My sister gave me a interactive cat toy that she had bought for her cat because her cat was only watching it and wasn't playing with it. She figured it cost too much just to be watched so she gave it to me for Chacho.
Good news, Chacho loves it! Bad news is that he's pretty possessive over the feather lure. I'm not sure what the toy is called but Panic Mouse has pretty much the same toy but the one we have is brown and has a feather lure and the little round part on the lure is a lot smaller.
this is the Panic Mouse version of it. Another big difference is that the lure on the toy that we have doesn't reach the floor like the Panic Mouse version either.
The toy we have has been made to be detachable, which I know the logic behind it. Its so you can buy different lures for it or replace the wand if it brakes OR if you have a cat who plays rough, so instead of breaking it, the cat just detaches parts to it.
Anyways, the problem is Chacho absolutely is gaga over it and quickly detaches it as soon as he can catch it and imediantly runs off with it under the table, if I try to take it from him, he growls and spits at me. I took video of it but I didn't have time to upload it to youtube before work so I could post the video as well. At this point he's only growling and runs away from me, when I do finally catch him, I can grab him but to actually get the feather lure out of his mouth, I have to slide him between my legs so I can use both hands to literally pry open his mouth because he's clamped down so hard on it. I hate forcing his mouth open because I'm afraid I'll hurt him...or he'll lash out at him. After I get it away from him, he's back to his normal happy, playful self, begging for me to play with him. I just can't beleive how possessive he is over this feather lure!
Is this something I should be worried about? Is there another solution besides just putting toy up for good and not letting him play with it again?
