Thanks for the tip about the dangling mouse. He hasn't paid that much attention to it, so I will take it down. If I ever find the wand, I'll try the duct tape method. It's probably up in the loft, but I've searched up there twice and haven't found it yet. Both Go Cat & Jackson Galaxy versions use wire, but the Go Cat is a braided wire. After a time it starts fraying as well. I lost my first version to fraying wire. Also the wire gets twisted & tangled after a time as well & won't go back to straight.