SmartyKat Hot Pursuit Electronic Concealed Motion Cat Toy, Blue

We have owned many different styles of similar Electronic Cat Toy over many years and with many cats. Some they loved and some bored after awhile.The more predictable the less fun for them. This SmartyKat "Hot Pursuit...Concealed Motion Toy" has been the most disappointing one of all. First of all the contraption which they are supposed to pursue is NOT concealed at all - sticks out from under the fabric completely. The fabric is the most flimsy and "see through" I have seen. The motion is predictable and not very random. Plus it doesn't shut itself off after it has run awhile.

My kitty has been gifted this item for a secret Santa present. My kitty is a 3 legged tripod kitty so he likes toys that he doesn’t have to chase. This seemed perfect! However, put the batteries in and turned it on Christmas Day and he loved it for the first 20 minutes he played with it... I mean LOVED! But then when we tried to turn it on again the motor ran terribly slow and would seem to grind and get stuck on nothing and not move. Called Chewy and ordered a couple replacements for it thinking maybe we got a bad one... nope! Turns out this is a manufacturing flaw. Both other ones had the same fate. Replaced the batteries and still no luck. It’s a shame because he really really loved it but My kitty has been gifted this item for a secret Santa present. My kitty is a 3 legged tripod kitty so he likes toys that he doesn’t have to chase. This seemed perfect! However, put the batteries in and turned it on Christmas Day and he loved it for the first 20 minutes he played with it... I mean LOVED! But then when we tried to turn it on again the motor ran terribly slow and would seem to grind and get stuck on nothing and not move. Called Chewy and ordered a couple replacements for it thinking maybe we got a bad one... nope! Turns out this is a manufacturing flaw. Both other ones had the same fate. Replaced the batteries and still no luck. It’s a shame because he really really loved it but it’s just poorly manufactured. Do not recommend! … more

Floaki recently lost his litter mate brother and has been incredibly bored and lonely. We thought some new toys might distract him temporarily and purchased the hot pursuit motion toy along with several others. Floaki really wanted to LOVE his new toy but unfortunately, after grabbing the “tail” only one time, it stopped rotating and simply made a clicking sound sticking in place! Floaki was unimpressed and proceeded to his afternoon nap!

I've bought this about two years ago and still haven't replaced the battery! My girl loves it. I have too many toys to count and this is one she still plays with. I have other interactive toys that I've spent too much money on, but this is the only one she plays with. I love turning it on when I'm making dinner or working on something so she can play when I'm busy and it works out great. I enjoy the two settings it has. If she captures the object, the toy doesn't mess up. Sometimes she's straight sitting on it and it's fine. One of the few toys that peaks her interest every time.

It’s extremely loud especially when the cat jumps on it or plays with it. I thought this could be something I could put on for the cat while I relax when he wants to play, but you won’t be relaxing with this turned on. It does the job but the cloth cover that’s suppose to be on top of it always falls off so the cat is just chasing a toy on a stick without it being hidden. I don’t know how many times I’ve had to get up to fix the toy or screw the stick back on to the motor. I don’t recommend it

tldr: great but you have to fix it every 15 minutes The cats LOVE this, but there are two pretty big issues. One: the fabric is so thin that their claws get stuck and the whole thing tips. Two: if they bat at it a few good times, the wand comes unscrewed. Either way, it’s day one and I’ve fixed it 5 times. They always come back to it though! It was 12 bucks when I got it, so I guess I got what I paid for. Definitely not a “turn it on and they’re good for a while” toy

I really wanted to like this item. Unfortunately anytime my cat plays with it they end up standing on the blue skirt thing which completely blocks the motion and makes this horrid clicking noise. Often even If my cats aren't even near it just the skirt will block it from continuing to move. When I put it on the fast setting (second press of the center button) It is still incredibly slow. With the clicking noise the fact that it barely moves It's just not very fun for my kittens. Definitely not worth the money spent.

I bought one of these several years ago. It was of good quality and my cats loved and played with. It every day. I bought this one and was shocked at what poor quality it was. The cover is very flimsy with no structure, and was so wrinkled from being balled up and stuffed in a small box. The cover kept coming off. The stick with the feather kept coming off. The feather never stuck out from the cover. This was money that went into the trash. Do NOT buy this toy— it falls apart as soon as your cat starts to play with it. A huge waste of money!

One cat is oops have absolutely adored this if it didn’t stop every minute to light up. Her favorite game is to hunt things under a rug or blanket so I thought that this would be perfect but she won’t play at all because of it stopping. The other kitty was the same for two months but is now occasionally batting at it. I may have just missed it in the description but had I realized it stopped to light up, I would not have purchased it.

This is the second SmartyKat that I have purchased. The first one was great and the cats eventually had their way with it. I ordered a second one and the apron top was made from a silk material vs a more canvass one, like the first toy. The silk top does not stay down to cover the fir arm going around. I requested a refund which Chewy gave me. If all these toys now have this silk top, I do not recommend it.