Customer Reviews

Cat Dancer 101 Cat Dancer Interactive Cat Toy

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i consider myself relatively creative professionally (am in marketing) so kept making a variety of what i thought would be fun toys for my cat. they ranged from simple to ornate - things you throw, things that move on their own, things that crawl, things that bounce, monochrome/colorful/etc. one day a colleague told me about this product, and from its description (a piece of wire with some wrapped paper) i was incredulous. she swore by it, so i bought it (cant beat the price)....

...my cat was obsessed. no other toy could distract her and amuse her the way this one did. i'd drag it and whip it around and she'd chase it everywhere. i could wake her from her sleep just by the sound of it rubbing against the rug, and she'd be off and chasing.

she NEVER tired of this toy. and our new kitten (and her new friend) took to it right away as well.

this 'toy' pissed me off to no end because it was so basic and simple, and yet worked where my ornate and 'thought out' toys (e.g. mini remote controlled cars with feathers attached) didnt.

I was super-skeptical when I took this thing out of the bag.
It is literally a length of wire with some twisted brown paper bits on the ends (kindof like pieces of the thin round handles on a brown paper shopping bag). There's one piece on the end that you hold, and maybe 4 or so on the target-end for the kitty. The stiffness of the wire is just perfect such that when you hold it lightly, and the cat bats at the end, it bounces and flies all over the place, with near-zero effort on your part. You can, of course, move it some more on your own and entertain the cat with more movement, but it works very well to just hold the wire lightly. I was a little worried that it might poke an eye out or something, but the ends of the wire are bent into loops so that shouldn't happen. It is a stiff, significant-gauge wire though. Really, it's crazy-simple, but really effective. My kitten gets bored with the fancy feather wand I have for him, but he keeps going with the Cat Dancer until I take it away from him because I'm too tired to hold it out and watch to be sure he doesn't chomp down on too much wire. I wouldn't pay a lot for it, solely because I'd feel like a dolt for shelling money out for wire and paper/cardboard twisty bits, but it's a great toy.

Both of my cats really love this and my wallet adores it because it's cheap as well as being on the fairly durable side as well. My cats are active (they love to play, run after and catch things) and like to play two or three times a day. As several other reviewers have noted, you should keep a light grip/pinch on one end and that's enough to make the other end swing and weave around in the air. Then, just roll your end between your fingertips a bit and it'll bounce a bit and swing around and (hopefully) entice your kitties play with the other end. I've also held it in the middle and let both cats go at their seperate end but it's stiffer that way and doesn't move as much.

Boo is about four and half years old and the other, Poxie, is three. Poxie will play with anything that moves (or is shiney and will chew carboard for the heck of it), so she loves it. Boo is a bit pickier likes to "stalk" things and be convinced that he really does want to play. I usually to drag this around and wiggle it on the floor a bit to catch his interest but he always comes around and will start batting at it in the air as well. Both will go wild if it wiggles (and makes noise), just barely visiable, from the edge of a cardboard box or paper bag though =)

It holds up very well, they will pounce and chew on the cardboard and wire. The ends of the cardboard do fray a bit and get soggy but they're tightly coiled with the wire and it lasts a good amount of time. The price is great also, so no qualms about getting a new one very couple of months!

Length:: 0:52 Mins

The video shows how much fun my baby is having :)

Just a warning to all who have this toy. Be careful and don't leave this toy around unattended. Plus, make sure to throw it away once the cardboard pieces get old and are falling to pieces. My friends cat recently almost choked to death on the hook that holds the cardboard pieces together. Luckily she eventually threw it up, but it could have turned out very ugly.

Don't stick this in your cat's face; instead, bounce or swing it anywhere else and you'll see your cat become severely *engaged* with this simple toy. The wire has the perfect tension to mimic every kitty's FAVORITE toy: prey. My cats literally turn flips playing with this; even my senior cats. Great entertainment for people and felines!

My tabby is really a LAZY old cat, but he loved this toy!! An observation: S & H for this item shouldn't triple the price of the toy!

This is a must have for all cat owners. It's simply a long wire with a few bits of rolled up cardboard attached. If dangled in the air, it wobbles, and the cats jump up to try to catch it. If you dangle it and move it quickly, they go wild (apparently it's mimicking the flight of bugs in the wild). My cats also love chasing it on the ground.

After Da Bird, this is the top cat toy on the market.

This toy is great, it keeps them occupied for hours. I can not recommend it highly enough. It can be an interactive toy, you can just put it on the floor and leave them to themselves, or you can mount it to a wall and watch them play with it for hours. We have gone through quite a few of these with our cats, and they are always an easy gift for friends' cats. Buy one and see!

I had one of these. The "fur" slid around on the loop & my cat got the hook caught in his cheek!!! NOT A SAFE TOY!!!!