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So I have one of the da bird toys for my kitty (who is now about 6.5 months old). And he loves it to death. Literally - he loves to attack them and pounce it and sometimes I let him catch it just so he feels like he did something (and he's always so proud of himself when he gets to walk away with it).
Anyway, after 2-3 weeks of playing with the feather daily with him it gets pretty worn out. So I have to replace it. So far when I do this I've been giving him the old one - because he has so much fun with it. Tossing it around...pouncing it...and chewing on it.
The last is what concerns me - after about 3 days the feathers are gone and just the rubber and fish eye piece are left (he never tries to eat that - he stops playing with it at that point). He just chews the feathers off. They're supposed to be natural bird feathers (with maybe a little dye in them) so this can't hurt him right? I mean outdoor cats eat birds all the time and the feathers don't hurt them?
He's so happy when he gets to play with the feather toy on his own so I'd like to continue giving it to him - I just want to make sure that him chewing the feathers down to nothing isn't harmful to him.
Anyway, after 2-3 weeks of playing with the feather daily with him it gets pretty worn out. So I have to replace it. So far when I do this I've been giving him the old one - because he has so much fun with it. Tossing it around...pouncing it...and chewing on it.
The last is what concerns me - after about 3 days the feathers are gone and just the rubber and fish eye piece are left (he never tries to eat that - he stops playing with it at that point). He just chews the feathers off. They're supposed to be natural bird feathers (with maybe a little dye in them) so this can't hurt him right? I mean outdoor cats eat birds all the time and the feathers don't hurt them?
He's so happy when he gets to play with the feather toy on his own so I'd like to continue giving it to him - I just want to make sure that him chewing the feathers down to nothing isn't harmful to him.