PetSafe SlimCat Interactive Cat Feeder

I bought this for one of my cats who eats too fast and vomits. He absolutely loves this toy and it is successful in getting him to eat slower. It’s much better than the slow feeder bowls, which were just frustrating him. He actually seems to have fun with this. I like that you can change the size of the holes to make it harder or accommodate larger food. Also works great as just a toy - my other cats are jealous and try to play with it even when empty. Bonus it comes in fun colors.

Ok so it may not be sturdy as steel, but that’s ok, be gentle with it, it’s just cheap plastic. The concept is great if your cat likes to play with toys. Diamond doesn’t play with one toy I’ve purchased for them. Mocha is selective, but at least she’s enthusiastic when she zeros in on the toy she likes at the moment. So neither of them bats this thing around like I thought they would and really only Diamond kinda pushes it gently until a piece of food or two fall out. Then she eats those and pushes it again, just enough to make a couple more pieces fall out. Kinda boring and definitely not any real exercise. She gets more from just running around the yard chasing her daughter for the couple of Ok so it may not be sturdy as steel, but that’s ok, be gentle with it, it’s just cheap plastic. The concept is great if your cat likes to play with toys. Diamond doesn’t play with one toy I’ve purchased for them. Mocha is selective, but at least she’s enthusiastic when she zeros in on the toy she likes at the moment. So neither of them bats this thing around like I thought they would and really only Diamond kinda pushes it gently until a piece of food or two fall out. Then she eats those and pushes it again, just enough to make a couple more pieces fall out. Kinda boring and definitely not any real exercise. She gets more from just running around the yard chasing her daughter for the couple of mins when they do that. … more

This is great, feels like high quality plastic. I love that it's "adjustable." you can rotate the circle to make the openings larger or smaller.....depending on how difficult you want to make it for your cat. One of my fosters hasn't figured it out so I'm leaving it on "easy" until she learns. The openings are big enough that her food comes with very little motion. She's starting to figure it out!!! I'm getting a 2nd and 3rd for my other fosters....this will keep them occupied at night!

I love this little ball because I can monitor how much food gets out, and my little one loves to push it around to get the food. I lost my first one, so bought two this time.

It took our cat a few days to get used to it but she gets all her treats out easily now. Not as challenging as her last treat ball. We leave it out at night to entertain her while we sleep.

I bought this feeder in the hopes it would keep my mostly indoor cats from overeating and getting overweight (as I feared one was heading in that direction!). Our male cat, who is very clever, picked up how to use this feeder ball within minutes. Our girl cat, who is sweet and gentle, had to be shown and also to watch her brother. She then easily got the hang of it. There are several different settings to change the size of the holes that the food falls out of, which works really well for adjusting it to be easier or more difficult for the kitties to get food out (and I use cat food that consists of really small bits and it still works great, they don't fall out too fast). Its much more mentally I bought this feeder in the hopes it would keep my mostly indoor cats from overeating and getting overweight (as I feared one was heading in that direction!). Our male cat, who is very clever, picked up how to use this feeder ball within minutes. Our girl cat, who is sweet and gentle, had to be shown and also to watch her brother. She then easily got the hang of it. There are several different settings to change the size of the holes that the food falls out of, which works really well for adjusting it to be easier or more difficult for the kitties to get food out (and I use cat food that consists of really small bits and it still works great, they don't fall out too fast). Its much more mentally stimulating for them to eat now, and slows them down, and keeps them from eating out of boredom. It also keeps my dog from sneaking in and eating the cat food which used to just be in bowls. Bonus is that its so fun to watch them eat now as they bat the ball around and snatch up the bits as they fall out. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this product! … more

The vet recommended a food puzzle for my overweight cat. As soon as he heard dry food in the toy, my cat immediately started playing with it and pushing the ball around with his nose. It was like watching a truffle pig. It took him much longer to eat while he also got some exercise. Definitely recommend this toy.

My cats LOVE this food puzzle. We have several in different colors. The openings can be adjusted for different levels of challenge.

I have a formerly feral rescue kitty who is now about 7 years old and slightly overweight. My veterinarian wants me to help her lose a couple of pounds so I bought this to slow down her eating. We're feeding her the Royal Canin Satiety food, but she never seems to get full and keeps asking for more. If I give her food in a bowl, she eats it very quickly and wants more immediately. With this food ball, she knows it's there and that she can get it when she wants it and that seems to calm her down. It took a little bit to get it adjusted just right for the size of the food, but once you get it adjusted it stays put and this product is very easy to use.

I have two cats. One will scarf down his food insanely fast, and the other eats half the bowl and leaves the rest, which then the chunky fast eater gobbles up if I don't remove it quick enough. The slow eater also has periodic bouts of scarf 'n' barf. This has solved most of my problems! Both cats have to work to get the kibble out, which slows them both down, eliminating piles of cat barf from my life. Because they eat slower they both seem to acknowledge that they are full and stop eating and sometimes leave kibble in the balls. I still have to monitor a little bit to make sure they are getting equal portions and one doesn't finish all the food and leave none for the other. But honestly, it's I have two cats. One will scarf down his food insanely fast, and the other eats half the bowl and leaves the rest, which then the chunky fast eater gobbles up if I don't remove it quick enough. The slow eater also has periodic bouts of scarf 'n' barf. This has solved most of my problems! Both cats have to work to get the kibble out, which slows them both down, eliminating piles of cat barf from my life. Because they eat slower they both seem to acknowledge that they are full and stop eating and sometimes leave kibble in the balls. I still have to monitor a little bit to make sure they are getting equal portions and one doesn't finish all the food and leave none for the other. But honestly, it's worth it to no longer find random piles of puke around the house. The only downside is my great dane thinks they are fun toys and loves to empty them out and polish off the remaining kibble. … more