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Friday Catinee: Cat Toy Tryout

May 27, 2016 By: Summer Samba38 Comments

Cat Videos on Friday

Recently I won the PetSafe Flitter automatic cat toy from my friends Truffle and Brulee! I couldn’t wait to try it out.

Somali cat posing with PetSafe Flitter box

It arrived on Wednesday… and my human even had batteries for it!

somali cat supervising the assembly of the PetSafe Flitter

Of course I had to supervise as it was put together.

somali cat bites on the dragonfly from the PetSafe Flitter

And give it a taste test!

Somali cat with PetSafe Flitter cat toy

It only took a few minutes for my human to put it together and turn it on! So my human set up the iPhone camera, pressed the button, then went over and turned on the toy… and it turned out that she actually turned off the video instead of on! So you missed all the good parts where I was having fun with the Flitter as I played with it for the first time. By the time she realized her mistake and turned on the video for real, I was already starting to get tired of it:

If you can’t see the above video, click here to watch it on YouTube!

If you are wondering what Binga thought, there is a video of her with it too. That snorting noise you hear in the background is my human trying to stifle her laughter.

If you can’t see the above video, click here to watch it on YouTube!

Boodie looked at it for a few moments, but she wasn’t interested in the least, so no video of her. My human turned it on a couple more times — it turns off automatically after about 10 minutes — but there were no takers. I wanted to play with my sparkle ball.

If you think you might enjoy it more than we did, you can get the PetSafe Flitter on Amazon. Unless we take more of an interest in ours, it is going to be donated to Kitten Rescue for their kitten room, where it will probably be way more appreciated.

Disclosure: the Amazon link to the PetSafe Flitter is an affiliate link, so I will get a small commission if you click on the link and buy it.

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Comments

  1. Catherine Lingg says

    February 3, 2023 at 11:18 am

    Binga is like, “we are not amused” mol

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  2. LESLEY CASTLE says

    November 28, 2020 at 1:53 am

    Binga said, “What is this contraption?!” 😉

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  3. LP says

    June 1, 2016 at 4:48 pm

    Maybe you will like it more after you have had it for a bit. Cats can be so fickle!

    the critters in the cottage xo

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  4. Pipo/Minko/MrJackFreckles says

    May 29, 2016 at 10:39 am

    We laughed at Binga trying to not see it…then sniffing the motor part…it reminded meowmy of when our furbear Suki would try to figure out how the littermaid motorized rake worked, MOL!

    It does look like fun, though. Minko would be the most intrigue with it we think…he would try to eat the strings holding the dragonflies, MOL!

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  5. Sweet Purrfections says

    May 28, 2016 at 8:47 pm

    Truffle tends to play with it more than Brulee. Brulee usually sits and looks at it. Every once in a while, both of them go crazy over it. Who can predict what cats will do?

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  6. Sometimes Cats Herd You says

    May 28, 2016 at 7:51 am

    Oh, Binga! You look pretty unimpressed. When we were playing with ours, Pierre yanked it across the floor and scared Newton, and Newton refused to come near it until it turned off because he was afraid it would chase him.

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  7. Ratty says

    May 27, 2016 at 11:58 pm

    I’m glad you cats are brave around this kind of toy. My dog might run from it.

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  8. Athena says

    May 27, 2016 at 11:46 pm

    Doesn’t look much fun to me.

    Purrs xx
    Athena

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  9. Emma and Buster says

    May 27, 2016 at 10:28 pm

    We are following you on You Tube now!!!!!

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  10. Kitties Blue says

    May 27, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    We can see that Binga was totally underwhelmed even when the toy smacked her in the face. We really want one of these and keep entering giveaways to try to win one. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

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  11. Shadow says

    May 27, 2016 at 9:39 pm

    Ummmmm, that is expected to entertain a cat for a long time. Well, at least the video entertained the peoples.

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  12. Spitty the Kitty says

    May 27, 2016 at 9:20 pm

    As always, Binga just cracks me up–oh, look at this thing oh it hit me in the face I wonder what it does damn now it got me in the chin. Oh well, later. I think she’s gonna nope right outta there! MOL!

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  13. Phoebe, miranda, harvey, silver and dusty says

    May 27, 2016 at 7:49 pm

    PS Mum says try the Vee iPhone app. Its fun, cheap and easy to use (you press the screen to ‘shoot’ footage) it does slo-mo, and fun filters and *whispers* She can use it to it must be easy!!

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  14. Phoebe, miranda, harvey, silver and dusty says

    May 27, 2016 at 7:44 pm

    You can never tell with toys lime this. Mum thought we would hate the yellow moving one (the round one with a wand underneath) but Silver loves it and Sienna pounces on it., it is a source of great entertainment!

