Reviewing the Top Interactive Cat Toys!

I set out to review the top interactive cat toys on Amazon and Chewy to point you in the right direction. Granted, I'm a pretty harsh critic - but it took a LOT of digging to find good toys. Many cat guardians know that cats are underrepresented in the pet industry, and the only way to change that is to make your voice heard.
What are some of your cat's favorite toys? And what things frustrate you about them?
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:51 What makes a good interactive cat toy?
4:40 Wiggle Wand
6:41 Mad Cat Sushi Swiper
9:33 Uahpet Feather Wand
11:38 CATENESS Feather teasers
12:35 Cat Amazing Snatch
14:24 EYS Cat Teaser Wand with Laser
15:36 Kong Twisted Boa Cat Teaser
16:15 Petcronies Silicone Tail Teaser Toy
17:01 Descending into madness
18:34 We can do better
20:25 Casper-approved toys
Products mentioned in this video:
Wiggle Wand: www.amazon.com/Wiggle-Wand-In...
Mad Cat Sushi Swiper: www.chewy.com/mad-cat-sushi-s...
Yeowww! Catnip Peeled Banana: www.jacksongalaxy.com/product...
Uahpet Feather Wand: www.amazon.com/uahpet-Retract...
CATENESS Feather Teasers: www.amazon.com/Wand-Feather-S...
Cat Amazing Snatch: www.amazon.com/Cat-Amazing-Sn...
EYS Cat Teaser Wand with Laser: www.chewy.com/eys-cat-teaser-...
Kong Twisted Boa Cat Teaser: www.chewy.com/kong-twisted-bo...
Petcronies Silicone Tail Teaser Toy: www.amazon.com/Petcronies-Cat...
JW Pet Cataction Butterfly Wand Cat Toy: www.chewy.com/jw-pet-catactio...
Catstages Butterfly Wand: www.chewy.com/catstages-butte...
ZEZE Forest Snake Tease Wand Cat Toy: www.chewy.com/zeze-lovely-del...
Frisco Bird with Feathers Teaser Wand: www.chewy.com/frisco-bird-fea...
Yodfly Retractable Wand: www.amazon.com/YODFLY-Replace...
Pet Fit For Life 5 Piece Squiggly Worm Wand Cat Toy: www.chewy.com/pet-fit-life-5-...
Jackson Galaxy Gotcha! Cat Wand Toy: Coming soon to jacksongalaxy.com
Cat Charmer: www.jacksongalaxy.com/product...
Cat Dancer: www.jacksongalaxy.com/product...
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#JacksonGalaxy #Cat #Advice

[@JacksonGalaxy]

I know, friends, I sound sometimes like the grouch who stole playtime lol. Not so! I may be just a wee bit picky about the toys themselves, but playtime rocks! so tell me..what’s your cat’s fave toys?? ❤❤PLAY WITH YOUR CAT!

[@Matt.Thompson.1976]

Thanks Jackson, for another great video. I have for balls of furry love. 2 are older, and not too interested in play. My 2 grey kittens ( sisters 15 mo. and 9 mo. ) ........Kitten, and Claire Kitten, love to play and chase the little rubber balls, that have the bell inside you can see. Yes, I too am guilty of not playing with them as much as I should. Thank you for always reminding us to play with our babies! Thank you also for the warning about the sheer numbers of bad cat toys out there. Thank you for being there for all the cat parents out there. You are much appreciated Mr. Galaxy.

[@LazyIRanch]

We used to have a big friendly white turkey, and I saved all the feathers he shed. I used those to make my own "feline flyer" toys by attaching two feathers back to back so the feathers spin as they move through the air. It looks like a wounded bird to my cats! They always destroy the feathers, but I've got more. My tuxedo kitty needs bigger, tougher toys, so I made him a sock monkey for a bite and kick toy. It's shredded, so I need to make another soon!

[@mel924]

That Snatch Wand looked nothing like I expected...

[@helenr991]

Just get a fishing pole and a Barber they love to play with that

[@Car_Fanatic]

Plz we need ur cat purchase suggestions. It's the entire reason I subscribed to u. I skip your cute stuff videos. Ofc I am not Jesus, just hope u can make more stuff like this

[@aniE1869]

My cats favorite toy is a random bootlace he found. He'll bring it to you when he wants to play.

[@AndrewDasilvaPLT]

Leather boot lace that way their nails don't get stuck with it.

[@w00f72]

Random thin rope here. By far their favorite.

[@lisamariekeskar1830]

Athletic shoestrings are difficult to ingest....

[@cair124]

In our case, it was a bootlace tied onto a wandy toy stick -- the stick was about 3 feet long, ditto the string. There was another large knot at the end, and our cats preferred that cat wand to any other wands we ever had.

[@fireflyrosemary5661]

My cats love my bathrobe belt and I found a toy with a long piece of felt on a wand. They are meh about the wand toy 😂but will chase me when I wear the robe.

[@Fsudryden]

I love watching Jackson turning into a teenage boy and laughing at the name of the cat toy.

[@LivingInTragedy]

I firmly believe that your cats favorite toy will be something completely random and not even for them originally. My two cats favorite toy is a cheap plastic laundry hamper from Walmart that has holes around it. One will jump into it and the other will be outside and they’ll just paw each other. They love it.

[@gracieg5849]

Soooo cute.

[@symbungee]

I agree. My cats love hairbands, I can flick them across the room and the cats play fetch. On hardwood floors they love playing with the screw off plastic lids from water bottles. They flick/roll them around and chase them.

