This won't distract them
Once, I tied a string around the little mouse’s belly and hung it up on the scratching post. Well, my cat found it interesting for about half an hour. Since then, I haven’t been able to get her interested in anything similar.
Although we haven’t dissected the mouse yet (the thread on its belly is already coming apart), I also feel that saying it’s stuffed with catnip is a bit of an exaggeration.