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The original fishing-pole cat toy

Yes, they really jump like that.

The Kitty Kaster is the faithful re-creation of the legendary Galkie Kitty Tease“The Best Cat Toy in the Last 30 Years.” Fiberglass, wood and a hand-tied knot. No batteries, no lasers, no plastic junk — just cats doing this.

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Roxy mid-jump Both cats leaping Roxy pouncing at the wand
✓ Hand-assembled in the USA
✓ Ships next business day
Fiberglass · metal · wood — built to hand down
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Since the late 1980s

Three names. Four decades. One great toy.

The complete Kitty Kaster toy, wood handle to fiberglass tip, with string and target

“This is IT! It’s the Galki Kitty Tease!” — a customer, upon finding us

late ’80s
John Galkiewicz’s Kitty Tease wins Cat Fancy’s Hall of Fame and a generation of cats.
2017
The last maker retires. The best cat toy ever created quietly disappears.
2020
The Kitty Kaster brings it back — same design, same materials, same crazy jumps.
One page, everything kitty needs

The toy — and everything that keeps it flying

Add whatever you need right here. No digging through menus.

Most popular
Kitty Kaster 2-Piece

Kitty Kaster 2-Piece

The same size and feel as the original once assembled — it just comes apart in the middle, so it packs into a smaller box.

$27.99 ✓ In stock Add to Cart
The classic
Original one-piece Kitty Kaster

Original Kitty Kaster

One solid piece, tip to handle, exactly like the original — the purist’s Kaster. Ships in its own full-length tube.

$32.99 ✓ In stock Add to Cart

The restock shelf

strings and targets — the only parts you’ll ever replace
String & Target — Double Pack

String & Target — Double Pack

Two strings + two targets in one bag. Less waste, meow.

$14.99 Add
String & Target Pack

String & Target Pack

Fresh string and denim target. Tie on and go.

$7.50 Add
‘Just Strings’ 3-Pack

‘Just Strings’ 3-Pack

For the string-chewers. Three replacement lines.

$5.99 Add
Real exercise, real hunting

Indoor cats still need to hunt.
This is how they do it.

The feather-light denim target flies, crawls and “escapes” like real prey — and unlike a laser dot, kitty actually gets to catch it. That catch matters: it’s the reward that keeps them coming back, panting and happy. (That’s Roxy. She does this every single time.)

39 insolid fiberglass rod
6+ ftof reach — 39″ rod + 36″ line
0hooks, wires or lasers
Safe by design

Nothing that can hurt them

No metal clasps to bite, no wire to catch a claw, no laser near their eyes. The target is soft denim on a hand-tied knot — the same safety detail the original was famous for. Every knot tied by hand, every toy.

Heirloom quality

Built like your granddad’s fishing rod

A solid fiberglass rod, a smooth metal tip and a real wood handle. Cared for, it outlives the cheap plastic teasers by decades — the only parts you’ll ever replace are the string and the target.

Real customers, real decades

Cats have loved this toy since 1985

These aren’t reviews of a gadget — they’re four decades of the same design, from the same families.

★★★★★

“Best interactive toy EVER!!”

“I got my original kitty kaster in 1985 for our first cat Kallie! She loved it so so much! I’ve replaced the strings many times over the years…”

Karen since 1985
★★★★★

“35 years later — still a hit!”

“Bought the original Kitty Tease in 1990 for our first kitty Sundance… Now 35 years later it is still the favorite toy of our latest rescue Jackson.”

Cindy M. since 1990
★★★★★

“This is IT! It’s the Galki Kitty Tease!”

“Thank you for reproducing the original. Cheap knock-offs offer no recognition nor integrity for the original inventor… You’ve captured it. Thank you!”

Barbara L. verified original owner
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