[@nancywallat1519]

My cat liked the bottle caps and wooden thread spools. Her favorite trick was flanging the spring type door stops during zoomies.❤😊❤

[@Loverofcats101]

My Murphdirrt loved a red marble size art pom pom it was his "bug" he had it years and had 2b the same 1 he wouldn't take 2 a new 1

[@CG-wl3cq]

My tabby who just passed loved stress balls. I got one from my health insurance in a welcome box in 2017 and she went crazy batting and chasing it around. It was her favorite toy then, with a few catnip mice stealing the show every so often, until she passed a few weeks ago.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

My cat isn't into wands. She doesn't know how to play with them. She really mostly likes going into a cat tunnel halfway, then i throw a ball in front of the exit of the tunnel, and she shoots out like a cannonball after the ball. She's not even so much into the hitting of the ball, she just wants to exit the tunnel after i throw the ball. That's the fun part for her. Also she likes to dig in my sock drawer.

[@hallaloth3112]

I have one that isn't super into wands either. He will mess with a ribbon toy a bit more, but jump around like an acrobat? Almost never. He'll bat at feather attachments, but he's never done much more than that and certainly doesn't chase them around.

[@catherinelw9365]

I adopted a cat and she's terrified of wands. She's scared of just about everything. Not sure if she is going to work out. She is not friendly as the foster caregiver described. She won't have anything to do with my first cat, and I got her to be his friend. She just hisses and swats him. Doesn't play. Doesn't move. She just lays in her bed in the base camp room I set up for her. She's overweight too, and I'm feeding her less because she is so sedentary. She is not mean to me, but she is very shy and scared of everything and hides when I open her door. Then she comes out when I put her food down. She lets me pet her but she is the most timid, difficult cat I've dealt with.

[@missavakittytv]

My cat wants nothing to do with wand toys. Ive bought her several and the only way she will play with them is if I unattached the toy so she can throw it around. The only interactive game she likes to play is chase/hide and seek. She likes it when I pretend to chase her then she hides and when I get close I will yell out wheres my kiki (kitty) then she will meow and take off running with the zoomies and do it all over. 😂😂❤

[@hallaloth3112]

@@missavakittytv My 'not into wand toys' boy does this too! He really does just like to zoom. He likes to 'hide' at one end of the tunnel and when you get close bolts through it then dashes around you. Since he enjoys it, its what we do.

[@marleysankor]

​@catherinelw9365 I hope you didn't give up on her. "She's shy and scared" EXACTLY. Hopefully, you didn't send her away, again. She just needs time to learn to trust and decompress. The 333 rule. She let's you brush her, she'll get there in time with patience and love. You standard, she's timid and difficult. Can't be both. One canceles the other. Use a wand low and slow on the floor and move it like it's prey. Not shaking it in a shy cats face.

[@dragonofmordor]

My cat is weird. Her favorite interactive toys are not the ones with prey on the end. She likes the really long ribbon ones that she can just wrap around and roll with and be a total acrobat with.

[@lauralonati7048]

My stomach literally HURTS from laughing so hard over Jackson laughing at the SNATCH toy! LOL

[@davidc4405]

A homemade "whack-a-mouse" toy has been a big hit with several shelter cats I've played with. Just a broad cardboard box (ideally not too tall) with many small holes on the top, and a mouse at the end of a stick that you make pop out of a random hole.

[@ndawn90]

Our tortie elf sphynx plays fetch. We never taught her that, she just started doing it one day. We'll throw her little duck or mouse, and she'll run and grab it and bring it back. She might play with it for a second, but then she just looks at us like, "Ok, throw it again!" That being said, the laser pointer is her hands down favorite toy. She gets so excited whenever she sees that little red dot, and she doesn't get bored of it either! I try to make sure that she ends the laser session with one of her stuffed toys so she can have the satisfaction of doing the "catch/kill" part.

[@Sinovian]

Haha my Jinx does that too. She just brought me her toy to show me she 'killed it' one day and then she kept doing it. I'd be working on work and couldn't take a break and would just toss it back to her and now she regularly has me throw it down the hall for her.

[@thewebupdater]

My Yuuki used to do that, too. Unfortunately, the dogs started grabbing it first and destroyed whatever toy I threw to him so now he sort of gave up. I really miss doing that with him.

[@KristenK78]

Chewy has an AWESOME USB rechargeable laser. No more buying stupid button batteries!

[@Rhaifha]

My cat loooooves the Cat Dancer. It looks deceptively simple, but the fact that it's on a spring wire and not a string makes the end move in exactly the way that makes it interesting to cats. Like, it moves very bug like, which is great! I can consistently grab that toy and my Cleo will still wildly play with it regardless of how used she is to it.

[@mariehammond5097]

Cat dancer is the only toy that my feral cat will even consider playing with when we're in the room.

[@KristenK78]

Definitely a favorite across multiple cats here!

[@suegordon6805]

My cat loves the cat dancer, too. she chases, jumps and runs for it. The other one she likes is a medium length rod with some feathers on it.

[@DixieTsutsaeva]

I love how you approach this in an unbiased way. I was nervous at first it would be like all other pet product review out there that is just "my pet likes it, so it's good!"

[@bethanyschwartz590]

*Cat Lures Lighting Rod* - THE best cat wand I've ever encountered. Perfect length of wand with just the right amount of flex. The "string" is actually a light wire with a black coating which has a clasp on the end. You can change out the lure at the end very quickly and, because it's a clasp, you can easily create your own lures just by adding a loop to other toys.

[@hmariemusic]

I was coming here to say the same thing! My cats also LOVE the attachments and never get bored of them

[@alexmaylef]

that one is great! that + a cheap pack of worm on a strings is what we use around here 😂

[@angelabulmer261]

Wanted to pop in here to say when we lost my cats favourite toy lil fishy, he decided his new favourite toy is specifically just this clasp lol

[@deedee67888]

We adopted our kitty in November. We have tried numerous toys and the only one she will consistently play with is the one where a wand moves underneath a covering. She will sit on the cover when she wants us to turn it on. She runs away from any wand toy (we have some suspicion that someone may not have been nice to her in the past 😢). She will play with a kicker or a crinkle ball now and then. And she's only 4 years old! We'll keep trying. BTW, she is also the pickiest eater. We have tried about 20 different brands, trying to get her to eat healthier foods, and the only one she will always eat is Fancy Feast. Chicken. Period.

