Son Cat likes these bugs but we've already lost one in the abyss under the stove. I stuck the needle through the bug's back, through the rubber skin and tied a ping pong ball to it with 6 pound string and it worked perfectly. The ping pong ball is very light but it slows down the bug a bit but now he can play with it and doesn't get hit by the devices and when I put it in his cat ball track it runs but he can't get the bug out and lose it .