The one store-bought toy that they have always loved is the Cat Dancer.posted by lalex at 2:39 PM on September 12, 2012 Cheapest cat toy I have ever seen the cats obsess over is a piece, about 2-3 inches long, of 1 plastic spiral binding material. (It looks like a plastic spring, basically.) It came from the cat rescue along with one of the cats; they obviously have a need for a large volume of cheap