[@djboo7779]

My cat doesn’t like anything I had to spend money on. He only likes beat up string or pieces of trash on the ground 😂

[@noizeemama3697]

The long wand isn't just for the lazy. People in wheelchairs want to play with their cats also.

[@nbeaudoi2837]

There’s always one

[@Pond-erer]

Yes that checklist hits all points. My cats’ favorite is earth friendly but is destroyed in 5 sessions. Can’t wait to see the good stuff. ❤ thx Jackson

[@JacksonGalaxy]

lol I can’t wait for the good stuff either!

[@plantcrepe]

That KONG wand didn't look enticing at all! I will say though, they make great toys for playing fetch! Our cat's first toy was a red crinkly crunchy teddy from them and she taught us to play fetch! She will pick it up and cry with it in her mouth before walking into the room we're in and dropping it on the ground constantly! It's how I wake up every day and what she does before and after every meal, like clockwork! She has the same toy in multiple colour variants and loves them all! Her red teddy will always be her favourite though

[@ck2d]

Cat dancer - end of story

[@pamelab8939]

came here to say this

[@Sinovian]

Same. Usually you can find it for under $5. It's durable and even when the cardboard starts getting chewed off it's not harmful to your cat. And they love it!

[@rebeccacrockett8334]

❤

[@hallaloth3112]

My cats barely interact with it, and yes, I know how to play with it. At most they paw and bat it slightly and will very occasionally jump. . .but they don't go crazy over it.

[@Rawrshuga]

One of the best cat toys I ever got was laundry line. I just tied some knots into one end to both be grab points for my cat and make some uneven movement and presto! snake-like cat toy I could pull across the room. Now I’ve made a stick with some old duster fluff tied to the end of some sewing thread. The light duster fluff attracts attention and gets caught in the wind making it a great bug-like toy. Almost nothing I’ve ever bought has been as good as these self-made toys.

[@ginatruiolo]

Jackson, I've been watching your videos and I'm in the process of adopting an 11 year old female calico cat named Rainbow from light and love animal rescue in Florida right now!! ❤ thank you for all these awesome videos, I can't wait to spoil her with tons of fun toys

[@JacksonGalaxy]

keep us updated and congrats!!

[@ginatruiolo]

@@JacksonGalaxy thank you. I'm very excitedly. Much love to you and all your kitties. ❤️

[@seniorreseller]

@@ginatruiolothank you for adopting an older kitty. I hope your beautiful calico has settled in well with you. I’m in Florida as well (near west palm beach) and just took on a 4 week old kitten we found about a month ago. I wanted to wait because we have a 10 year old, two 16 year olds and a 17 year old (4 down from 9 at one point!) but this little guy was just stuck in the middle of a busy road in the soaking rain. Good luck to you! 🐯

[@ginatruiolo]

@@seniorreseller hellooooo. Little Rainbow is doing amazingly well. She's a awesome little kitty. She loves watching my reptiles move around in their enclosures, and she's a super cuddle bug. I'm soo blessed to have her. And all of your rescues are sooo blessed to have you.

[@kiwikatt12]

Thease videos have been so helpful. We had two cats, unfortunately one passed away and my boy was left without a playmate. It took us a few weeks and a couple of your videos to get him to start playing with us as he would always play with/at the same time as his brother before. I watched your channel 4 years ago when I first got my second cat, and is what made me want a cat for my cat. I cant say enough how thankful I am that we refound your channel when we did and that you happen to be doing play related videos.

[@snowfoxxie]

Feather duster wand toys with feathers on the end are great for under a blanket/pillow wiggle plays! My cats love it! They will dive into a blanket and dig to try and get it! You can’t do that as well with fishing rod toys. They are also good for shy cats or newly adopted cats afraid of fishing rods. (Like my cat- lower to the ground was less intimidating at first) they definitely have their use apart from casting Casper spells 😂 I usually mix the more cardio intensive fishing toys with the under blanket catch the feather 🪶 when they look a bit pooped out but their eyes say we need more play!

[@TVDAnnu]

Oh one of my cats LOVES under the blanket stuff. She likes usual play too but the other cat usually gets ahead of her but doesn't care so much for stuff under the blanket. And under the cat tunnel as well, she'll just launch into the tunnel and dig at it where the toy is, honestly it's like she loves it when the toy is out of her sight, like under the door or flick it behind a corner and she'll go running!

[@rebeccab2446]

casper should have been in the title - cat is a star

[@chrisfitzgerald8124]

Forget Patrick: March 17 is also St Gertrude’s Day, commemorating the patron saint of cats. Old Gerty was known around the convent for her love of cats and her ability to pray away the mice, so I think we could all afford to say a little prayer to her once in a while: St. Gertrude of Nivelles, ask you I pray Safeguard my kitties this and each day. Defend them from those who might wish them harm. Keep them at home safe from danger and storm. Instill in me wisdom to care for them well. Pray, fill me with strength never to yell. And Gertrude, a last thing I beseech from thee, Protect my sofa from claws and my carpets from pee and barf. Amen.

[@kellyfitzpatrick6805]

We couldn't find a good cat toy for a long time. So I had to make one myself. I took a stick from one of my daughters toys and attached a really thick shoestring to it with a knot on the end and my cat Willow loves playing with it, she drags it upstairs and wakes me up with it. And it's lasted years. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@juliestauffer5999]

Da Bird’s Cat Catcher - it might not completely fulfill the durability characteristic (wand and string and attachment point good quality, but the mouse eventually will be decimated - they can be purchased separately). Our two cats love it. If we forget to put it away, we will wake up to them attempting to drag it onto the bed.

