I have a laser pointer in the shape of a mouse.

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Holly loves trying to catch the red dot. She chases after it just like a kitten. Martini just sits like a statue and stares at the pointer in my hand. If she does look down on the floor and sees the dot, she'll just look right back up at the pointer. It appears that she figured out where it comes from and doesn't think it's anything worth trying to catch.

I went to a battery store to have them replace the battery because it was too hard for me to do and the guy there said he read online that these laser pointers cause cats to become mentally ill because they can never catch the dot. I asked my vet about that and she said it was ridiculous. Just as I thought.