Catit Senses Food Tree - Sturdy Tree-Shaped Slow Feeder

When used in conjunction with an IQ cat ball Petsafe SlimCat or IQ interactive ball into your Catit Design Senses Treat Maze, this is purrrfect for my newly socialized feral kittens now indoors. They are always looking for playtime and this ball seems to have too easy of access for their Grain-free Buffalo BLue dry food. BUT when I place an IQ treat/food ball into the top of the Catit Design treat maze, the colors match and all my saved kittens can get the exercise they want while hunting and rummaging for their dry food. This gives my kittens the struggle they crave, without causing frustration nor fighting. Of course the laziest of them sit at the bottom and wait for the others to drop food down, and sometimes using this technique to feed them will allow fit, trim, healthy, socialized cats ready for adoption. This treat maze is optimal for both lazy cats (who can lay in wait for the food to fall) and the over energetic cat who pulls and pushes the food at the top. The holes in the different levels can be adjusted for long or small, to allow many treats/dry food to fall out, or few. My cats love it! I have bought many of these Catit Design Treat Mazes to distribute to friends/family since we all saved feral now in house cats. The base does require some help, and I use a box top from paper reams at work with a hole cut out to secure this Treat Maze from toppling. The box top both holds any flying cat treats/dry food and stops the biggest of my cats from pushing it over to get all the food out fast, which is what they do, if this treat maze does not have additional support on its base.

If you're a typical working adult like me, you spend hours away from your furry ones every single weekday. My 2 cats are very sociable and I always felt guilty about leaving them for so long. I always am looking for toys/activities to engage their minds while I'm away. I can tell you I am VERY pleased I decided to purchase this! I read the other reviews, positive and negative. There seemed to be a few that stood out the most to me: 1.) The top is open, which allows for some people's cats to see the treats going in the top and have learned to just knock the maze over to get the treats. 2.) There's not enough weight on the bottom to keep it from being knocked over. 3.) it's annoying to listen to the food dropping/food goes everywhere. Here are some ideas to overcome those issues: 1.) OPEN TOP - The minute I introduced my cats to this maze, I Never let them learn about the open top. I had an unused lock&lock container (with the locking tab lid) that fit in that top opening. The container itself fit down into the opening while the lid's tabs kept it from falling through. I put some washers in the container which gave it enough weight to not easily be knocked out. I assembled the maze, put that "makeshift top" on and they never knew about the existence of that opening. Yes some might think it looks a bit goofy, but what do I care? It works perfectly. (Although I wouldn't use anything TOO weighty on top; don't want it to hurt anyone if it is knocked over). 2.) NOT ENOUGH WEIGHT - I agree with this, but you can put some sort of weight underneath it, or glue/nail it to a small piece of wood. I actually didn't have to do anything with mine; yes it has been knocked over a few times, but so has Everything else in my house at one time or another, that wasn't nailed to the ground :) Mine may not knock over so easy either, since I use the container on top to conceal the opening; possibly it gives it just enough weight? 3.) ANNOYING TO LISTEN TO/MESSY - honestly then, why buy it? You see what it does in the picture. I don't think the purpose of this maze to REPLACE your cat's food dish entirely. If you're feeding them their complete meals out of this every day, I can see how the constant sound and food everywhere might get irritating. Maybe use it for half their meals or only use it for treats? I still feed mine regularly from their bowls, but I cut back on the amount they receive in their bowls, and then add that portion (the remainder) of their meal to the maze. It's also a great distraction/reward tool. When I go to leave for work every morning, I take some of their treats and put them in the maze. They are so excited because they get treats... and I am happier that they are not crying at the door as soon as I close it. They are focused on the maze instead. All that being said; yes it has a few design flaws, but it serves its purpose Very Well. I am very happy I decided to purchase it. It stimulates their minds and is entertaining to watch them figure it out.