[@Era515]

My female cat loves the Da Bird's feather toy. The real feather attachment makes a whooshing sound as you drag it through the air, and is especially a fav. However, once the feathers have been mauled by her, the feathers lose that sound as the aerodynamics have changed.

[@mrrolandlawrence]

my cats would go nuts for what was basically a scratching post with a swing ball on the top. they would all line up in a circle and take turns patting it to each other while climbing the scratching post. they loved it so much, it needed servicing every few weeks ;) they were sad when it was down for maintenance! they also loved my matchbox cars. i was forever retrieving them from under the fridge. one cat used to love playing fetch with a stuffed mouse. they loved variety of playtime fun & not all of them were into the same thing. the best thing for cat fun is to have more than 1. 3 i found was the perfect number.

[@Hklbrries]

I purchased a long braided whip-type thing used when horses are showing in the ring. It has a bit of sturdy material on the end which I think is meant to get a horse’s attention when necessary. My cat LOVES it.

[@lisacaroline76]

Thanks for showing those toys. I am always looking for more fun toys for our cats. Honestly the toys they love the most are boxes. When they hide in one we play peek a boo. They swat at me but they don’t scratch me. I will order that banana toy.

[@JasZul-ft3vl]

I'm cat-sitting my moms cats while she's overseas and i've noticed my mom's cat prefers just the tip of the wand, compared to a mouse at the end of a stretchy cord (which is what my cats love). I'm going to go buy a wand with the feathers right at the end of the wand (without stretchy cord) for my moms cat. I think he'll like it better. Different cats definitely have their own preferences! Loved this video!!

[@SpitfiretheCat16]

My cats aren't so much for wands, but they go absolutely mental over a little blue plastic spring. Bounces all over the place when they bat it, it moves fast, and the way it rolls makes an interesting pattern

[@wendyrichards7458]

I was with you for most of those toys , blegh. Something that also gets overlooked is the appropriate size for "Prey" toys. I have found a lot are too big and intimidating for my cat (She looks just like Casper without the white socks) She likes things that are the size of small song birds or mice ,which shouldn't come as a shock to anyone since she's a domestic cat not a lynx. But so many attachments are 3-4 times too big for some reason. Thankfully the latest pack came with a mouse sized mouse and some small bird sized feather attachments..yay. Her favorites though are the (cheap as chips) little fluffy worms and a rainbow striped foam ball , she will bat that thing under furniture with startling accuracy and obvious intent. She seems to think part of a play session should involve me having to lay down and reach under things to retrieve it. She also has a cheap play tunnel that has become her lair, toy ambush spot and thing to beat up.

[@greenwoman3424]

I could so relate to this video. I can be heard muttering and seen shaking my head in the cat toy lanes in the stores on a semi regular basis. 😅 Thankfully ive found a few things that are holding up fairly well and that my very energetic Jasper enjoys. Currently his favorite along these interactive line is a crinkly winged butterfly with well sewn in feathers and ribbon wand toy. This is made way better by dangling it front of the box my tea krder came in that i cut a small wi dow into. He LOVES dashing into it as far as he fits and then scooting himself and the box forward with his hind legs while he reaches through the window with a frint paw to to snag the butterfly. This morning he was entertaining himself with that same box scooting around chasing a white wool ball. 😂 His other favorites are small wool socker balls and a rattle mouse that he inherited from previous generations of cats when they were made to last! And the best toy ever according to Jasper is the cork from the delicious bottle of organic wine we treated ourselves to a while back. Wine corks are an old favorite from past cats too. They move unpredictably when batted about. Its a win win for us and the cat! 😊

[@humm23]

The kitten that showed up at my door that I let in, loves to take his feather stick for a walk. It has to have a stiff handle and a crinkle thing on the end that is big enough for him to grab and hold on to. Nothing like him dragging it upstairs at 3am.

[@GrumpyLemur]

My kitty brings it to me when she wants to play 😂😂😂

[@Car_Fanatic]

The descending into maddness section was so perfect. Ty for including it reminds me of the 90s movies bloopers at the end of movies

[@francescoiadicicco1266]

The things you say about the industry failure is so true. 99% of the toys in the local pet stores are for dogs and those few cat toys I found are made to catch humans more than cats attention. This is why I have to buy toys for my cats on internet. Also 99% of the wands with a bundle of feathers as toy tend to twist the string when you wiggle them in the air. Actually I buy feather wands on the Zooplus site. They sell a super long stick and string. I modify them with an anti-twist fishing rig so that the feathers can spin freely. It improves the functionality of the toy as the strings do not twist and the feathers make a nice flying bird sound.

[@karineanderson1670]

My cat chews every string there is. I don't buy wands with fishing line, elastic or metal wire for this reason. She loves the laser pointer and I transition to a clear wand with a black tip. Maybe she thinks it's a fly, because she sits up on her hunches and bats it down with both paws. She also brings me her very first plush toy every morning. Haha, she loves chasing sun beams too.

[@sarahcece]

My cat hates cat toys because they are noisy, predictable etc. She loves strings, laces, and lasers. As someone who works 12 hours a day I rely on my kids to play with our cat everyday but they lose interest quickly when they see she isn’t interested. It’s hard to find something that she can play with independently 😅…

[@iamwhoasked]

I was laughing at the part where he was explaining the fact that there's no target at the end of that one toy lol my cat LOVES string, she'll actually ignore the toy at the end of there is one and go for the string

[@MamaCat956]

My Snickers is obsessed with anything that reflects light against the floor or wall. Cell phone screen, tablet, bit of mirror from a sun catcher ect. He loves chasing the lights. Now he's yelling at me for a food Mousie.