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  15. Nancy Davis says

    May 27, 2016 at 7:16 pm

    Binga’s like “I ain’t no fool”. Summer, you at least tried to appear interested…

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  16. Cathy Keisha says

    May 27, 2016 at 7:09 pm

    I didn’t hear your human cos Pop was laughing too hard. After watching it, I don’t think I’d care for it and TW would be afraid it would blind me or something. I think it needs a laser or something.

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  17. meowmeowmans says

    May 27, 2016 at 7:07 pm

    We loved seeing you and Binga on video, Summer. Too bad your human missed the good part with you playing. Weliked how it was going right under Binga’s chin, over and over again. 🙂

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  18. THe Island Cats says

    May 27, 2016 at 6:49 pm

    We seem to watch our Flitter more than play with it too, Summer.

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  19. Fraidy Cats! says

    May 27, 2016 at 6:06 pm

    Sorry, Binga, we could not hold back our mols 😀 that looks like it could be a good toy for us. we wonder how long it would take for the boy-cats to break it…

    pip, smidgen, minnie, hollie

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  20. Melissa, Mudpie & Angel Truffles says

    May 27, 2016 at 3:44 pm

    Aw, I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy it more!

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  21. Mary McNeil says

    May 27, 2016 at 3:08 pm

    After it chucked Binga under the chin, I was expecting her to just haul off and smack the snot out of it. Great videos, but I guess my cats are having just as much fun with the June bugs, and soon there will be LOCUSTS !

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  22. Toby says

    May 27, 2016 at 2:09 pm

    Love Binga’s non-reaction!!! The kittens would love it – but we would be bored with it, too!

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  23. Flynn says

    May 27, 2016 at 1:41 pm

    MOL! Me and my mum were laughing at Binga too. I don’t think it would interest me very much though.

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  24. Brian says

    May 27, 2016 at 12:02 pm

    I agree pretty Summer, the video was more fun than the toy!

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  25. BeadedTail says

    May 27, 2016 at 11:16 am

    Binga, that evil thing kept smacking you! Our mommy found it very funny but we felt really bad for you. What is with these humans laughing at that. Sheesh.

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  26. Mr. Chivers, Greyson, and Tabitha says

    May 27, 2016 at 10:38 am

    We know for sure that thing would scare the cat poo out of Mr. Chivers. Looks alittle too robotish for us. Thz for testing it out. Binga seemed uninterested in it. No nip no play. MOL. Loved the videos. You all make us laugh. Happy Friday! Purrs

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  27. Toby & Leia says

    May 27, 2016 at 10:27 am

    How Cute! It’s always nice to try new stuff. Mom is a bit wary of getting us stuff though, because we usually …. don’t play with it.

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  28. Madi says

    May 27, 2016 at 10:09 am

    That was fun. Binga you and I are 14 we have been around the block a few times…no way we’re falling for the robot toy. Loved the videos
    Hugs madi and mom

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  29. Ellen Pilch says

    May 27, 2016 at 9:43 am

    You both did seem bored by it, , cute videos though 🙂

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  30. Craig s. c. okajima says

    May 27, 2016 at 9:21 am

    Pretty Cats will always be Pretty Cats!

    Cats look so pretty when they are playing, especially what they do with their PAWS!

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  31. Tamago says

    May 27, 2016 at 9:17 am

    Too bad your human turned off the video when you were having fun! But I did have fun watching those videos 🙂

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  32. Marg says

    May 27, 2016 at 8:15 am

    Good girl Binga for getting on the video. I don’t think it would hold our interest very long either.

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  33. Grace says

    May 27, 2016 at 7:17 am

    I gotta say, it doesn’t look like much fun at all…but I enjoyed the heck out of the videos anyway.

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  34. hilary says

    May 27, 2016 at 3:41 am

    ha ha ha

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  35. Chuck Huss says

    May 27, 2016 at 3:16 am

    Looks like a fun toy although I don’t think Binga knows what to think about it.

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  36. The kitties of purring pines says

    May 27, 2016 at 2:06 am

    We’re not sure we would like it either. Binga was funny! Have a great weekend!

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  37. HaHnnah and Lucy says

    May 27, 2016 at 1:07 am

    We had to smile at Binga playing with the toy Summer but we don’t think it’s something we would want to play with.

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  38. Mickey's Musings says

    May 27, 2016 at 1:03 am

    That looks interesting. We’re not sure what we would think.
    We did have a laugh at watching Binga though 😉
    MOL!
    Purrs Georgia and Julie,
    Treasure and JJ

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