Catstages by Nina Ottosson Rainy Day Puzzle & Play – Interactive Cat Treat Puzzle

good challenge for kitties
great toy, my kitten loves the kitty cube!! a good challenge for her and keeps her less bored

Excellent for slowing down fast eaters or kitties with big appetites who need smaller calorie counts
When you have to present on a business call, and your cat doesn’t comprehend that she needs to leave you alone and not paw at you, meowing, for fifteen minutes straight because she’s going to absolutely, positively die of starvation if she doesn’t immediately get food, this is a great solution to have ready…Looks and functions exactly as described. Our little girl is a 15 lb, 21″ long cat who’s currently taking prednisolone, which makes her (or anyone, humans included) feel hungry all the time. She usually is fine with 3 timed meals plus a snack, but with the prednisolone, she’s vocally and physically asking for food ever few hours.This toy has been a godsend. We have her on a novel protein diet with high protein (30%) kibble that keeps her fuller longer, and if you put 2-3 kibble in each green leaf cup, and 2-3 in each red lady bug cup, you’ll be able to serve up a puzzle that will occupy them for up to 15 minutes, and make them eat slowly enough they will feel satisfied for a few hours at least.We also have been feeding her her dinner completely in the puzzle some days when she’s especially voracious, and there’s enough room easily in the cups to hold a full ounce of kibble, probably you could fit 2 oz. if needed. (8 oz. = 1 cup of kibble, and we feed her 4 oz. per day, divided into 3 meals + 1 oz. we use as ‘treats’ / snacks throughout the day, which is ~200 calories with her Blue Buffalo and Natural Instinct Venison and Alligator novel protein kibble).Cats use their sense of smell more than eyesight that close up, I guess, so we did notice after while she has trouble telling if there’s still food in the ladybug/red cups, because the scent of food lingers in them and it’s not easy for her to see inside, but she doesn’t seem to get frustrated, and when she hears us take the puzzle out of the closet she knows it’s snack time!The only negative is that it will slide around on a wood floor or kitchen floor, so you may need to put it on a rug/carpet if it keeps moving around while your cat is eating from it.One note: small kibble can become wedged inside the frame of the puzzle. I’ve not tried separating the components to clean it out – I usually just start shaking it over the trashcan in different directions, and the kibble comes out. Larger kibble won’t have this issue – it’s mainly the Natural Instinct one that gets stuck as it’s smaller and flatter than Purina HY Rx and Blue Buffalo. But not a dealbreaker by any means!Really cute, and works great. Very durable. Highly recommended.

Decent but not great
Bought this to help with my cats boredom while I work. She messed around with it a little but lost interest within a day. To be fair she’s a picky cat. I think this would work well for easily entertained cats. I thought it might work for my girl because she’s food motivated but even that didn’t keep her engaged with it. That’s why I don’t think it’s a better score. Would likely be good for some cats but not pickier ones.

I have a tuxedo so she’s pretty smart and figured this out pretty quickly. She still loves it, though, and rubs against me constantly while I’m filling it and when I was showing her how it worked. Feels made of good quality parts that slide nicely and provide some fun and enrichment for my cat. If you have an orange cat or other braincell-challenged variety, they might have trouble figuring out that the red bugs release a hidden treat if you slide it back and forth lol

Es wird nicht gerade mit Samtpfötchen angefasst und es zeigt noch immer keine Abnutzungserscheinungen. Die Katze liebt es.Klare Kaufempfehlung.

This is the second Cat Stages toy I have bought for my 2 year old cat Otis. The first he can now solve in around a minute and so I wanted something a bit more tricky to keep him entertained. The toy is well made and robust, it has three different types of puzzle – the white bones must be lifted, the green compartments flipped open and the sections underneath are accessed by sliding the green compartments. I like the variety of puzzles and it takes Otis a good 10-15 minutes (so far!) to open it all out. Each compartment has enough room for a number of treats or one larger treat. It is easy to set up and I feel is excellent value for money. All the surfaces are wipe clean and there are no nooks or crannies where dirt or muck could build up. Overall really impressed and Otis has taken to sitting next to it looking at me to make me reset it!