[@cinnamoon1455]

Not directly an interactive cat toy but my cat's absolute favourites were an old blue IKEA bag minus the handles she'd hide in and go crazy with the sound. The other absolute fan favourite was to drop her a pingpong ball into the tub. She'd go totally bonkers until she was totally worn out.

[@brookmiller9806]

The bird wand toy from Frisco was very popular when my cats were kittens. You drag it on the ground and they loved to chase it. They still like to chase it sometimes when they are felling some kind of way.

[@angelashrope5782]

😂 You had me in stitches! Thank you

[@janesmith4617]

My cats all love the little wicker balls I bought on a whim. They skitter across the floor when thrown in a very pleasing chaseable way; they are light enough for cats to easily bat about; their wicker structure means my cats can easily grab hold of them with their claws if they want; they are really cheap and easily replaceable; and the best thing ever is when I throw one up the stairs, and my cats chase it and grab it and kill it and watch it bounce down the steps. I have carpeted stairs, so my cats can grab onto that so they are safe no matter how they fling themselves about. They are often sold as parrot toys but honestly, buy some and if your cats are at all playful they will love them.

[@akirebara]

Cat dancer will always top any list. I have not met a cat that did not go crazy for that toy.

[@GrumpyLemur]

I have never tried it! Definately will have to

[@N4HHE]

Yes! I've tried replacing the cardboard with paper sticks from suckers but it doesn't seem to matter. I don't much like the cat trying to bite spring wire.

[@hallaloth3112]

Please be introduced to my boys then. I know how to use it, at most they'll engage for twenty seconds and then ignore it.

[@N4HHE]

@@hallaloth3112 let the Cat Dancer wire to spring, bounce.

[@hallaloth3112]

@@N4HHE Again, I understand how to play with it. My cats do not engage with it. They literally ignore it.

[@rambutanb]

So we have an old window-blinds adjustment stick with some fluffy/plush yarn on it! The yarn doesn’t shed or anything. Her current favorite is to play while she’s inside her little cat-house-cabin

[@ss_sailaway]

Our cats went wild over the catnip cigar & wand we ordered from your store. Excellent stuff!

[@karentingay1966]

Our wallflower cat loves the Go Kat feather toy. The first one lasted about 2 weeks max but I'll keep buying replacement ends because it's the only thing he's engaged with us on. Cat #2 likes the helicopter feather attachment and an old sewing tape measure that he'll bring to us to throw. Cat #3 is obsessed with biodegradable packing peanuts.

[@gcro9206texanforever]

My diva’s favorite toy: a flexible tape measure - Carries it around, tosses in the air 😻

[@starrlovenikki8490]

My cat's fav toy: Meowmy's bathrobe belt 😆 It's fuzzy, length adjustable, and smells like me. She is always looking for it when i get my robe on 🤣

[@Phantom124356]

I've had a lot of success with the Hartz kitty castor. How the toys attach at the end makes it really easy to put other things on, it's a great fishing rod design and the length of the fishing line they use is perfect. The feather attachment doesn't break super easy but as they're feathers they will break, which is a shame because it does move like a bird in the air. Right now I have a crocheted mouse on the end of it and my boys can't get enough

[@LazyIRanch]

I recommend finding a Ron Popeil Pocket Fisherman, there's probably one out in Grandpa's garage, or use a child's rod and reel. Tie whatever toy they like to the line, and do some "cat fishing".

[@cg9612]

That's brilliant! The Pocket Fisherman, by Mr. Ron Popeil, was one of the best selling items sold directly from TV, back in the day. Perfect for cats.

[@annettefordham]

Omg I have a Popeil Pocket Fisherman! Never took it out of the box since I got it in like 1973 !!

[@Stormy1964]

My cats have several wands but their favorite one is two shoe strings tied together with a tiny puff ball at the end, I drag that on the floor and get chased all thru the house! They wear me out !

[@xandraj5487]

My cat loved the helicopter attachment from Uhapet. Sooo glad he tried the Snatch toys. My cats go bonkers for the toy!! But they don't run under the bed with the attachment. They catch it and then wait for it to go again. It may be that my cats are bush cats, though.

[@haley_th]

The Dezi&Roo wiggle wand with the worm attachment is my guy’s favorite. Long wand, invisible string, and a little bell on the prey. He really only goes for things like the YEOWW banana and wand toys (especially with feathers)

[@runeseaks]

Listen, one of my cats LOVES the Frisco bird teaser. I think Jackson needed to unwind the string (it was still wrapped around the stick). BUT, I cut the feathers off. The ribbons are fine as long as I don't leave it out (you can move it around very bird-like, and the ribbons make sounds like wings flapping if you do it right). My cat loves it so much I did get another and cut the feathers, ribbons, and string off and he just bats it around like crazy.

[@N4HHE]

The best cat toy I've found over the decades is an 8' long very soft rope about 3/8" diameter. Knot in each end, and melted so it doesn't fray. Great fun to walk around the house pulling the rope, always a couple cats following. Just leave it on the floor in the morning and it will be somewhere else in the house when I return from work so someone also plays with it on their own. Too big to swallow.

[@bewildered3687]

I've got a longer feather waggler cat toy that i use to play blanket monsters with my cats, and they love it :) I wouldn't use it without hiding it under blankets/ boxes etc though.

