12 reviews forTIAKI Cat Dancer Dangler Pole

I ordered the Cat Dancer because I already have one. Unfortunately, this one – as many others have pointed out – isn’t made with a sturdy wire, but with a metal string. That just doesn’t make sense. The whole idea is that the wire makes the little cardboard bits bounce up and down like an insect. You just can’t do that with a string. I really wonder how anyone can make such a pointless product.

My oldest cat is crazy about the Cat Dancer; she doesn't care for regular fishing rod toys. Since the old ones were worn out, I ordered two of these, but what a disappointment... it's just a flimsy string, no wire. Maybe I didn't look closely enough, because I now see that the original can still be ordered. I'll do that quickly then. The extra cost is definitely worth it.

I was so looking forward to replacing the old one with a new one, and I thought it was really handy that this had a handle at one end. But when I unpacked it, it turned out to be a floppy metal “string” with paper at the end, and it’s definitely nothing like the Cat Dancer we all know and love. If I could give 0 stars, I would. Don’t make the same mistake I did and fall for the name!

I bought a similar product 1.5 years ago and wanted to buy this as a gift for someone else’s cat because I think it’s a great toy, but this has nothing to do with the original. This metal cord hangs limp, the previous one had a thin, stiff metal rod, which gives a completely different effect. I still have this thing in the packaging, I’ll probably throw it away with the “scrap metal”. Waste of money.