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I highly recommend this toy called a Cat Dancer. Cats love playing with it, even the elderly ones. It's basically a steel wire with some small rolled cardboard pieces on the end. I know how it sounds, but the way it moves really ignites their prey drive. Its durability really depends on the cat (mine last quite a while), but at least it's cheap, and you can probably pick one up where you buy your supplies.
From my experience, cats get bored of laser pointers after a while when they realize they can never catch it.
I had a Cat Dancer and my cat was crazy for it. I would hold it about five feet up in the air, and she'd jump straight up to smack it. Of course, I let her "win" when she did that.
Cat Dancer is the best cat toy ever. We call it “trash toy” at my house. We learned of its existence when we moved into a house with a roommate and thought he just made it himself. It’s like 3USD and EVERY CAT LOVES IT.
If someone is reading this and their cat doesn’t love it, hold it steady and move it around slowly so the cardboard rolls on the other end move like an insect. Fly it just out of reach.
It’s the best.