My human won a door prize at the Cat Writers Conference that wouldn’t fit in the Grab Bag prize box so we got to keep it. (Incidentally, some of you asked who the Grab Bag winner was — she is involved with Forever Home Feline Ranch, so these toys and treats went to an awesome place!) Binga was dying to get the box open… because it involved food!
The Aikiou Stimulo Cat Feeding Station and Activity Center
is supposed to be a toy to help keep kitties active and stop them from eating their food too fast. I don’t have this problem, but certain other kitties in this house certainly could eat their meals at a more relaxed pace. The idea here is to put the food in these tubes so the cats have to work harder to get at their meal.
There were detailed instructions that said it would take several days for a cat to figure out how it worked. There were also three sizes of tubes — beginner, intermediate and advanced. My human didn’t think we were so dumb (except for Boodie), so she stuck in an advanced tube right away. And since we generally do not eat dry food, she threw some treats into the tubes. I was the first kitty to figure out how to get the treats, probably because I love to get my paws into everything.
But the moment Binga saw how I did it, she totally copied me! She and Boodie were all over the Stimulo and I couldn’t get a paw in edgewise. Actually, Boodie didn’t even try to get a paw in — she never did figure out how it worked, so Binga got all the treats.
Can I play this game all by myself?
LOL same thing at our house! Jake and Angel got it right away. Those grabby Aby hands, you know. Tessie just waited for them to get the food out so she could eat it. She only did it herself when they weren’t around. And Kylie was like, whatever, guys…
We started with the tallest tubes right away, too.
That looks like fun. I would probably suss out how it is done quite quickly, but Eric would probably squash his face trying to ram it into too small a hole.
Flynn
That looks like fun! Kudos to you for figuring it out so quickly. And I love your expression in the last photo.
Aww…you kitties are the cutest. Glad two of you liked the food/treat game anyway.
oh, that last pic-cher is great 😀 We like those kinds of toys…or rather, our mom likes getting those kinds of toys for us 😉
Pip, Smidgen, Minnie, Hollie
O Cod, that’s something I will never get, even though it sort of looks fun. My Human worries that I barely eat enough to keep body and soul together as it is (just because *I* and svelte and a certain other person who shares this house is NOT!!!). I am a dainty eater. The Human thinks if I had to work too hard for it I might not eat at all, MOL–as if!
We knew you would figure it out first, Sparkle! Now to figure out how to get it back from the food hogs.
Poor Boodie! We hope she got some treats without having to figure out the toy thing!
Mommy said back when, that would have been good for me. Now, she hopes I’ll eat, MOL.
That looks like a very interesting “toy”!
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We are in favor of anny game that involves getting food!
Boodie and Johnson must be related…if you know what we mean!
Wow, your very own buffet line!
Interesting new toy. I think I would win, I’m the only kittie.
Hmmm, me thinks wes needs one of those around here. Kozmo is starting to looks a lot like Santa Paws!
Kisses
Nellie
Hmm, the mom wonders how we’d react to that. It certainly looks interesting, Sparkle! Probably Nicki would find a way to upset it and spill the food over the floor, at which point Derry would gobble it all down…then barf it all back up. 😛
Ah, the travails of sharing one’s house with lesser mortals….!
Purrs,
The Chans
That’s a furry cool door prize and looks like lots of fun. If we got one EK would hog it like he does everything else and Candy & I would never get any food or treats. MOL
Now that looks like fun! I wonder how we’d all like it. Ichiro would probably hog it all though. That’s the kind of cat he is.
We think that is so cool! Certain cats in our household could use a little distraction and activity while they eat (ahem…Samson)!
You are so very smart Sparkle. I wonder if they make that for goats?
Looks like fun! Wonder which of us could figure it out?!?
mom often wonders if those things would work to slow some of us down….or at least keep us busy!! What a great new toy (and Sparkle – maybe you can get it to yourself when everyone else takes a nap)
I think if 9 of us had to get our food that way we’d all starve!
Ha ha – sometimes it’s not fun to have to share is it. I’m an only cat, so I’d get it all to myself.
It looks great fun! xx
That looks like so much fun. I definitely need one for my cat who is on a diet.
That looks like fun! We’ve nefur seen one like that!
Mom needs to get your own game then maybe you would eat more, at least eat more treats. It looks like a fun game. Hope all of you have a good day and Sparkle, hope you get another turn at the game. Take care.
That looks a fun game – and very satisfying!
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
That could be fun since there’s food involved! Our mom is always looking for food games for us, so she’ll check that one out!!
What an Interesting way to “hunt” for your food.
I think the boys would like to have a go at that.
Hope you get a turn soon, Sparkle.
pawhugs, Max
That looks like a fun treat dispenser! Whenever I do something, Harley has to go in the other room so I can have some peace.
All Treats !!!!!
Binga ! You are my grrl ; )
xoxo