KONG Swizzle Bird Cat Toy, Brown/Black

I have a small, young female cat that likes to play more than any other cat I've ever had. She's very hard on toys so I'm always on the lookout for reasonably priced toys that might withstand her torture techniques. I googled sturdy cat toys and Kong came up. I know their dog products and they make very durable toys, so I read some reviews on their cat line. My cat really loves the fishing-pole-type toys so this item was on my short-list. Then there was a sale on Kong cat toys and I bought a few things that were around 30-50% off and the Kong Swizzle Bird cat toy was one of the items I bought.

I got everything home and I wanted to share the Swizzle Bird with her first, since I knew she'd absolutely love it, although I figured I'd save other new toys for another day. I removed it from the packaging and yes, it is very plush and soft, but it immediately started shedding fuzz all over the carpet, and it's very visible. I wasn't thrilled about that, but figured at a certain point it would stop shedding after the 'newness' wore off.

Oh and she indeed go crazy for it. Insane, actually. And I figured the shedding might be worth it since she was obviously so happy. I never leave toys unattended with this cat, since she's so rough with toys, and this toy was no exception. I was standing in the middle of the room, flicking it around for her when my boyfriend started talking to me about something and I wasn't paying direct attention to my cat and her toy, although I had it in my hand and was actively moving it. In the few minutes that I was distracted, she completely dismembered the feathers from the end of the swizzle. ALL of them. And this was still the same night I'd brought the toy home, so we didn't get very much time with it while it was whole. So now I'm looking at fuzz everywhere, plus a feather-bomb that's gone off. I thought the toy still might be ok with just the swizzly part, the soft plush tail, but the next day when we were playing with it again, she started ripping out the fuzz by the roots and spitting it out. There were bald spots where she'd removed tufts and more fuzz all over the carpet.

Soooo I retired the Swizzle Bird Cat toy after 2 days. A short career for a toy. My cat is a chewer, she loves to chew on things, in addition to chasing and stalking and generally getting goofy. The fishing-pole-type cat toys that are on a string don't work with her, since she gnaws through the string in short order. This toy really is a great toy, it's just not the right match for my fierce little chomper. I went back to the dollar store and purchased the fishing-pole-type toy they had, it's all felt. It was one of the first toys I bought her and it had lasted a couple of months. Which, for a dollar, I can live with, and felt doesn't shed. I can buy 5 of those and stock up almost a year's worth for the price of one Swizzle Bird Cat toy. I ration her toys, not because she'll get bored, but because I just wait until a couple of toys are completely unusable anymore before I bring out more, so as more Kong toys make it into her toy box, I'll review those.

We had a couple of these and the cats finally wore them out. The original ones lasted for several years, so we expect to get a couple years out of these as well.

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I decided to get this toy for our cat because my daughter's cat liked his so much. Our cat loves it too! I ordered one for my other daughter's cat -and he loves it too. I highly recommend it!

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this is one of my cats favorite toys. only complaint is that they tend to fray and get ratty rather quickly. but they just dont love other ones as much this....so we keep buying!

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This was my kitten's favorite toy until I got her a squeaking bird. She loves the feathers on the ends of this, and she has managed to get some of them off (it's obvious it won't last forever0. The fur part does shed. It shed a lot at first; so much so I wondered if it would last. But it's a month later, and I haven't noticed any fuzzies on the carpet in a while. My kitten actually prefers to play with it on her own, rather than have me hold it and tease her. She drags it all over the place, including taking it out of her box when I DARE to put it away.

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