Ethical Thin Colorful Springs Cat Toy, 10-Pack

My cats both love spring toys that I've purchased a pet store that's pretty far away from my house, so I figured I'd try these out as the image looks exactly the same as the ones they have. The product looks pretty different, and is a thinner gauge of plastic that seemed more flexible and possibly still fun for them.

They both definitely had fun with the toys, but within a few minutes of not too rough play, the springs started to break apart and the cats started to try to eat the pieces. Luckily I was supervising them (as with any new toy), and was able to get the pieces away from them.

Definitely fun for most cats, but I'm very concerned about the safety of this product. Please supervise your animal if you do choose to try these.

I do not recommend these thin springs at all especially for kittens in particular. My 12 week old kitten started to lose weight and failing to thrive when he was always the largest and strongest of a litter I am fostering. A barium study revealed 5 broken pieces of these springs in his GI tract which will now have to be removed either endoscopically or by surgery if the pieces migrated to his intestines. This would have killed him and/or caused perforation if not caught in time. I can't tell you how much I regret buying these toys. These kittens were carefully supervised for a month during playing before the one kitten ingested them a few days ago.

UPDATE:

My kitten is doing great now and we were lucky the pieces did not move beyond his stomach. I wanted to clarify that my kitten swallowed pieces of the Ethical WIDE Colorful Springs Cat Toy and Ethical THIN Colorful Springs Cat Toy which were both plastic. The thin and narrow version is brittle and do not coil and spring back like the wide version. They also broke easily. Despite the breakage, I don't believe my older cats would have ingested the pieces like my kittens. However, I do not want to take a chance moving forward with the wide coils either and wanted other pet owners to be aware of the potential danger.

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I have a year old black cat who is on a non-stop search and destroy mission. A friend gave me a pack of these, and my cat is TOTALLY focused on them to the point where I MUST find them every morning (under the refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, doors, laundry room, etc.) before I leave the house, or ELSE. The other cat isn't interested in them, but the black cat is totally addicted. He will carry it through the house, growling as if he bagged an elephant.

Totally worth every penny, and once these are gone I'm buying plenty more. If you straighten out a wire coathanger, you can make a dandy retriever for them to get them out from under appliances and from behind heavy objects.

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It just goes to show that sometimes the simplest toys are the best toys. We inherited this grown kitten who came along with a whole sack full of cat toys. I stumbled across these toys at a local Dime Store last Christmas while shopping for Christmas pet supplies for family members. I opened up a pack of them for this kitty we had inherited, and much to my amazement our cat loved them! 10 months later they are the only toy in the house that is played with non-stop, or at all for that matter.

We have two packs of them that are scattered around the house; and yes, we just cleaned out under the fridge and gathered up a bunch of them that are now again scattered here and there. A few of them have become casualties because we stepped on them but after pressing them back into place, they are back in service.

10 months later, the cat has not grown weary of this toy; and they have provided many hours of family entertainment as we watch the cat play with them. I bought them figuring they would make a very inexpensive stocking stuffer; however, I am not sure who got the better gift, the cat or us!

Such a simple toy, but well worth the money. I am glad that Amazon sells them because the store where we purchased them no longer sells them; and neither do any of the larger local pet stores.

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I also purchased these for my cats, and they did start to break. As soon as I saw my cats start to put the pieces in their mouths, I threw them all away. My vet bills are high enough (I run a shelter for special needs cats). If you can't watch your cats while they play with these, DO NOT buy them.