The GiGwi Melody Chaser Motion-Activated Mouse Cat Toy makes a noise when your cat touches it -- not a squeak, but recorded animal and insect sounds. The point is that it reacts, so a cat batting it about gets a response and keeps playing without you having to be involved.

Key Features

• Motion-activated: The slightest touch sets the sound off, so your cat is rewarded for every paw swipe.
• Real recorded sounds: Animal and insect noises rather than a squeaker, which is a much better match for what a cat is actually hunting.
• Plays by itself: Works as a solo toy for the hours you are out or asleep.
• Easy to start: Pull the plastic tab out and the sound chip is live.
• Mouse shape and size: Prey-sized, which is what gets a cat to pick it up and carry it.

About The X-mas Tales Range

X-mas Tales is GiGwi's Christmas collection -- catnip toys for cats and plush squeakers for dogs, in festive shapes. It is seasonal stock, so it comes and goes through the year.

Getting The Most Out Of It

• Rotate it out of the toy box every few days. A sound toy left out constantly stops being interesting fast.
• Use it for a few minutes of interactive play before a meal -- hunt, catch, eat is the sequence a cat is built around.
• A nervous cat may be startled at first. Leave it switched off on the floor for a day before letting it make a noise.

Good To Know

• This one is out of stock at the moment, so the page is here for reference while we wait on the next delivery.
• There is a sound chip and a battery inside. Bin the toy if the shell opens up -- a swallowed button cell is an emergency, not a wait-and-see.
• The plastic activation tab is a small part. Throw it away properly once you have pulled it out.
• No toy is indestructible. Check it over before every session and bin it once it splits, frays or starts shedding pieces, because swallowed fragments cause blockages.
• Not a children's toy. Keep it with the pet's things.