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Catster’s Weekly Photo Contest Winners: My Favorite Toy (April 16, 2026)

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Welcome to our Catster Weekly Photo Contest, where every Thursday we pick the best three photos from our readers, based on that week’s topic.

This week’s topic was “My Favorite Toy“, and we received some amazing photos from you. And although every cat is gorgeous, we had to pick our winners. Congratulations, and thanks to everyone who submitted their cats to our photo contest!

Next week’s topic is: “Best Happy Face”. Do you want to have a chance to get your cat featured on Catster, our Facebook and Instagram?

Send us your photos!

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Name: Fred
IG: @Caspercaspurrcat
Fun Fact: “This photo says it all – toy hog.”

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Name: Bella
Fun Fact: “Bella is 6 years old and the sweetest girl ever. She plays hard, as you can see in the photo.”

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Name: Tux
Fun Fact: “Tux’s favorite toy is his stuffed toy Catzilla! He loves to carry it throughout the house in his mouth, roll around the floor or simply lay next to him on the floor. The are buddies!”

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Name: Peanut
IG: @Jazzcatjt
Fun Fact: “This is Peanut, I adopted her after she had three kittens on my fr t porch. I brought them all in. After the kittens were old enough each found wonderful forever homes. I had Peanut spade and made her an indoor cat. She and my 12 year old cat, Lola Bean get along pretty well. The orange carrot under her one paw is her very favorite, but she just had to have Lola Bean’s favorite toy as well.”

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“Best Happy Face”

We are looking forward to seeing your best photos!

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