I've seen an ad for a ball in which you insert cat treats, and the cats have to roll it around just right to get the treats out. Can someone tell me what the name of that is? I think Flambe, our food-motivated player, would love it.
Mike - do a search on here b/c there was recently a similar post - I know b/c I contributed to it. The upshot of it for me is that ARchie was stripping the food out of the ball!
Yeah...our cats can't figure that out. They know that treats come out of it. And will tap it. And look at us. And tap it. And look at us. They think we are the only ones who behold the magic to make the treats come out.
We have both the play-n-treat and slimcat balls, and Squeaky can't figure out either of them
I fill it right in front of her face, and then set it down and bat it around, so she can see that the food comes out. She just stares at the ball for a few minutes, then comes to find me to complain that she's hungry. Even if I pick her up, put her back in front of the ball, and bat it around again, she still doesn't get it. Eventually, I just got fed up and fed her
Apparently, other cats do figure it out though. A petstore cat I see has a slimcat, and he's a wiz at batting it around in a box (so it doesn't roll crunchy stuff under customers' feet) and reaping the rewards.
I appreciate everyone's help. I want to get at least one of these, especially for Flambe, who is extremely food motivated. One of the volunteers at the shelter trained him to jump through a hoop for food!
I love how you can adjust the size of the hole since all treats are different sizes. I actually put a little pinch of EVO in the ball instead of treats. Tessie loves it!