BarnYarn Animals Catnip Cat Toy Review

Don't worry, Meadow isn't the only one in the house that gets new stuff to try out. The Kitties are here today with a review of some new BarnYarn Animals Catnip Toys by Chilly Dog (approx. $3.00 each). Like most cats, Meadow's Kitties are extraordinarily choosy about their toys, and we have collected hundreds (thousands?) of rejected toys over the years. Often we simply by more of their tried and true favorites, but it's fun to try new toys once in a while. I've seen these adorable hand-kitted catnip stuffed animals at various pet stores, and grabbed a couple during our last Chuck & Don's shopping trip. They are available directly from the manufacturer, and you can also find them on Amazon. Check your local pet retailer to see if they carry these adorable BarnYarn toys.

BarnYarn Catnip Toys come in a variety of adorable barnyard animals, including pigs, rabbits, cows, dogs, etc. We got a rabbit and a mouse. The catnip inside smells powerful - usually that's a good sign. Catnip toys are more often that not a reasonably safe bet.

Testing out the BarnYarn Toys - Clockwise from Top Left - Reekoe, Former Foster Kitty Spring (adopted), and Slimey.

Meadow's kitties were mildly interested in these. Any new toy is usually interesting for a few minutes. Our foster kitty (recently adopted!) Spring really liked these toys. In fact, we sent one of them with her when she went to her new home. They're small enough to bat around and carry around. Meadow unfortunately got ahold of one of these toys and slobbered it up. The slobbery catnip inside turned the white yarn of the rabbit a greenish-blackish color, so it now looks kind of gross, but the cats don't really care how it looks.

All in all, despite the fact that these smell of a very powerful catnip, I'd rate them average at best for our kitties. Younger kitties (like our foster kitty Spring - who was less than a year old) who like to bat toys around might have more fun with these toys. The one toy BarnYarn toy we kept has more or less been ignored since Spring went to her new adoptive home, so it will eventually go into one of the "old" toy bins to soak in catnip for a few weeks or months.