My cat Lilly has been using it for 2 weeks and so far so good. She is obsessed with food and will verbally abuse you when hungry which is adorable the first 30 seconds, annoying after 15 mins. Previously her food dish was on a timer, opened twice a day and she had no shame sitting an inch away from her dish for hours waiting for her next meal. She also had a habit of gobbling up her food, no chewing, just scooping it up into her mouth as fast as possible until she gagged and it came back up. She’s been this way since I adopted her 2 years ago, vet says she’s healthy. At first Lilly didn’t like the food puzzle, would stick her paw in and swing around in the air for a second before sitting down and waiting for someone to correct the food situation. I still used her food timer for her morning nosh but we stuck to the puzzle for the evening. First 2-3 days she hated the puzzle, I felt like she was starving if I didn’t give her continuous snacks to tide her over until she could figure it out. Brilliant cat, dumb human. Finally with a little tough love and one piece of her favorite snack in the puzzle her mind seemed to click, working the puzzle level by level until it reached the bottom. Now she does it on her own but it did take a few days for her to fully warm up to it. She has stopped obsessing about food completely, slows down her eating, no longer sits for hours waiting for her next meal AND she has walked away from her morning dish with food still in it..unheard of! It seems like the puzzle has distracted her mind so she’s not so focused on just the food and since there is always a few pieces of kibble still lingering in the puzzle throughout the day she has nothing to beg for. She hasn’t thrown up since, knock on wood. Again it’s only been 2 weeks but it’s made a huge change in my cat for sure. What I don’t like, a couple of times she had tried to lean up against it and it would have fallen over had I not caught it. I also think a very smart cat might be able to figure out how to knock it over or try to get to the food from the top as it’s completely open. Luckily my cat hasn’t figured that out. Again it’s only been 2 weeks but I hope this review helps.

I actually think designers should receive some public recognition for saving domestic cat lives. Cats in the nature tend to have many small meals instead of the large 1-2. Modern life is busy so people give domestic cat bowl of some dry food... and cat eats it in few minutes not even feeling that he/she is overfed. Not healthy at all. If cat had hungry 'on the street' life before - this is normal behaviour to think 'food is never enough'. Especially if cat has half-domestic life. This product solves majority of the problem. Cat is active, should apply some smartness and (main reason) stops when had enough. Small disadvantage - feeder is not fixed on the floor so our cat learned many ways to 'speedup the feeding process' by pulling and even shaking the feeder. But usually this happens only when she is really hungry and then goes to the 'normal mode' - 'one by one pulling'. So it is self-regulating process. Nothing to say this product comes with a lot of fun for the whole family.

Partially works. The issue is that it is not stable and falls over to easily causing the food to spill all over. If it does not fall over it is good.

Ich bin von dem Catit Senses Futter Labyrinth absolut begeistert. Es ist eine tolle Herausforderung für meinen Kater, der nun deutlich langsamer und spielerischer frisst. Spielspaß & Lerneffekt: Herausforderung: Es hat etwas gedauert, bis er verstanden hat, wie er das Trockenfutter von oben nach unten durch die Ebenen befördern muss. Erfolgserlebnis: Mittlerweile ist er ein Profi und angelt sich das Futter geschickt aus der untersten Ebene. Die geistige Beschäftigung ist top! Mein Tipp zur Stabilität: Die Original-Matte: Diese habe ich entsorgt. Sie ist in der Mitte hohl und hat sich so stark gewellt, dass der Futterturm immer wieder aus der vorgesehenen Fassung gerutscht ist. Die Lösung: Ich habe statt der Original-Matte einfach eine eigene runde Gummiunterlage genommen. Darauf steht der Turm überraschenderweise absolut stabil und sicher, auch ohne die hohle Original-Halterung. Fazit: Ein klasse Produkt für alle, die ihren Stubentiger fordern wollen. Mit einer eigenen Unterlage kombiniert, ist es für mich die perfekte Lösung. Klare Kaufempfehlung!

Gillas av katten. Nu kan jag ha torrfoder framme hela tiden utan att han äter för mycket eftersom han får jobba lite för att få ut maten.

Comprato su consiglio del veterinario alla mia Lea che e’ una mangiatrice senza tregua! Sicuramente non se ne riserva un po’ per “momenti meno favorevoli” ma almeno mangia con un ritmo più lento e quindi le sembra anche di mangiare di più! Consigliatissimo! Ps. L’altra mia gatta Clio, sempre più sofisticata, non mangerebbe dal labirinto neanche per salvarsi la vita, troppa fatica