Price: $29.95
Purchased from: City Farmers, Belmont
It felt like it had been awhile since Dougal had received anything new to play with... and as our front room now seemed to be strewn with toys which have the stuffing pulled out of them, I figured why not try a new toy.
I've bought the Cuddlies range before, mainly the Ducks and Sting Ray and although they admittedly don't last all that long (mainly because the D monster likes to pull the stuffing from his plush toys), they are quite cute and very colourful.They also have very cool 'voiceboxes' in them and aren't just the standard noisy squeak. This snake toy has both a rattle in the tail end, plus a rattle snake 'hiss' sound in the head.
Although Dougal was actually a bit scared of it at first.......and kept barking every time it hissed, he's now gotten used to it and its become the new tug toy. It's also kind of amusing to wrap the snake around his head (or around our necks) and walk around with it, pretending not to notice.
After 2 days he did pull some stuffing out, but the upside is that we tied a knot in the toy and it was pretty much fixed.
Check out his reaction (at first) on YouTube.
Dougal rates this toy:
UPDATE: It's 2 weeks later and the snake is now minus the rattle in its tail and minus the 'hiss' voicebox. Oh and the majority of the stuffing has also gone. So now its just turned into a tug toy instead.
