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Cat Dancer

Cat Dancer

A wire with a rolled-card end that twitches like an insect. Daft, ancient, and one of the most reliable ways to get a lazy cat moving.

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Our take

It is a piece of spring wire with rolled cardboard on the ends, and it costs about the same as a coffee. The springiness makes the ends jitter unpredictably, which taps straight into the bug-chasing instinct even cats that ignore fancier toys respond to. It is flimsy by design and will bend, but at this price you just keep another in the drawer.

Good to know

  • Spring steel wire
  • Rolled cardboard ends
  • About 3 feet long
  • Made in the USA

Who it is for

  • Lazy cats
  • Budget play

Who should skip it

  • Rough players who will bend it quickly
  • Unsupervised play, as the wire can kink

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