Catit Senses 2.0 Food Tree Cat Feeder

How effective this is 100% depends on the cat! One of my girls uses it as she is supposed to and enjoys pulling out the pieces. The other girl, Fluffy, just pulls the thing over and "makes it rain" food. Fluffy is the reason we have these types of feeders lol she needs to slow down because she eats so fast she vomits. When she uses it properly she is fine but then she pulls these stunts daily (we have a superb video but can't share it lol see photos). We might consider returning and trying other options. It also could be easier to clean imo.

I do not free feed my cat as she loves to eat quickly leading to a scarf and barf situation. When I was feeding her using a regular bowl, she would gobble up her food in seconds and beg for more. I purchased this to prolong her feeding time to make it more satisfying and interactive for her. It took some adjusting for her to figure out how to use it but now she LOVES it. She snacks off and on from this machine for 45 minutes, is content for longer, and seems to have a lot of fun using this machine. Patience is key in introducing how to use it. I mimed with my hands how to remove food at each use until she got the hang of it. I use this twice a day and would never go back to bowl feeding.

I thought this would be a great purchase and I even got my husband on board and he agreed we should buy multiple pieces. Hoping to entertain our cats and slow down their eating was the goal. Omg our cats must be completely spoiled or lazy because they wouldn’t even knock the food down. Seriously after months of having to get the dry out for them or refill it so the food would fall in the tray, I just stopped using it. I even tried taking out the middle piece so the food would come out quicker.. Didn’t help. I kept a few of the other pieces and they get played with occasionally but it was pretty disappointing that it didn’t work as expected.

The product arrived in good condition, and the construction matched my expectations. Unfortunately my cats can't seem to figure it out. They are both about 11 years old, so I wonder if they are just too "set in their ways." (The old gravity feeder maintained a full bowl). We'll give it a little more time. (A few hunger pangs won't kill these fatties.)

What a terrific item! Not only has this feeder slowed down eating - minimizing "scarf and barf" (Not my term) - but all 3 cats love using it. It's like a combination feeder and toy. We call it the Kitty Kat Kasino because the sound of the food as it falls reminds us of coins falling in a slot machine. (Just not that loud.) We placed our in a round plant dish to keep the food from bouncing out on to the floor.

Wish, I didn't purchase this item. It's really cute plus a great design by Catit, however my cat is not interested in this, she doesn't want to fetch for her food she wants it when she wants it.

“Work Smarter, not harder”- Spock the cat. Spock, being the master of Logic, had this Catit slow feeder puzzle for all of 2 minutes before he simply knocked it over , dumping his kibble everywhere. ___________________________________________________ This is made from an extremely light-weight plastic, and the thin rubber gasket beneath the base which is supposed to keep this from sliding around the floor was already coming off by the time i opened the product box. My spouse and I both pushed it back into place, but it does not stay in. It also has a cut in the gasket. Unsure if it is supposed to be like that. There was also a dirty spot on it which was not from the box. It was a little off-putting “Work Smarter, not harder”- Spock the cat. Spock, being the master of Logic, had this Catit slow feeder puzzle for all of 2 minutes before he simply knocked it over , dumping his kibble everywhere. ___________________________________________________ This is made from an extremely light-weight plastic, and the thin rubber gasket beneath the base which is supposed to keep this from sliding around the floor was already coming off by the time i opened the product box. My spouse and I both pushed it back into place, but it does not stay in. It also has a cut in the gasket. Unsure if it is supposed to be like that. There was also a dirty spot on it which was not from the box. It was a little off-putting since this was supposed to be new. There was no protective packaging in the box other than the box itself, which leads me to believe it’s a used item. ______________________________________________________ I had very high hopes for this slow feeder/puzzle, and was excited that it would be much easier to clean. But since Spock knocked it over after immediately receiving it, i know that will be his go-to method for getting his food out of this thing, which means more mess for me to clean and a broken food tower in my near future. There just isn’t any way for me to safely weigh this down, so it’s a bust :-( ___________________________________________________ Saavik would have probably enjoyed the mental stimulation of this puzzle had she been an only cat, but alas she is not, and Spock being a desperate-for-all-food type of cat, dashed any hope of her having fun with it. We bought this specifically for Spock, but also intended for Saav to have fun with it too. … more

It's a great idea, but none of my cats will use their paws to move the food down to the base to eat. So now I have to several time a day just refill the base.

I liked it more then my cat. He walked near it , sniffed the treats inside and walked away. But to be fair my cat was/is ferrel the first year and a half of his life and has his quirks. I think if you have a skittery cat, the height maybe scary for them. My cat ducked and cringed every time he walked near it. But if you have a cat that likes toys like this, this is built very well and easy for the cat to get it's paws in and out to move the treats.

Our cat is too stupid to use it. Or, too smart, knowing we’ll put food in another bowl if she doesn’t want to work for her snacks. She’s a gulp and barf eater. We hoped she could fend for herself with a few nibbles sat a time. Oh well. Another cat might be trainable to use it.