We have given Cleo Carrington Smith many toys over the years,
like lifelike mice, jingle balls, catnip socks (she has no reaction to
catnip at all) and the rest.

She doesn't normally play a lot, although she has never lost
her fascination with the laser pointer, but recently we discovered
a new toy that she loves and plays with a lot!

It's the plastic strap you get on packaging, to hold it together.

It's like 1/2 an inch across and about 2 metres long.

The great thing is, that it makes a great toy that Cleo
can play with on her own, when we're at work.   She doesn't suffer
from separation anxiety at all (she sleeps a lot), but I always
worry if she might get bored sometimes (she is not destructive, though).

The plastic strapping is "reactive".  I rolled it up into a tight
spring and stuck a loose bit of old hair band around it and left
it on the floor.  

As it started to come loose and unwind, Cleo became enormously
fascinated and when it started to spring open she attacked!

Because the stuff is "reactive" now, from being "sprung",
whenever she touches it,
it springs back, or if she flicks it, of course it will jiggle
and jump unpredictably.   She seems to play with it a lot.  A real lot!

Sometimes if we try to watch her, she'll then stop what she is
doing, as if she's been embarrassed to have so much fun, or if
if she thinks we might take it off her.  

I've now got 3 pieces of the stuff lying around the house
and it's just reactive enough to jump off a chair or if she brushes
past it, she can't help but pounce and attack, ambush it and
everything else.   It's great because it's unpredictable and reactive
and cats love that sort of thing...

Best toy ever!

rachel