It’s been a long time since we’ve had a kitten in our house, but this summer, we got the itch. So, we adopted a 3-month-old cutie, who we named Sheriff. For the past month, he’s filled our days with a whole lot of laughter and cuteness—and a dose of chaos.

A couple of weeks in, I realized we needed to bring in some reinforcements in the toy department. Along with the low-tech standards—balls for batting, the catnip-stuffed Yeowww!!! Banana —I took a chance and splurged on the Potaroma Hide and Seek Interactive Cat Toy ($30). After one day, my husband and I were saying, “Thank goodness we got that thing!”

This toy features a battery-operated disk at its center that houses a multicolor flashing light, a squeaky sound maker, and a rotating component. A feather wand, which attaches to th

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