What are the best toys for indoor cats?
Two categories matter most. First, interactive prey-mimicking toys: feather wands, fishing-pole toys, anything you control that moves like prey. These are for the daily structured play sessions. Cornell flags this kind of interactive play as essential enrichment.[1] Second, independent enrichment for when you’re not around: puzzle feeders that release kibble in small amounts, motion-activated toys, a window perch with a bird feeder outside, rotating a small set of small toys (catnip mice, crinkle balls) rather than leaving them all out all the time. Novelty matters; the same five toys piled in a basket get ignored.