[@snowfoxxie]

Yes!!! Me too! My cats love this game! They roll under and dig the blanket to try and catch it

[@longjensilver]

I think the perfect toy would be an indestructible stick that you can just clip garbage to. The boys love stick toys, their favorite is ones with a long crinkly tube they can catch and kick. It’s almost as good as balled up paper or a box. But the best toy that we ever had was a helium balloon with a weighted clip at the end that would hang in the air. Zag slapped that around for probably a week straight (with supervision)

[@Christine-zk6hk]

My cat is not into catnip or silver vine. He has no interest in boxes, except to chew on them. He won't play with feathers he seems to prefer his prey on the ground. Laser lights are out, he knows that device in your hand is controlling it. His current favorite wane toy is a wand with a thin, long strip of flannel that he can chase around corners. Oh and he likes to,chew on plastic, so I have to keep plastic out of reach. I try to play with him twice a day, and the one thing he really does like is being brushed. So we have interaction during brushing time,

[@eclexian]

Actually, my guy’s fav (or one of them) is that Frisco Bird with Feathers. He grabs the bird and runs up the stairs with it, hoping I’ll chase him (which I often do), then drags it across the bed. I grab it from there, run, back down the stairs, etc. Loads o’ fun! But then he is a Siamese. He’s so smart, he actually *invents* games for us. No joke! I need to make a video of some of my favorites.

[@BuildinWings]

My cats' favorite is a thin plastic butterfly on a wire. I made it myself and they won't accept anything else. Just keep trying with your cat until you find the thing. It took me a while.

[@hillarylarson4780]

Those shorter wands with feathers at the end are good in the same way peacock feathers are good; they work so well at going under pillows and blankets and couch cushions and peeking out of gaps in cat trees.

[@VanIslander-yq4vd]

Jackson, this is great info (as always) - looking forward to the day your store can ship to Canada again.

[@emmythemac]

Honestly my cats' favorite toy is those little plastic springs, and I know it's not the type of interaction Jackson is talking about here but we absolutely play fetch. They will chase it, pick it up in their mouth, then bring it to me to throw again. Idk, it's kind of the perfect size/weight to skitter like a bug, and they love it when I twang the spring and wave it around a bit before throwing it. It's extremely adorable, with the downside that I do sometimes wake up with cat toys on my bed. Oh, and their second favorite toy is a simple wormy wand that I use to poke the springs out from under the fridge, lol

[@sparkyUSA1976]

Mine loves the springs too. They're kind of interactive, I make them move and she goes after them. She hasn't yet grasped the idea of picking things up with her mouth to manipulate her world a little better. Or just moving things out of the way with her paws, but she's young yet and formerly feral, so I'll give her time. She just recently started sometimes batting a crinkle ball back at me a few times giving me a cute look after like "that was fun you darling little human, I hope you liked me entertaining you, but I'm bored now."

[@chrisfitzgerald8124]

I agree the spring can be interactive if you make it a fetch game ditto the little plastic curlies that look like a milk jug lid. But you have to teach them the game and play it consistently

[@LazyIRanch]

I AM my cat's "interactive toy"! I have the scars to prove it. Worth it though, I love my little freakishly destructive boy. He's completely destroyed the upholstery on the arms of my leather computer chair, now he's working on stripping the back of the chair. At least the seat part is okay (for now). The chair cost me $5 at a yard sale. Best $5 cat toy ever! One of his favorite things is to leap from the bed to the chair in such a way that it sets the chair spinning while he hangs on, deliriously happy! I've never loved any pet more than my little weirdo.

[@WendyTai1]

I put black duct tape on the sides of my office chair and it has saved my chair. My chair is the only furniture one of my cats scratches to get my attention but they really do their scratching on the tall cat tree that is loaded with scratching posts.

[@LazyIRanch]

@@WendyTai1 I figure at this point the chair is too far gone to matter. He's got plenty of scratching stuff, I even brought in a hand cut 8"X8" by 6 feet heavy oak log that fits perfectly next to my shower. I have to sweep up sawdust and splinters daily, but that's fine!

[@gracieg5849]

Hahaha

[@GrumpyLemur]

I got my kitty at 9 weeks old, and TRIED SO HARD to teach her to play with me softpawed! But no, she NEVER plays softpawed, all-claws all the time 😂 so that's why I usually have to play with wand teasers with her

[@francescoiadicicco1266]

My cat's fav toy is my 300$ worth gaming chair that she provided to "customize" with her little murder mittens.

[@tinab7856]

I love the Cat Lures wand and attachments. They have several wand types to choose from. I have the action rod which has a long wire that the cat can't see when it's moving and doesn't sling shot. They also have a large variety of lures, from air prey to ground prey and are well made with realistic textured materials and sturdy. My cats love it! I use a new lure every month to change it up for them

[@Era515]

My female cat likes aerial toy. Her favorite toy is the wand with the little catnip filled felt fish attached. When she catches it she walks off with it in her mouth and talks about her catch. 😅 Often she'll then bring it back to me as a gift and drop it at my feet, still talking away softly. Also, this is about the only time she is vocal. She also loves cat tv! I wish her brother was as easily entertained. There's very few toys that interest him, and rarely anything airborne. It's such a challenge to play with him.

[@simplysunny9476]

i forget how good of an entertainer you are when im paying attention to the other things youre talking about lol ily!!

[@ciel6347]

The Uahpet Feather Wand set is actually the best cat toy if you just add a string between the wand and the attachments. For the propeller attachment, if you don't yank it while the cat has a hold on it, it should last a few weeks; you don't need all feathers perfectly intact to entice a cat. Most of my cats' favorite toys are DIY modified cat toys. No commercial cat toy is perfect. Jackson Galaxy's wand is too heavy and tires the user out more than the cat (if you have a high energy cat who wants to dash around large areas).

