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Did you know that your cat's stomach is only the size of a ping-pong ball? Or that wild cats spend a whopping 80 percent of their waking hours hunting for food? Now you can channel your cat's inner panther and feed in small portions with the Indoor Hunting cat feeder kit from Doc & Phoebe's Cat Co. With this unique feeding system, your kitty can satisfy her instincts without leaving your home, and without leaving a real mouse in your lap. Simply fill the feeders with your cat's favorite food, hide them throughout the house, and let your cat fulfill her wildest dreams. It's a complete bowl-replacement system for one cat, designed for three, small meals twice a day. And, with more feeders, multi-cat homes can enjoy the benefit of hunting, too! Fulfilling the hunting instinct may decrease your cat's anxiety, discourage "scarf and barf," and even deter night-waking! After all, cat parents love their furbabies, but no one loves that 3 AM wakeup call when the kitty's stomach rumbles. This kit allows your cat to be more independent while satisfying her ancestral hunting instincts. And a happier cat means a happier human.
Item Number | 152320 |
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Weight | 11.33 ounces |
Dimensions | 7.75 x 2 x 9 inches |
Bowl & Storage Feature | Portion Control, Dishwasher-Safe, BPA-Free, Lead-Free |
Lifestage | Adult, Kitten |
Capacity (Max)† | 0.094-cup per feeder |
Material | Plastic, Microfiber, Nylon, Synthetic Fabric |
Frame Material | N/A |
Compatible Food | Dry Food, Wet Food |
Assembly Required | No |
(1) Trainer with multiple dispensing holes, (3) Feeders with two dispensing holes, (3) Feeder Skins, (1) Scoop.
Intended only for use by cats. Not intended as a toy for other animals or children. Remove from cat if any part becomes loose or damaged.
†Capacity is calculated by total volume. When using container, choose a capacity greater than what you need to prevent overfilling and spills.
To use, simply fill three feeders with dry food or treats you are already feeding your cat, and hide them twice a day (morning and evening).
Your cat will hunt the feeders, play with them, and eat the small portions of food just as nature intended.
The Trainer, Feeders and Scoop are made with BPA-free plastic and are dishwasher safe on the top rack. Machine wash and tumble dry the Feeder Skins.
Capacity (Cups) | Bowl Diameter | Bowl Depth | Overall Height |
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0.094-cup per feeder | 7.75 inches | 2 inches | 9 inches |
The Indoor Hunting Feeder is the solution to meet all of your cats' natural needs. Even in the multi-cat household, each cat deserves to have its hunting needs met. Users report that the feeders reduce fights between cats and increases happiness for all of the cats in the household.
Sorry pooches, it’s not for you! Doc & Phoebe designed these feeders for indoor cats that have a safe place free from dogs to hunt. Even cats who live with dogs deserve to have the benefits of hunting. There are simple ways to meet the needs of all of the animals in your care.
Cats are solitary hunters. They want to hunt and eat alone. In fact, one of the greatest sources of distress for cats is having to eat in the presence of a dog. Simply confine your cat to a dog-free space, like a bedroom with the door closed, for hunting time. This way you are meeting all of the natural needs of your cat and still allowing your dog free run of the rest of the house.
We don't recommend it. Doc & Phoebe designed the Feeders to be used with any dry cat food or treats only, and the holes are designed to release the food in small increments.
Yes! You can accomplish this by feeding a smaller portion of wet or raw food. The remaining daily ration will be dry food or a treat that is acceptable in your cat’s diet and will be fed using Doc & Phoebe's Feeders.
To feed the average 10 lb cat, add one Feeder Scoop full of dry food to each of the 5 Feeders. The average 10 lb cat eating only dry food, requires approximately ½ cup of dry food per day. The portion filler is designed to be ⅕ of this amount.
Doc & Phoebe's Feeders are portion controlled. Feeding your cat an appropriate amount of food in small portions throughout the day will help your cat to maintain a healthy weight. Doc & Phoebe cats hunt to find their food. The hunt is the exercise in disguise. Cats that have a healthy body weight live longer lives.
Some cats need privacy to transition onto Doc & Phoebe's Indoor Hunting Feeder. Try leaving your cat alone overnight with the training feeder to give him/her some private time to explore and try it out. Don’t forget to pick up the food dish (so it is not a distraction) and add a favorite treat or two to the training feeder.
Cats have an incredibly sensitive sense of smell. Your cat will use its sense of smell to hunt and find Doc & Phoebe's Feeders.
Increased water consumption is healthy for cats. Studies show that cats drink more water when their water is placed in a separate location from their food. Once your cat is fully transitioned onto the Indoor Hunting Feeder, hide your Feeders away from your cat’s water source for increased health and wellness.
Refill the three (3) Feeders for night time and fill and hide before you go to sleep. (Make sure to set your alarm, because your cat alarm likely will not go off!)
Do you often see your cat vomiting food right after it gobbled it up? Each Feeder contains a small portion of the daily food and releases the food in a gradual manner. This forces your cat to slow down and should eliminate scarf and barf!
Actually, our studies have shown the Indoor Hunting Feeder is a cleaner alternative to bowl feeding. Because the meals in each mouse only release a little bit of kibble at a time, your cat will eat the portioned amount as they hunt for each one.
Make treat time even more exciting by placing scrumptious Vital Essentials Mini Nibs in the Doc & Phoebe’s Cat Co. Indoor Hunting Cat Feeder!
