GoCat Da Bird Pull 2 Piece Pull Apart Rod & Bird, Handmade in The USA (1 Bird)

Not to be Overlooked! Suprisingly Amazing! Stimulates and Excercises My Cat Like No Other Toy!
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.

A MUST-HAVE for your cat!
First I want to address a negative review I read about fiberglass shards. I was cautious about this while opening the package and inspected carefully, even took a towel and wiped it down, but didn’t see any splinters. However, it’s a two-part toy and the end that goes into the connector isn’t finished (it actually looks like it’s broken) and while putting it together it did splinter after insertion. Because of the warning, I was very careful and wiped the splinters away with paper towels and re-wiped the entire pole with the towels. I’ve had no problems since then. Now, on to the play value of the toy! Both cats ADORE this! When they hear the hall closet door being opened, they go into alert mode. When they hear the snick of Da Bird being moved, they turn into Super Cats and leap tall building with a single bound to get to whomever has their toy! Fatty 20+ lb. cat will totally monopolize the toy and play for a good 10-15 minutes before feeling the need for a breather. At that time, smaller brother gets into the action and will play with it until fatty is rested enough to resume. The gymnastics are hysterical! They leap, they twirl in mid-air, they almost crash into tables and chairs in their frenzied excitement to GET DA BIRD! This is THE BEST cat toy I have ever seen! However, I didn’t order replacement feathers with my toy, because I read in a couple reviews the feathers usually last about 3 months, and I figured I could order them later. Oh, so not for us! Our feathers have been attacked, mauled, licked and chewed (we always take them away immediately, but the cat will get a few seconds of chewing before we can get to it and safely take it away–few seconds here and there of daily chewing makes for limp and missing feathers!) Our feathers are looking very sad and they’re not even a month old, however, this hasn’t diminished the cats’ enjoyment in this toy at all. So, be sure to order replacement feathers…don’t count on it lasting 3 months in case it turns out you have Ninja cats like ours! Oh, and I have to add this…the first day of cat play with this toy resulted in a possibly sore cat on day two. He slept almost all day without moving—-we decided that he was probably physically sore from all that exercise! These are indoor cats and while we do play with them, we have NEVER seen them do this kind of gymnastic ninja stuff!! Lol! So keep that in mind if you have relatively sedentary cats!

Its an amazing toy but omg is it Over-Priced ! They accidently left the receipt and it says 8.95$/+Tax U.S and I paid 50$ CAD Altogether!? However, My cats do go crazy for this toy and its a shame that the price is so high