[@seecraig]

I'm an Amazon Vine reviewer so I review cat toys when I can get them. The biggest problem is my very active 20lb cat bites through every string imaginable. One of the wand toys he loves is the one with the built-in laser you tested. He bit through the string but it has hooks on both ends so it's replaceable and comes with a second string with hooks. That seems to be of some value. He loves the Tamer "Crazy Caterpillar" wand but he eventually shreds the toy and bites through the string. What I finally did was buy a good strong slightly elastic thick black string and attach it to a wand. He loves the string even without a toy attached. He eventually bites it through but I replace it. I don't like the fact that he bites through every string. I found one with blue plastic (he loves to chew through USB cables as well). There's only a loop. No wand or toy. He loves it. He'll chew on it when he catches it but has never been able to bite through it. Alas, I've never found a wand toy that he couldn't destroy within a few days.

[@kimberlydaughton8765]

My best friend's dad made our cats an awesome toy with balsa wood dowel, and a long piece of fabric. When you shake your hand it looks like a play snake. Our cats love them! Favorite toy

[@Ashley-bs6ci]

I really appreciate your reviews. I have a cat that absolutely loves toys, and one that loves food a little more lol. My toy loving cat absolutely loves these types of interactive toys! He has a few favorites. He was gifted a Star Wars Millenium Falcon stick that has that crunchy stuff in it. My husband bought him a Floppy Fish on a string, he likes it but not as much as the Millenium Falcon one. Also, we have chickens so I like to take my chickens clean feathers that I find lying around and tie it to a string. He LOVES that! It activates his wild instincts since he can smell the chickens. And of course, he always gets a treat afterwards.

[@heidin2529]

My little Snow globe loves the Frisco. I do agree that the wand is short. But, he loves that bird!! :) Great checklist!

[@ChicaFoo]

My cats actually go crazy for that green wand with the butterfly on a wire. It’s pretty durable and the wire makes the butterfly flap around erratically.

[@lisabeare2366]

We have several different alternatives. Sometimes I give them the ones that don't need me. It's the only way I can get anything done. So I say, do you want to hunt? And they run to "their room" and chase the Lazer remote thing. But we also have ones we are involved with they have 2 favorite toys on the wand. And the one fishing pole, our big boy LOVES that one!!! We have a gun thing that shoots fuzzy soft balls. They all go nuts when they see that come out. We shoot a few they chase them and inevitably they end up under something. So we stop, the rest, then we go on a hunt to get them out, they chase them again. Then when they're done we put it all away. This is a several hour play time typically on our weekend off. ❤. They also have catnip toys of course they play with when we are at work. Those , as we have 6 cats they torture during the the day. Then I put them away when we're home. Some people think we're nuts

[@TheVGrdifyer]

I got a fishing pole thingy from Trixie and my cat loves it. Gotta make sure he dosen't eat the feathers of course, but otherwise it's great! The toy at the end of the string can be replaced easily, so it's fine when he absolutely demolishes it 😸

[@WestZ]

Glad to know Jackson has the mind of a 10 year old. I love it

[@Bethany415]

I was going to mention Da Bird, but you already have it in your store. W00t! My more active cat *loves* playing with Da Bird. I never knew he could fly until I got that toy.

[@AveryMilieu]

This was amusing. I bought one of the wands with the chenille worms, a pink fish with ribbons, a couple of bird things with colored feathers. The colored feathers were well received, but he kept running off and hiding with it trying to eat them. I wasn't sure about the toxicity of the dyes and deep sixed the bird things. BUT I used some natural feathers together and he is intrigued by the fluttering, gets bored and the crinkle ball gets re-attached.The chenille worms were even worse. He found one (got into the drawer, I guess) and ate it! I found blue fibers in the catbox. BUT - the wand itself is excellent and I've attached a crinkle ball to the end. He LOVES this. He also chewed the blue foam handle off the wand but we still romp with the crinkle ball version. I've also attached a pingpong ball to the cord but he wasn't as excited about that. He doesn't like the wire with the cardboard rolls on it (cat dancer) very much, but I set it up in his room/apartment/cage and will bat at it occasionally. He gets at least 40 minutes a day of active play unless he's in detention. He gets put in detention because he has IBS (Churru's would trigger it, starch and fiber) so he gets raw beef (steak, mostly and liver) and kaolin powder, shrimp and lamb with kaolin powder. He likes nutritional yeast with melted butter and is allowed to lick the plates/bowls after I eat eggs (another IBS trigger to feed him eggs). Vet can't find anything wrong with him or his stools. BUT detention happens when he doesn't bother to go a few feet to use the box and leaves it on my carpet instead. Goes into detention until he demonstrates that he can use the box because I not only hate crawling around on the rugs scrubbing his shit up, I hate stepping in it. He seems to be learning. I let him out and play with him, but he sleeps there when he's being detained. We both hate this, he likes my bed. I like his company. He goes everywhere with me and has a box in the car so when I set him loose in the car he has an option. Drainage is all the box gets used for.

[@nalasgrandma262]

We get toys for Leo the Lovebug at the pet store. We can make sure if it is safe and fun. His favorite toy is one I made with Rick rack from my sewing stash, heavy string and the wand from a broken toy. I attached a large jingle bell to the wand so it makes noise that he likes without choking on it. Love your show.

[@kristinkemplen2063]

My cats’ favorite toy is the laser. I can’t even nudge it, because my one cat will come and DEMAND play time! She knows what it sounds like, no matter how quiet I try to be. I was always scared that I was just being cruel when I played with the laser because she didn’t have a payoff/something tangible to catch…but all 3 of my girls LOVE it! 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@paulaplanslife4018]

I bought a wand with feathers and ribbon on the end from Hobby Lobby and my cats LOVE it!! I need to go back and see if still have them and get more.

