SmartyKat Loco Motion Electronic Cat Toy

We foster cats and kittens and at the moment we have 8 in our home. 4 are our own and the other 4 are 7 week old kittens. We first gave this toy a go with the older cats and they LOVED it! In fact, one of them figured out how to turn it on by himself once it turned off. The fact that this bad boy goes for 2 hours after you press the button is fantastic. We have a few other toys and they all turn off after 30 or so minutes which can get a bit annoying. Not only does it go for 2 hours our cat is teaching the others how to turn it back on since the button is so easy to push down on! I love it! After the first 4 gave it a go we let the little ones have it and they all also approved. The fact that We foster cats and kittens and at the moment we have 8 in our home. 4 are our own and the other 4 are 7 week old kittens. We first gave this toy a go with the older cats and they LOVED it! In fact, one of them figured out how to turn it on by himself once it turned off. The fact that this bad boy goes for 2 hours after you press the button is fantastic. We have a few other toys and they all turn off after 30 or so minutes which can get a bit annoying. Not only does it go for 2 hours our cat is teaching the others how to turn it back on since the button is so easy to push down on! I love it! After the first 4 gave it a go we let the little ones have it and they all also approved. The fact that you can change the speed is awesome. The only down side is that the lowest speed isn't really slower, it just stops for longer and then whips to a different spot. The kittens struggle a little bit with keeping up with it but they will get it in no time. In fact it will encourage them to get better and faster. Now, I am definitely not expecting this toy to last for years or even months. Probably not even weeks considering the amount of cats we have. But that's a given considering what this toy is and that cats are cats. The cool thing with this toy is that it didn't cost a ton and you can buy replacement wands for when your cat finally achieves his/her goal! If you're expecting a cat toy that will never break or that will last years, please tell me when you do find such a toy because I haven't lol. This is a puuurrfect cat toy and I would/will recommend this to other cat owners/lovers! … more

I got Joker a week ago and of course the new kid needs a new toy. He sat and watched it until the first time the feather brushed his face and the game was on from then on. I found that medium speed works best for the kid at this point. High speed is really fast. So far he hasn't flipped it over or had any problems with it. I expect the feathers to fly with the way he is playing with it but replacements are cheap and will be well worth it when they do. I have another SmaryKat toy which it has been played with alot and is still holding up well. I would recommend this brand.

The concept of this toy is terrific. But I have only used it for less than a week - it has used 9 AA batteries so far and my little kitty is able to take the top off of it while playing. Is there a better quality one available? I don’t know if I got a funky one or they are all battery drainers (I have only turned it on a total of about 1 1/2 hours)

The toy works fine and my cat is interested in it for about 3 minutes. But the wand is very short so the feather toy is too close to the ground - not a challenge for a bigger cat. My 6 month old kitten is too big, it just hits him in the face unless he's lying on his back. Probably good for younger kittens.

Both my 3 month old kitten and 2 year old chi-mix dog love this toy! The kitten doesn’t play so hard so I have found the slower speed is great for her, she has only pulled it over a handful of times before I put out the stability arms. My dog also loves it on the fast setting, he can easily pull the toy over but I taught him to drop it to keep playing. I do Not see needing a replacement birdy for a while. If it happens the arm is easy to attach a new string to.

I bought this as a replacement for a similar, smaller toy that my cat loved as a kitten. He was very interested in the feather as I was assembling it, but he was terrified once I turned it on. I think this is just too noisy for his liking. If you have a skittish cat, this probably isn’t a great option.

My kitten who recently turned 1 yr old and my 14 yr old cat both LOVED this toy, which was great! However, they both were really good at catching the feathers and not letting go. Eventually, this made it so that the toy couldn't recognize when it was moving or not... Leading to it not working anymore despite still making a whirring noise! If you're confident your cat(s) will not be too rough with it, this is an excellent toy.

The item does not function. I placed brand new batteries then replaced them with another set of brand new batteries and it doesn't work. My kitties did not get a chance to play with the toy as it was not functioning from the very beginning,

C/O Piper: My human bought this toy for my bday because I like toys that help me practice my hunting skills. This toy is lame. Human had a hard time getting the center piece to connect to make it go and my impatience was not worth it. The whirlly thing is not very fast on full speed — and the dial to make it go different speeds doesn’t work. I have the hot pursuit toy by smartykat and I love it. Human needs to give me a new bday gift. I’m 14, I know what I Iike.

This toy has stood the test of time and has held my cat's interest for weeks now. So many toys he is interested in for a day or so and then ignores but he keeps sitting by this toy and meowing wanting me to turn the toy on for him. I suspect the toy's intrigue is that the feathers keep swinging around and hitting him right in the face which enrages him and he will grab at them with both paws and bite them but, of course, the feathers always escape his paws and the game begins again.