Six cats, one Panic Mouse

The Panic Mouse is an electronic toy that was recommended to me by Alex, a nice vet in Liverpool who I interviewed on behalf of the Daily Telegraph Magazine about his overweight pets clinic. He showed me a film he'd made, which featured his own - rather portly - cat lost in the toy's rhythm, hurling itself athletically about while Alex and his partner watched TV. It looked like hours of fun and just over twenty quid seemed a reasonable price to pay to see my cats shaken out of their pampered ennui and prompted to do backflips around the living room, so I immediately ordered one.

To quote the product's promotional literature: "Revolutionary in design, its built-in computer board signals a battery-powered motor, creating random and unpredictable 'mouse-like' movements. More than just toys for cats, Panic Mouse interactive cat toys provide hours of fun for both pet and owner. The plastic wand bends and contorts, bouncing back to its original form. The illusive object of cat curiosity: An artificial fur pouch that feels and acts like a real mouse. Crazy, wild, and full of surprises, Panic Mouse cat toys are the much meowed-for answer for playful cats everywhere. Never a dull moment, Panic Mouse, is there to keep your pet happy for hours on end."

As you will see below, The Bear, Ralph, Shipley, Bootsy, Janet and Pablo may beg to differ...

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• vats
• toy
• bored

[Damnitscloudy]

I bet they had more fun with the box it came in lol

[purringkinkygirl]

Its like they know the more you spend on something the less they are interested!

[EntrepreneurMoney]

i just got one for mine and she's having a blast with it

[EntrepreneurMoney]

@13gehenna my cat LOVES the toilet paper roll cardboard tube.. why? lol

[TinyBeverley]

I loved seeing your cats and it was generally funny how disinterested they were!

[13gehenna]

I have found the cardboard tube from toilet paper rolls to be the best toy for our pets

[shoshiplatypus]

Love it! They've all got that "You've got to be joking!" expression... You can NEVER get kitties to do what you want. Fact of life.

[ctrlaltdeviant]

Collective kitteh "meh"

[lilicauk]

You'd be better getting the undercover panic mouse, it's more enticing! Also with 6 cats they have plenty of entertainment fighting with each other :) But if you REALLY want to have a good play session try Da Bird, it's not battery powered but I guarantee they won't ignore it! I'll try and post a video response thingie if I can figure it out. Be prepared to get replacement wands though... No, I don't work for a pet shop, just have a very lazy, extremely spoiled, easily bored cat!

[revgothlove]

also... sometimes the cat wont play with the toy when he knows someone is watching...

[revgothlove]

try slowing the speed down...

my cat loves his panic mouse... he just goes nuts when i turn it on!

[libraryn71]

I got the Fling Ama String and my cats love it.