still” cat toys. If he hits it more than twice, that’s a pretty great day in terms of him playing by himself in my books. I’m happy when Avery spends 2-3 seconds batting an aluminum foil pancake across the room. Not balls, not springs (although he loved those at one point, I had to throw them to keep his attention on them for more than a minute), and definitely not those adorable little catnip toys I’m obsessed with. There’s nothing I’ve ever found that he’s properly played with on his own that’s still in nature. Pretty much the only cat toys he’s ever engaged with have been ones that are interactive in nature – either with me making the toy move or with the toy moving by itself.

The title is a genuine question I’d love you to answer for me in the comments: have you ever bought your cats a remote control mouse? How did they like it?īuying one of these for Avery has been on my mind for quite a long time.
