Solar Chasers Cat Toy Giveaway
Update: Sadly, this company is out of business. It’s the Summer Solstice today and to celebrate the first day of summer, we’re excited about our Solar Chasers giveaway, a new solar-powered toy we’re hot for.
As a holistic cat behaviorist, Solar Chasers are the most innovative and interactive cat toy we’ve seen in a long time. More than ever, cats need interactive play to satisfy their need to hunt. Cats that don’t have adequate play/hunt time are bored and prone to more behavioral problems. See our recent post about how and why cats hunt/play.
The only way to really know how a cat toy works is to try it. We unwrapped a Solar Chaser from the very nice people from who sent us one to try. We love that they’re small, American family business and not a mega corporation too! The small green unit contains a solar battery with a power on/off switch and big suctions cups (easily removed if you’d like to re-position).
I decided to stick it on our sunny south-facing window, placing the dangling ball/feather toy a few inches off the floor but I’d suggest experimenting with different heights and locations.
For kitties, play variety is the spice of life. Once the unit is charged, the cord and toy will move, enticing a kitty to imagine the toy is alive! Odin, our official product tester took one look at his Solar Chaser and the chase was on.
Back and forth batting practice, running in circles, tugging, pulling and rolling on the floor and finally a successful “kill”. No matter how hard he tugged, those suction cups stayed put. A short rest and our tester was ready for round two.
What we love is the Solar catcher’s ability to be used in multiple ways from interactive play when a cat is alone and interactive play with their pet parent.
- Solar Chasers are powered by the sun. No need for batteries ever!
- Eco-friendly.
- Industrial strength suction cups.
- Mimics the movement of real prey.
- Portable, easily moved to different locations.
- The toy can be removed from the solar battery unit and used manually as a wand type toy for interactive play with your cat. It’s like having two toys in one.
Odin gives Solar Chaser his highest rating of four paws.
Two lucky Cat Wisdom 101 fans will win a Solar Chaser valued at $29.95 each. To enter for a chance to win, simply leave a comment at this post anytime until 11:59 pm EDT June 28, 2012. You can leave a comment under any name but please include a valid email. It’s not visible online and the only way we can contact you if you win. This giveaway is open to Cat Wisdom 101 email subscribers and/our Facebook page fans. Good luck! The winner will be announced on June 29, 2012.
97 Comments
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Hairless Cat
Hi Layla,
Congrats to the winner of the Solar Chasers Cat Toy.
Glad I found this post because I’ve never heard of it but that toy looks great. I bet my cats would love it.
It looks like a fishing rod style toy but it’s powered. My cats love things on strings 🙂
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Jaetta
My cats would love a new toy!
Lourdes
Kyo would love it… looks like never ending fun!
Born27
My nephew loves cat.. he has a stuff toy which he calls “miming”.. instead of meow, he can’t pronounce it properly.
Caroline Lissaman
My son tamed a feral cat and now it is in the house. Now as it is adopted and a member of our family, I would like to spoil it as I do everyone else!!
Carolsue
My cat would love this!
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Anonymous
I would love to win this for the cats at the shelter where I volunteer. They would have so much fun in one of our rooms with a window.
Esme
One of my babies loves to play the over one needs to be engaged somewhat more. I always like offering them new options.
Amy Sikes
I’m always looking for things that will help keep my foster kitty Zanzibar from being too bored in his room. This looks like just the thing!
Dr Brenda
Would this be a fun addition to the waiting room or what!
Mary Matthews
That is the coolest toy!
Roxanne
Our patio was just renovated and this would be a great toy for the cats to use in between sun bathing.
Cynthia Southern
My cats would love to win this especially since they love sitting by the window sunning themselves. A solar power toy would be perfect for their window sunning spot.
Ferista
Solor Chaser looks like fun. My little ones would love to win one of these. Thanks for the chance. 🙂
Abby
woo hoo that looks fun!
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Diana
I have two young rambunctious boys at home that love to play with their cat toys. They prefer to play with things that are not stationary, but sometimes they tire me out. This looks like a great interactive toy they could share.
