“There’s an app for that” just got a little more awesome if you are a kitty! The Kittyo is a device that can keep us cats from getting too bored when humans are out of the house. It is only 7″ high, but with the help of an app that has versions for both iOS and Android smartphones, it does a whole bunch of different things for us kitties:
- It makes noises to attract your cat — or you can use it to speak directly to your kitty (although recent scientific tests question how much your cat cares about your voice).
- It has a laser pointer you can direct remotely! Boodie would love that.
- It dispenses treats! Which worries me a little — Binga may never leave it alone! (But the Kittyo humans have thought about cats like Binga: it can easily be clamped to a shelf or attached to a wall to keep treat stealers at bay.)
- Humans can watch their cats remotely with the Kittyo, and they can also shoot video and photos!
While the last item makes me a little suspicious — I am not so sure I want my human spying on me while she is not here — the other fun uses the Kittyo has are really appealing! We kitties can make our own fun when you humans are not home, of course, whether that’s breaking into the treat cabinet, getting on the counters or scratching the furniture when we know we won’t get yelled at. Will the Kittyo stop this from going on? Probably not, but it will give you humans something I know you’ve always wanted: a connection to your cats when you can’t be at home. Because we know how much you miss us when you are at work, or have callously packed your bags and left us for days or a couple of weeks. Here is a way you can have fun with us even when you are not around, and it is way better than having the pet sitter put you on speakerphone so you can chatter at us from afar. This is a technological innovation that, while it won’t replace your pet sitter, will make that silly trick obsolete.
Look for the Kittyo in 2014! If you sign up now, you will be notified when the Kittyo is available for purchase — and you’ll get an introductory price discount on Kickstarter! (Yes, you can actually buy things on Kickstarter — I didn’t know that either.) Sign up for the Kittyo list here.
Note: I was compensated by the Kittyo humans for this post, but nobody tells this kitty what to say — all opinions are my own.
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Wait. There is a very similar gadget called Petcube and I think it was the first with the idea https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petcube/petcube-stay-closer-to-your-pet
Well, see now, having that Kittyo thing assumes that one’s human actually owns a freaking SMART PHONE. HA! My Human has a DUMB phone that she keeps in her purse in case she has to make an emergency phone call or something. It doesn’t go online, it doesn’t get email, it doesn’t take pictures, it does NUFFING. The students laugh and laugh and laugh (in fact, everybody laughs and laughs and laughs) when they see it, but then she tells them she pays $8 a month for it and then they kinda stop laughing. For a minute.
Ooh! Things like that scare us!!! spookie!!!!
Wow, that is quite something!
Hmm, makes you wonder if this was invented for the humans or for us. I don’t have to worry cos neither TW or Pop have smart phones. They’re old and still have a land line.
We suspect this is going to be more fun for the peeps than it is for us.
Can’t wait to read anyone’s reviews when they get one of these. Sounds really neat.
Interesting toy, but is it really any fun? Selleck and His Person, Emily. ❓
That’s super cool 🙂
interesting Gadget!xx Speedy
Of course my human has windows phone which means it wouldn’t work here… sigh. I am so abused by my stupid humans…
Don’t lose hope! While we are starting with Android and iOS apps, we are considering a Windows app in the future.
Thank you, Kittyo
our humans are more interested in this gadget than us 🙂
Sparkle I hope my mom doesn’t see this…when she is away I prefer to nap!
Hugs madi your bfff
I’ve been warning the kitties that the spies are coming. Now they’re here too!! Prepare yourselves, cats! They’re going to watch and video our every move! – Crepes.
Great post on the Kittyo, Sparkle!!!
We can’t WAIT for it to become available!
Waffles and I are in negotiations right now. He gets the red dot and I get all the treats
; ) Katie
Our mommy worries about us when she leaves so she’d love something like this! Good thing it doesn’t have wheels to follow us around so we’d have some privacy at least.
We’ve been seeing this around the blogosphere lately. We’re not sure we want the peeps to know what we’re doing when they’re not here!
We like the idea of getting treats BUT we are worried that it will tell the humans what we’ve been up to – Is this a cat version of Big Brother?!
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
That really does look at a very useful toy. I would love to see it work. Take care.
I sorta like it and it sure is a good thing for home alone kitties. I was born without the red dot gene though. xxoo
We like the treat device too. We won’t worry about the spying until it gets wheels!
That sounds like a neat device.
We like the treat dispensing part 🙂
The spying part, well, we are always good 😉
heehee
Purrs Georgia and Julie,
Treasure,Tiger and JJ