Circular cat toy

An animal plaything comprising a torroidal housing defining an enclosed circular raceway and a hollow ball freely movable in said raceway, said housing having a bottom surface adapted to rest on a planar, substantially horizontal surface, an upper surface, and inner and outer side walls, the inner side wall being continuous, the upper surface being provided with a plurality of substantially oblong openings permitting entry of the animal's paw but preventing passage of the ball therethrough, said oblong opening being sufficiently elongated to permit the animal to manipulate the ball over an extended arc, said outer wall being provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced portal openings, all but at least one permitting entry of the animal's paw but preventing passage of the ball, said at least one portal opening also permitting passage of said ball for its removal, said ball being porous and being filled with an attractive lure for the animal, said oblong openings and portal openings being arranged in uniformly-spaced, alternating position about the center of said torroidal housing to permit said animal to manipulate said ball from opening to opening and cause its removal from only said at least one portal opening through entry of its paw in a selected one of the adjacent oblong openings.