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Customer Rating | Rated 3.7519 out of 5 stars 258 | Rated 4.1733 out of 5 stars 202 | Rated 3.9825 out of 5 stars 285 | Rated 4.75 out of 5 stars 24 | Rated 4.5625 out of 5 stars 32 |
Price | $17.58Chewy Price | $19.99Chewy Price | $15.59Chewy Price | $19.99Chewy Price | $16.21Chewy Price |
Bowl & Storage Feature | Dishwasher-Safe, Portion Control, BPA-Free, Lead-Free | Portion Control, Tip-Resistant, BPA-Free, Lead-Free | Non-Skid, Dishwasher-Safe, Portion Control... | Elevated, Microwavable, Whisker Relief | Elevated, Non-Skid, Dishwasher-Safe, Double |
Capacity (Max) | 0.094-cup per feeder | — | 0.5-cup | 2 cups | 0.50 Cup; 4 oz |
Material | Plastic, Synthetic Fabric, Nylon, Microfiber | Plastic | Plastic | Ceramic | Ceramic, Wood |
Lifestage | Kitten, Adult | Adult | Adult | Adult | Kitten |
Assembly Required | No | No | No | No | No |
Toy Type | — | — | Games & Puzzles, Treat Dispensers | — | — |
Pattern | — | — | — | — | Graphic |
Bought them for my two adult cats and was very surprised that BOTH of them enjoy playing with these and batting them around to get the kibble and treats out. Finally a item that was well worth the money that keeps their interest.
Just kidding, she IS smart, likes interactive toys, but this one she’s not going for! I read reviews and all the cats seemed to be really enjoying their mice. Mine sniffs the food, knows it’s in there, but I come home and she hasn’t touched one of them. I’m not hiding them but putting around on her play blanket where she gets her treats, thinking she should have no problem figuring this out. We’ll still work on it, I think they are great and was excited about them.
I totally was not aware of what this item was. It has mice you are to add the cats food to and they eat it as it falls out. My cats are totataly disinterested and would rather not eat. I will try just using the bags as suggested and see if they even will try to get the food. I have one that constantly eats too fast.
Bought these to help my one cat eat slower and as an activity for my other cat. As with other reviewers, the inner shell of the mice wasn't as pictured (it was a slider). The mice are hard plastic with a light fabric sleeve that can be removed and washed. They were also larger than expected. Sadly, my cats did not like them and wouldn't come near these puzzle feeders, even with their favorite treats in them. However, I will say that I love the scoop that comes with the toys. We've moved on to other puzzle feeders by CatIt and Trixie, both of which the cats enjoy using.
Our kittens needed something to challenge AND wear them out. I didn’t want a puzzle taking up space that they may or may not use. What’s small, able to put away easily and easy to make enticing? These! We fill these partway with their morning kibble so when they wake us up rarin’ to go, bouncing off the walls, we feed them their breakfast this way. It slows their eating, challenges them, wears them out, calms them down. Excellent product and our girls took right to them and in no time were enjoying the most challenging “setting” which is the smallest hole for food or treats. Pro tip: load the food the night before so you can stumble around before morning caffeine and get those sweet lovable heathens fed right away. Then sit back and watch the show!
I bought this as my cat was waking me up too early. I hide it when she’s sleeping for the night. When she wakes up, she finds it and it occupies her, gives her a snack to tide her over and I get to sleep!!
They do have sliders instead of the holes pictured. The food we have is pretty small pieces, and my guys will get two to four pieces out at a time on the second click setting. They are slightly annoying to fill; I find that I need to use my hand instead of the scoop for it to go quicker. When one of my cats started throwing up from eating too fast, I decided to try a food toy. They learned quickly with the toilet paper tubes that I cut holes in, and another of my cats has a couple of soft mice he likes to play with. These work perfectly for us! Because of the fabric and the elastic tails, they can now use their claws a bit to catch it and move it instead of just pushing their noses around. There are usually one or two pieces still left when they're done, so I just go and shake them out for them.
I have 3 cats and they love these Indoor Hunting Cat Feeders. I don't use them for their meals, but at night I put just a few treats in them and hide them around the house. Then in the morning, I'm the hunter trying to figure out where they took them. I have 25 lb Ragdolls, so they can easily pick them up with their mouths. I'm still looking for one...but it is so worth it because they enjoy the treat filled mice so much and get exercise to boot! I'm ordering a set for my daughter's cats.
My cat loves kibble, and this gives the added benefit of giving him something to do and working his brain to get food. It's definitely been a hit so far (only used it a few times). Wish it were a little smaller though; it works best when filled and my cat doesn't get enough kibble in his diet to fill it since he's fed both wet and dry food. Selling individually instead of as a set of three would also have been beneficial to us. But my cat is definitely interested in it so it's a hit!
Two out of three cats figured out how to use these and enjoy them. Cat number three is both a little slow and geriatric so I’m not surprised. Luckily I wanted them more so for our heavyset senior and our teenage semi-feral huntress. They took to these right away and I use them almost every meal. The sense of “every moment that isn’t eating is waiting impatiently to eat” has lessened. The huntress seems more confident and isn’t bothering the old geezer so much now. The senior isn’t pooping on the bath mat as much now. That being said, we also went to the vet to rule out potential medical issues, changed up the litter situation, etc. I do think these have been a helpful tool in our multi-pronged approach to enriching our cat’s lives. Also, the dogs occasionally steal them but so far have only chewed the tails off