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Product DescriptionA safe, interactive toy for all kittens, cats, and kids. Flexible wand with long fabric ribbon becomes an enticing target for your stalking kitty as you twirl and whirl it about. Excellent aerobic activity. Directions Hold Cat Charmer lightly by the handle and drag the end across the floor in front of your cat. Drag the end behind a chair or table so that it is mostly out of sight. Then show it to your cat again, and again drag it out of sight. Your cat should be chasing the toy by now. Give the flexible wand a wiggle and the snake-like end will serpentine across your floor. Caution Never crack the toy like a whip near your cat. That makes a sound that's sure to frighten your cat and may make it unwilling to play with the Cat Charmer. The materials in this toy are the safest products available. The fabric will not fray so pieces cannot be swallowed, and with normal use the rod will not splinter or break. Caution This toy should not be left alone with your cat. Cat Charmer is a very powerful toy that can make some cats become very aggressive. Although made of very safe materials, it is not a chew toy and should not be used as such.
I'd only make one small improvement (Rating: 4 out of 5) The Cat Charmer is my three cats' favorite toy. They love to romp around after the multicolored flannel tail. What I love is that there are no feathers or tinsel to get caught down their throats and choke them.
The only improvement I would suggest for this product is that I wish the Lucite (tm) wand was maybe 6" longer. I have three cats and it's hard to 'cast' the tail out far enough to reach all of them.
Rebecca Kyle, September 2008
Initially ignored, now favorite toy (Rating: 5 out of 5) I bought this for my two kitties when they were young and they weren't interested. They preferred the Cat Dancer, Da Bird and little mice. I was going to give this toy away, but decided to give it one more try, particularly because my little girl cat is submissive in interactive play and lets my boy cat take over, meaning she doesn't get much exercise. I figured since he didn't like the cat charmer, maybe I could get some play time in with her if I could get her interested. Well, I don't know what happened to change their minds, but now both of them can't get enough of it. Like one reviewer, I have to put it away or my boy cat will chew off pieces of the fabric. Best of all, my girl cat plays and plays and doesn't just watch my boy cat play. Not only will I not be giving the cat charmer away, I'm going to order more (ours is held together by knots, courtesy of boy cat). My girl cat loves it so much that she sits by the cabinet where it's stored and stares at me until I get up and play.
If you bought one of these and your cat wasn't interested, give it another try. My cats' favorite motion is when I wiggle it along the ground like a snake, particularly if I'm running and they're chasing (good exercise for me, too!).
Great fun! Brings out the "kitten" in my 14 and 15 year old cats! (Rating: 5 out of 5) I've been trying to find fun toys that will keep their interest - especially as one has gained a lot of weight in recent years due to inactivity (mostly my fault). They both loved this one and the cat dancer (it really does look like a butterfly when you let it bounce on the metal wire naturally). The soft colorful material and very long string on this cat charmer is great fun for them and I can "throw" it far and stay lazy myself! :) They also like the squirrel, carot and 20 mice. Their moods seem better after we play a little, and I'm hopeful the one will lose the 5 lbs he's gain. I think we're on the right track! :) I just also bought a second one of these since they both want to play at the same time and one gets submissive and just watches. I try to play with one as the other is sleeping but it doesn't always work! If you have more than one cat I'd recommend getting two! :)
Favorite cat toy! EVER! (Rating: 5 out of 5) Our kitty loves this toy. If we are not holding it and having her jump and pounce on it she will often go find it and drag it over to us so we pick it up and play with her (yes we are well trained by our kitty.)
If we won't play with her or she is alone she loves to drag the fabric strip over to any pair of shoes left out on the floor and entertain herself by tangling it up in the shoes and then pouncing on it.
There are better toys (Rating: 2 out of 5) I purchased this on-line along with the Cat Dancer. My cat is not really wild about this toy. He will play with it for about two minutes with me but he would rather us be playing with his Cat Dancer.