Diana
I have two young rambunctious little boys that love to play with toys. They prefer things that are not stationary to play with, but sometimes they wear me out with the cat dancers. This looks like a great interactive toy for them to share.
Jerri Carol Compton
Just bought a new cat tree for my fur-babies. This toy would be wonderful attached to the window next to it. The babies are “fierce” little hunters, especially Annie and Mikey, and they would love to have this to entertain them while I’m away at work.
Helena Pires
So cool!!!
Sara E.
I have one active kitty and two who are slowing-down seniors. The young kitty drives them crazy, so I am always looking for ways to keep him occupied. Plus, the fact that no batteries are required is great!!!
joe gersch
my cats would love this
Angie Bailey, Catladyland
How cool is that??!!
Phoenix
Eco-friendly & good for solo play! What more could we ask for?
Donna C
Love this! It’s such a unique idea!
maryscat
My Moo would so love this toy! She is quite the hunter and is hard to keep up with when I play with her and a toy on a stick. This would be perfect! I have arthritis and can’t play for as long as she wants to play. It would be better than my arm. We would be so happy to have this toy in our home!
robin
What a great idea for a toy!!!
Cindy Loohoo
Very cool! I love that it is really a green product and made in the good old USA!
Nancy N
At this time, my 2 cats are apart during the day, so this would be wonderful to have (alternate between them) to keep them busy while I’m not home.
Shelly
What an awesome toy.
Penelope Cat From Hell
Wowwie! Zowwie! Me can see me playing with that toy now!!!
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Nellie
PS Me might even let Kozmo play with it!
Kari C
My kitties would love this! I would too!!
Oui Oui
I love to play and that is how I got my nickname “Oui Oui” – cause I never say no to a play session! So this right up my alley! Please enter me in the drawing. The email is [email protected] Thanks!
Carolyn
Fun,fun,fun! We’d love to play with this!
allia zobel nolan
Looks fantastic. MacDuff would love it, and at 23 pounds, if it manages to stay in one piece, what a great testimonial.
Anonymous
Seems like the perfect toy. Would love to test it out with my 23-pouonder, MacDuff. If it holds up to him, you’ll have a great testimonial…. Paws crossed we win.
Mary Reynolds
I would love to have my playful Manx try this and I’d be happy to post the resultsand videos on my Facebook and Twitter!
Nancy Black
Oh wow! My two oldsters would love it..every once in awhile they madly dash and bounce across the walls..lol. Love the idea of this cat interactive toy!!
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Lourdes
Looks like Odin is having fun with the solar chaser. I’m sure any cat would love it!
Sandra
What a cool tool…
sue brandes
What a neat toy. My kitties would love this. Sounds very entertaining for both cat and human.
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Kathryn
These look absolutely fantastic!
Janet
The Cats at My Mathew’s House always love new toys. They would have great fun with this.
gin
My kitties would love a solar chaser
Ana Grupke
I think Purrl would love this…she is Ms. I’ll-jump-at-anything that-is-moving! Is there a youtube video of this toy?
Ms. Phoebe
I would love to win this, I am a master huntress! Do they make one featuring a snakie?! MEWHAHA!
Mary
My cat’s favorite room is the sunniest one, she prefers to spend her time there, this would be great to enrich her playtime.
Debbie Schow
This would be great for summer days when the cats want to be aren’t allowed to go outside. All the fun of the chase with none of the danger to my or backyard critters.
Heather
Would love to give one of these toys a try. I think Ellie would love it!
Brian
That sure looks like some amazing fun!
Kat & the Teenage Mutant Ninja Kitty Horde
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Kitty Horde finds this highly interesting.
Eric and Flynn
That looks like a great toy but we get mostly rain and probably not enough sun to charge it.
meowmeowmans
OMC, that is entirely too cool! We’d love to sign up for this … I bet the cats in one of the open rooms at PAWS would have a field day with that! 🙂
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Jaime
Looks like my cats would love this!
