Trixie Mad Scientist Turn Around Activity Strategy Game Cat Toy

I got this to keep my cats mentally stimulated and busy. The first day I assembled it (no instructions), the screws were hard to get lined up so the pieces would fit together tightly. After that, everything went well . Followed the instructions on use, and showed them how it worked. Neither one tried it, through. About 10 minutes after I had left the room, I returned to find one cat using it successfully! After that, I put treats in it every day and gradually make the openings smaller. When I checked back later, all the treats are gone. Not sure if my other cat has figured it out yet. (He's impatient and wants his treats NOW.)

When first setting the toy up I left the bottom by itself, and put some high value treats in it. Both cats immediately came over and started figuring out how to get the treats. Once they caught on I connected the top and put one tube, no cap, with treats. One cat figured it out and eventually the second did too. Now I have all 3 tubes with the harder caps on them and the cats still love it!! I mix treats and crunchy food to keep them interested without stuffing them on HV treats. I can’t even believe both cats like one toy!!

Lots of fun and learning and strategy for cat. Has to learn just the right touch to get the treats. First try he was spinning them so hard centrifugal force kept treats in. When treats spill out, then he has to maneuver them around spikes. Can vary what treats to put in varied tubes or booby prize one tube.

My cat enjoys this toy. She especially likes that it has the spikes on the base so she has to dig the treats out with her paw when they drop on the platform. It makes it like a two-step toy with the base like a maze. I sometimes fill it before leaving the house to give her some entertainment while I'm away.

My cat loves this thing! He figured it out on his own with no help from us (I just wanted to see if he could) in about half an hour. The pegs on the bottom make it like two puzzles in one. I got it because my cat gets bored very easily and he’s an indoor only cat. I figured that putting this out for him at night might help keep him from destroying things or waking up my kid at 1am wanting to play. So far it’s helped a lot. He has a lot of toys, but I think I’m going to be getting him some more puzzles to help him work out his brain and keep the boredom at bay.

My cats have a bunch of other puzzle type toys so I was looking forward to adding this one to their rotation. They just can’t figure this one out though, even with the caps completely off and high value treats. Not sure if it’s what others mentioned which is that they’d most likely get bopped in the face as the thing pivots?

My cat is very food motivated and spends time mostly outdoors. I thought I would get this toy as a trial for entertainment when he is indoors this winter. There are many other toys that are more complicated and pricey. This one does the trick for him. He checks it throughout the day and it's cute to see him test the physics of pushing and pulling the "test tubes". I have tried a combination of treats and food in here. There are 2 types of lids in the package, 3 lids with 3 smaller holes and 3 lids with one hole. The 3-hole lids work well with the Royal Canin kibble that I give him but not so much with the treats I give. If I give him Greenies or other larger treats I have to break them up My cat is very food motivated and spends time mostly outdoors. I thought I would get this toy as a trial for entertainment when he is indoors this winter. There are many other toys that are more complicated and pricey. This one does the trick for him. He checks it throughout the day and it's cute to see him test the physics of pushing and pulling the "test tubes". I have tried a combination of treats and food in here. There are 2 types of lids in the package, 3 lids with 3 smaller holes and 3 lids with one hole. The 3-hole lids work well with the Royal Canin kibble that I give him but not so much with the treats I give. If I give him Greenies or other larger treats I have to break them up or just use the 1- hole lid. The only minor downside is my cat frequently knocks the toy over to get the treats out. This is loud, startling, and doesn't usually work in his favor! I think a heavier base might prevent it from toppling over but for now I just put it on a carpet instead of on the hard floor when I refill the toy. … more

My cat, Patrick, has it figured out. My cat, Benny, sits in wait. My dog, Mr. M, sometimes serious in and steals the treatsies. They even chose to play with it instead of a box.

Highly recommend this toy! It did take some time for her to learn how to use it, so you have to be patient. It took a week or two for my cat to get good at it. I started by putting just one container with the wider top, and I kept tipping it over for her to show her there were treats inside. After she became comfortable with that, I added the other ones. After a few weeks she was able to get them pretty quickly, so now sometimes I mix food with a couple treats. The treats don't usually fall underneath on the "trap" part, so that's the one downside. Normally they fall on the carpet. Sometimes I just put some food or treats on the platform part to mix it up.

The toy was easy to assemble and use, but even with his favorite treats inside, my cat quickly lost interest. He didn't get that he needed to hit the tube to get it to flip over a release a treat. Instead, he just kind of gnawed on the tubes and lost interest when that didn't work. Still giving a good rating because it isn't a fault with the product, my cat just didn't get it.