[@GALAXY6661]

Hi I just got a kitten and all I have done is watched your videos for advice I call you the cat whisperer thank you it's so easy to watch you cos you are straight to the point ❤

[@aisforannihilation1662]

Yrs ago I made a rubber band ball around a bell I took off a collar. I wrapped the rubber band ball in many layers of chenille fun fur yarn & knotted it at the end with a few inches of a single strand dangling from it. Essentially a ball on a string. Incredibly sturdy, it bounces due to the rubber band ball on the inside yet its padded by the yarn so its not a hard ball. It's still in perfect condition, zero hazards & its supervised play but honestly he's not going to choke on anything bcuz the string part isn't long enough & the way its secured on the ball means it never unravels. Definitely my best homemade toy as far as durability & safety. My sock kicker is nice too but he doesn't seem to care that much about it even tho it's loaded with high quality catnip.

[@lonesomeaesthetic]

My cats favourite wand toy cost about £3.50 & came with three different styles of feather attachments, I honestly did not expect much from it as previous feather toys lasted all of five minutes. Best one I’ve purchased. Got some “refills” from Amazon at Christmas because I thought two of the originals were going to break, but they are still going!

[@moaracosta1082]

Amazing content as usual

[@suzanajenic4918]

My cats love the usual mouse on a sting type of toys.. Love u Jackson thanks for the great tips! 😊🖤

[@michaelseitz8938]

My cat's favourite interactive toy is a piece of sheepskin 🐑 on a string attached to a bamboo stick. Dirt cheap, environmentally friendly, and very mouse like 🐭😻😁

[@Elwyn_the_Weird]

I did similar but with one of those wool dryer balls - threaded thru it with a needle then tied it to a bamboo pole

[@ilovecats4705]

Thanks for the advice. I always get my cat the same toy he always loves, which is the bird feathers on a stick and they last for a whole two years. But now I know some of the toys I haven't purchased are ones I should avoid. Thank god I haven't even purchased the ones you told me to avoid. Always be careful what you buy your pets. I don't always trust things I see on advertisements. I hope you find some really great stuff for Casper because he deserves it. What a sweet cat you have.

[@karenkingrey6142]

I have found one….ONE actual toy that my fella loves! It’s like a bendy fishing pole kinda thing, it has great bounce to it & the attachments at the end have a bell on them and he seems to enjoy that. But he’s destroyed it and I cannot remember where I got it!! But he needs that play so much! I really want to find it again!!❤🎉

[@WestZ]

Cat Dancer?

[@FoolMisinfo]

I actually got something like that exactly but I've only found it to be available with the UPSKY cat toy roller, they have 2 wands with 2 feathers included already and one extra feather for replacement the wand is REALLY long that I can conveniently play with him while sitting in bed(though my bedroom IS A SMALL ROOM)

[@louannelawson4916]

Casper Is A Real Honey, He Knows That Dad Only Gives Him The Best Toys To Play With Where There Is Interaction & Safety. Great Information & To See These Harmful, Dangerous & Useless Toys That Are Not Suitable For Our Dearly Loved Kittens & Cats, " Our Children As A Lot Of Us Express" As We All Only Want What Is Best In Everyway Possible For Them. Thank You Jackson Galaxy For This Much Needed Video. Yes These Companies Who Design & Sell These Dangerous Toys For Cats Need To Pull Their Head In & Stop Selling These Products, As You Said Jackson If Dog Toys Are Made Sturdy Strong & Safe For Dogs Why Cant They Do That For Cats. Everyone Ought To Start Protesting. ❤️🐾❤️

[@gracieg5849]

Right!!!!!

[@maureencarroll4328]

That 1 cat toy you had that you put together in 2 pieces with the little furry worm guys on the end is 1 of my cat's favorite toys. The wand is frustrating though because it breaks apart but other than that the cats love it. I do also have to be careful about the worms slowly coming apart but when it starts to fall into pieces we just put a new one on.

[@Pond-erer]

More landfill. Uggggghhhhh! What to do Jackson? Innovation at home 😊

[@PinkProvocateur]

Yeah, right?! My daughter and I make cat toys from old clothes - even the stuffing is cut up pieces of cloth.

[@elizabethtruman7164]

Those cat toys are made more for humans than the cats

[@flamewing8806]

The Uahpet feather toy I got my mom after she injured her leg. The cats and my mom both love it. My mom is a senior and she loves playing with my two cats while I am at work. The other toys we had she would get on the floor or have to sit far forward for it, but she had to have her leg up and the cats hated not getting their play time in with grandma. The feathers don't last long which isn't great, but I found other attachments online that work with it not just the ones it came with and the cats love those attachments as well. The wand also collapses if it hits the cats which is a plus.

[@esce69]

One of your best videos in a while. Sadly you confirm my opinion on cat toys. Went shopping for some recently but only found junk. My old toy, which they love, has some wear and tear. Free safety tip: always wear closed shoes when playing with your cats. Also: is it a wand or a shaft? (the snatch toy was bad but at least it was funny)

[@lyra2112]

Your Jackson Galaxy brand of toss and throw BUTTERFLIES 🦋🦋 are a huge favorite of my boy! He fetches them when tossed on high spots like cat shelves ans cat towers, so it is interactive play. No one else is allowed to touch them. This is respected by the other cats.

[@ciel6347]

The magic wands are not for enticing a cat to run around. They are for tussling with kittens or young cats without using your hands. They work amazingly for oriental or other high energy cats that get into moods where they want to wrap around, bunny kick, and wrestle your arm.

[@kellychumley8353]

Kats are simply awesome creatures!!! I love them so much!!! 🎉❤

[@lauriek6151]

I send a neighbor friend of mine your videos . She don't always take my advice. Thank you for the videos. Appreciate them ! In this culture time SO MANY don't care. 😢. Oh i bought the SMARTY CAT for when im out shopping or whatever. My older cat whos 15 even loves it.