You need to be careful with fishing rod toys, not letting the cats play with them unsupervised. If they manage to remove the string they can swallow it and possibly cause major problems for themselves. My Niko did exactly that when she was a kitten, and ended up needing very expensive surgery to remove the string.I also bought a $3 toy but it has vanished already. Our kitties are indoors so I have no clue where they dragged it. Or maybe the kids lost it. I don't know. It's a fishing rod toy so it's not like it's tiny.