Cat Dancer Charmer Interactive Cat Toy

Diese Katzenangel habe ich schon mehrfach gekauft und wegen der abgebildeten Farbe auch hier etwas teurer erstanden. Die erste Lieferung war wie abgebildet, in der 2. Lieferung kam eine echt hässliche Farbe. Echt schade, dann hätte ich sie preiswerter bei meinem Futterlieferanten kaufen können. Aber sie hält wirklich ewig, die Katzen finden das Teil super und es bekommt keine Macken und Gebrauchsspuren, die die Tiere verletzen könnten.

My cats go crazy for this thing, and I find the best way to grab their attention is to wiggle the stick back and forth to make it appear like a snake. Slowly walk with it to imitate a slither across the ground and get it outside of the cat’s view like around a corner. They’ll creep towards it, then pounce!

There might not be a better toy for the money if your cat likes fabric toys. Just make sure not to dangle it directly in their face because they don’t find it challenging usually.

Bought one for my cat and one for my daughters. Both cat get frustrated with toys, especially electronic or noisy. This toy is perfect. It’s soft, easy for them to grab and pull…. A must you especially for the bored or finicky cats

My cat has a lot of mental energy & aggressive drive, & she gets bored with really toys fast. She’s hard to buy for because once she’s figured a toy out, she stops playing with it altogether, & she wants to move on to something else more challenging. And when I bought her one of these for Christmas this year – she finally found one.

I had a feeling my cat would like this, but I didn’t realize how much or for how long. She plays longer with this Cat Charmer than she does with anything else she has (with the one exception of her TurboScratcher) – at perhaps 45-90 minutes per play session. My arms tire out, before she does. She is an indoor cat & a redomesticated feral stray who really needs a good outlet for aggressive energy & apartment boredom, & she’s found one in this toy. Whenever she sees it, she wants to play with it. If I dance around the room with it like that Red Hot Chili Peppers video “Give It Away Now” – she is awestruck & goes wild. She chases it in the air, over the floor, across the furniture, & it is a long time before she ever gets bored. For her, that is a real change of pace. This toy may be great for inspiring exercise sessions in cats who are managing weight issues & become reluctant to play.

One nice feature about this toy is its wand is made of a really hard, translucent material that is resistant to teeth marks & breaks. If she accidentally gets a hold of it in her mouth, the wand isn’t badly marred like her other wand toys. The rubber attachment that holds the bunting material to the wand is more fragile, however, so I don’t let my cat chew it because her teeth will tear it apart. You know those kids in grade school who loved to chew pens…? That’s my cat, & she can’t be left to her own devices with wands.

If I could though, I’d give it 4.5 Stars because at this time, the customer cannot choose the color of their Charmer. They really need to add a color option. The ad pictures feature several different rainbow Charmers, pink & purple ones, & a lot of lovely colors. For my order, however… I think the Whole Healthy Pets’ fulfillment dept. saw I lived in the Southwest, & decided to send me “Fiesta” colors….. Mine has a lot of heavy black, deep crimson, lemon yellow, cheesy orange, & lime green, with hints of royal blue…on a blue wand. I personally hate these colors – & most of them are colors my cat can’t see anyways (cats see greens & blues, & the rest register as shades of gray). Maybe guys might like these sporty colors. Dunno. However, because of the stark, discordant contrast between these many loud, dark, clashy colors – I think this item looks like “a continually moving ‘pile of stuff’, whipping about in an endlessly moving stream” – & for her, that works. What I don’t like about it may be why she finds it so stimulating. So my one complaint is she likes it better than I do, & I would have chosen nicer looking colors to match my place.

Overall… Unlike so many I’ve bought, this toy was well worth the money. I really hate the colors, but my cat loves it – & it was a huge hit & not a dud gift this Christmas.

WORD OF CAUTION:
You WILL have to SUPERVISE your cat while playing with this toy! Do NOT leave your cat alone with it, unattended. I cannot stress this enough. My cat is pretty good about not eating inedible objects, but my last cat was a Nightmare – “foreign object ingestion” was his passion, & if left alone with this, he’d have made it his primary goal in life to eat it, & would have been in surgery at the vet to have it removed within 24 hours. No joke. So please store this toy in a *safe place* where your cat cannot get to it, when you’re not playing together. I hang mine up high across over-the-door clothes hooks, where I’ll see it all the time, know exactly where it is, & it reminds me to spend time with my cat playing with it.

My cat has gone through 2 of these in 5 years. He loves it, it performs well, it’s a lot of fun to play with him and the wand and it’s quiet. An inexpensive toy that is very durable and your cat will love it.

Ma chatoune l’aime bien et son l’humaine le trouve super chouette . Merci