SmartyKat Electronic Motion/Moving Toys for Cats & Kittens, Battery Powered, Mimics Motion of Real Prey, Fun & Interactive Play - Multiple Styles

Fast shipping. Good product. The blue material kept coming off so I used a small zip tie to hold it on. Works great! My kitten cries for me to turn it on for her. She absolutely loves it.

This is one of my girls' favorite toys! They loved the first so much that I got a second one! They will sit and stare at the mat until I push the magic button and then roll around on it, under it, pounce on it or simply watch and stalk it. (Sure beats waving a toy around as they just watch.) The video sounds loud, but actually, the sound level isn't bad at all. My kitties love these toys, and they provide up to a half hour at a time of entertainment, which isn't bad for cats!

At the start, this seemed like it could be a nice product! It spun around quickly, and my kitten was really interested in it, but my older cat was a little apprehensive. When it arrived, the cover for it was all folded up and creased, and I thought that it would be pretty much impossible for it to fold out like in the pictures. I ended up being right, the blue cover is more rigid than you think, and definitely does not behave like a sheet to block the toy that spins around the base (in my case, it has four lowered areas, and four raised ones, kind of forming a wave around the rim.) It's been in this condition ever since I got it, and hasn't loosened very much, if at all. Secondly, the base part of the toy seems to be very cheaply made. You can either set it to "normal" mode or "fast" mode by pressing the buttons at the top. In my experience, the normal mode is worthless, and neither of my cats were interested in it. My older cat was a little more interested when it was in fast mode, and my kitten was really interested in it, at least for the week or so that it worked! Whenever the toy is spinning around and it comes into contact with anything, it makes this awful grinding sound, and you hear the gears inside skipping against each other. This is SO LOUD. It also doesn't sound like it's good for the toy, at all. And when I say this happens when it touches anything, I mean anything. Even the slightest pressure will make this thing skip, and its happened several times when its just trying to move against that awful blue cover! Unfortunately for me and the toy, I think some animals will like this sound, as in the case of my kitten, she will pounce on the toy and then just sit there on top of it, letting the gears grind and skip until she loses interest. If it was more robust and made with non plastic gears, I think this might work better, as it could have a little bit more resistance to anything touching the spinning toy (which is kind of the whole point of this thing, isn't it???) After about a week of this thing grinding and skipping, I noticed that it had started to slow down quite a bit. The "fast" mode now resembled the "normal" mode, and the normal mode wouldn't turn at all. I thought this might be the batteries dying, so I swapped it out for a new pair. That didn't work either, so I tried two more pairs (all charged and tested). None of that worked, so I guess it just couldn't stand the pressure. Tried to look inside to see if anything had come loose or broken off, and WOW. It looks very cheap inside of this thing. Stretchy, worthless rubber belts, plastic gears, shoddy wiring. Probably would have broken by itself even if my kitten didn't like it! Overall, this thing is a piece of junk, which is sad because SmartyKat does have some other good products! I'd avoid this one, and get something else.

My cat is difficult to please. She only wants to play with things if she can't see them. If she can see my toes she won't attack, but if I put my toes under a blanket, she's paws out, claws out. All the one star reviews of this toy actually helped me out. Complaints of how you can't see the little mouse and how it hides underneath the little blanket let me know that this was the absolute perfect toy for my cat. I'm not sure what the average price of this thing is but I paid a little over $11 bucks. For two coffees and a muffin, I'm not expecting a lot. I want to entertain my cat and if I get three or four months out of it, I'm good. I don't need to pass it down to my grandchildren in a cedar chest. The box says satisfaction guaranteed. I don't know how long that's for but since it's open-ended I'm going to say forever. I'm very reasonable. If it breaks before my cat gets $12 worth of happiness from it I'm going to ask for a replacement. About the toy. Noise was expected. I'm not surprised that at this price point, Smart Kitty has not perfected the silent motorized cat toy. It's not bad. I meditated through it and watched TV through it and it didn't bother me a bit. After a while I didn't hear it because it shut itself off which is a handy feature. I did hear my cat complaining so I got up and turned it back after checking to see if the motor was warm. It was cool as a cucumber. Here's where I wished for a remote control. My cat weighs about 11 lb and she hasn't turned it over yet. My cat absolutely loves this thing. She doesn't play with it like her other toys. She sits and looks at it. She watches it and tracks it and she tries to figure it out. And then after a while she starts to move in on it and touch it lightly with her paws. It's really a slow build-up to very vigorous play. At first I thought she didn't like it because she didn't just go right after it, but it was really more like stalking and waiting and hunting. She took her time enjoying this toy and when it shut off, it interrupted her playtime but when I turned it back on she picked right up where she left off. When it shut off the last time, she curled up on the little blanket part and went to sleep. I do want to point out that product is described as a CONCEALED toy. One would assume that means that most of the time the mouse is supposed to stay hidden. That's why the wand is segmented instead of straight out. It hides and only occasionally flings itself out. If your cat wants an OBVIOUS toy then don't buy this concealed toy. Get the one with the wand that doesn't bend. Teaching her to turn it on herself is the next task on my list. I think this toy could be improved by making it rechargeable and adding a remote control.

Comprei faz uns 2 anos e até hoje funciona muito bom, meus gatos amam.

Katten älskar den. Men den låter väldigt mycket och kvaliteten är inte speciellt bra. Den håller så länge den håller helt enkelt. Men katten är underhållen i timmar och jamar bär jag stänger av. Tre AAA batterier krävs och önskar att den hade kunde laddats upp istället.

Le mie gatte adorano SmartyKat Loco! La base risulta solida e resistente quindi il gioco non si capovolge nemmeno durante i giochi più movimentati. A distanza di un mese e mezzo dall'acquisto la bacchetta e il ciondolo di piume risultano ancora intatti. Ne ho già ordinato un secondo di scorta.

Both cats love it. I’m not sure it will last very long, it doesn’t look very sturdy. My boy doesn’t usually like toys but he won’t leave this one alone. My girl chases him off if she thinks he’s getting too close. Fun to watch them interact and chase each other and the toy around.

My cat loves it. Hes been playing with it more than a month now and does not get bored of it