I have a Trixie puzzle that has rods on top that cover the food wells, as well as mouse holes on the bottom for loading up food. I have another Trixie puzzle that has different food well covers: three that require her to slide, two are balls with food inside and two have levers that the cat has to flip to reveal the food. It's identical to a dog food puzzle but scaled for a cat. My Siamese girl, Cheyenne is smart. If I serve dinner on her dish (she eats off a salad plate so that she can extend her whiskers) and put freeze dried food in her food puzzles, she'll first do the food puzzles and then eat the pile of meat. I'm looking for more complex food puzzles. Siamese cats are really smart. (Cheyenne is an old lady, at age 17. Her doctor thinks she's a good candidate to join the 20+ club... and if she does, she will be the third cat I've had that did that.) After all, a well-bred, well taken care of Siamese cat can live for a long, long time.
I once heard someone describe the sound of animals grooming at night as "an old toothless man eating a bowl of chili". It's kind of hilarious how loud they can be.
I think it's important for people to understand that it's not like walking a dog, where you can follow a long route and get exercise. It's better to think of it as enrichment and bonding -- just like Mar-Vell does, letting your cat sniff around and watch is important mental stimulation! (Probably there are some cats that do well going on a jog, but it seems to be a small minority (: )
Great video. The muffin tin is a great idea as most slow feeders are made of plastic. I was told not to use plastic as it can allow bacteria to grow. But I also use flat plates to avoid whisker fatigue. It is all so confusing!
My cats have the Trixie Mad Scientist toy. One of my cats loves it, and the other one never figured it out! I'm anxious to try it again now that she has used some other toys, but it got lost in the move qnd hasn't turned up yet.
I'm looking for challenging puzzles since my kitty is way too smart for her own good and the vet says she's probably bored. So this might be a good fit for her!
Appreciate the video appreciate all the hard work going into this my comment is regarding dry food which is just absolutely the worst possible thing you could ever feed your cat. I can tell by looking at your cats fur that there may be some issues starting to arise Get yourself an air fryer. I have a countertop air fryer and I cut up a little pieces of Cooked chicken and it doesn’t take long to get it crunchy and I use that instead of kibble But I also make my own cat food real food.
Yes, that was going to be my comment. I have an air fryer. It’s a counter top air fryer and I cut up a little pieces of cooked chicken breast and it doesn’t take very long for them to be crunchy. Then I use those instead.
My elderly cat was on dry Iams basically her whole life because she was super picky, she basically wouldn't touch anything besides chicken flavored dry food. Wouldn't touch chicken puree treats designed for cats, but would try to eat my chili or chinese food. She super wierd but lived to 18. Dry food is good for teeth, gives cats something to chew. We've been alternating between a good quality wet food and dry for our new kitty to give the best of both worlds.
Don't you love it when people try to judge what someone is doing in a video without giving a call to action? If you're going to take the time to say what is "unhealthy" then you might as well state what is supposedly "healthy" cats to be eating.
I've improvised a round scratch pad with the outside track rolling ball, by placing Gonzo's kibble and a few treats around in the outside track, and covering them up with his catnip toys, ping-pong balls, pine cones and whatever, to bury them under an obstacle course... it keeps him out of my non existing hair for hours.
Pet safe (don't love the company, since they sell shock collars) but they have an egg shape rolling puzzle--very easy to fill, and clean and can be made harder or easier. I hadn't thought of the shoe tray to slow the toy down and keep it contained.
I have that egg shaped rolling ball and it does work. Also, don’t be too hard on those shock collars because people who have deaf cats and dogs That’s when those collars can come in handy. You keep it at a very very low setting and that gets the animals attention and then from there you use sign language.
I've recently made old plastic bottles into puzzle feeders by cutting holes in the side. The narrow mouth bottles are a bit of a hassle to fill, you need to use a funnel, but wide mouth bottles are fillable with a scoop. With a few different bottles you can customise how difficult or easy it is depending on the number and size of the holes. I also use one of those ring with a ball hidden inside as a feeder toy, also easy to fill just pour dry food through the holes in the top & the cat scoops it out with a paw.
We had a similar problem with the cats starting to accidentally get trained to chew cords...after hiding every cord, we then accidentally trained each other! Now they go to the chair near their toys and meow for us. It's great for them to be able to tell us what they want.
She will move on it a little bit on her own and for a few minutes with a toy or treats. She does not run on it like I've seen in other videos (yet). I hope to make another video showing her progress with it once there is more to show
U should put that big clock on the bottom right corner and make it smaller, its blocking the whole video. U should fast forward when u set up the toy and do normal speed when the cat is playing w the toy. Thats what ppl want to watch.