Marg
That sure looks like a great toy. Bet our guys and gals would love it. Have a great day.
Susie
What a cool toy. I took in a stray on April 6th. She is a little over a year old I guess and like to play. 🙂
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Susie
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Erin M.
Love this!!!!
Heather Bigler
The solar chaser is a wonderful idea. Although kitty-human interactive play is important to both species, I really like that the Solar Chaser will encourage kitty to entertain him/herself. Thank you for sharing this toy with us!
Deb
What a fantastic idea! If I don’t win, I may have to get one of these at the next pay day.
Angel
What a great idea! I have two bored tabby’s at home that would love to be playing with that toy on this beautiful day!
Leslie
What a great idea, I love it!!
Leslie
What a great idea! Love it!!
Dawn
My kitties would love this toy!
catherine turley
i’m a sucker for new products. my house is a shrine to cat toys.
Tinch
Got three cats at my feet screaming “Get one for us!”
Celena U.
Ohhhhh I would love one of these for my 2 kitties!!!!
Melanie Diehl
Great idea with the solar power.My cats love moving toys so I know that this would be a hit.
Donna Bell
My foster kitties would love this!!
Jackie
GENIUS!! My cats need this!!
Marilia
Wow! I love this toy!
Carrie
I want to play with this toy! My furbabies Phin and Quin would love this 🙂
Marlena
We have 6 cats and I am a pet sitter. I am always looking for new products to keep cats busy. They seem to get shorted often. Looks interesting.
Fisher
Oh, could we ever have some fun with the Solar Chaser! Great review and we believe Odin is a very smart cat.
jo
What a fantastic idea for a cat toy! My cats would love to win one of these (the puppy might find it amusing as well)
Chelsea
Wow, that looks awesome. I can see Chester laying on my bed underneath the window and rolling over to actually play instead of chewing on my yarn rug~! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Lara
This looks awesome. My 3 cats and I would love to win this! 🙂
A Lizard
What a lifesaving invention! As A Lizard, I hope the cat here wins one.
Trudy Jewell
Wow! What a great toy! Would love to win it!
Milene
Looks like something Enzo would love.
Amy Orvin
This is a wonderful giveaway! My cats will love this if I win!!
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Monica
Looks like a great toy!
Leslie S
We think that if Odin gives Solar Chaser his highest rating of four paws AND the Solar Chaser has a never ending supply of energy just like our kitties…SERIOUSLY…SIGN US UP!!!
No more batteries… Whoo Hoo… thank you sun!
Kathy Bergeron
I have some felines who are definitely in need of additional exercise so wow–this would be wonderful to help encourage that!!
Judy
My 2 kitties would love this. Plenty of sun in California!
Vicky
What a great toy and best part, no batteries!
Cheysuli
Now that looks interesting. We’re still a little worried that we won’t get enough sunshine to make it work though!
Mary Hollis
Wow – that is undoubtedly one of the neatest toys ever! Thanks, Odin for the great review!
boomermuse
Odin say thank-you! It’s a hard job but someone has to do it.
Lisa
What a great Toy! My cats would love to play with it.
Anni
Happy Solstice! Great timing on this prize. 🙂
Faith
OH my. That is so kewl! My Tigger needs more exercise so badly. I think he would love it and get more play and exercise! You give away the best things!
Of course China and Latte would love it too!
Julie Magnini
This toy looks amazing! I know Gramps and Eddie would go bonkers over it 🙂
Mopurr
What a cool idea for a toy, I sure the kids would have a blast with one.
Bernadette
OMG, can you imagine what four big black cats could do with that? We think we’d like to try one! Thanks for letting us know about this!
Lou
Having 2 cats and one being a kitten who’s got so much energy its hard to find toys to keep him entertained long enough. After reading about this new toy i feel it would give him endless hours of fun. Im proud to say that im a proud dad of two rescued and adopted cats.
Thank You
Christine Connallon
That looks like a blast! Hutch would love it!
Emily
Looks like a lot of fun!