PetSafe FUNKitty Egg Cersizer - Cat Slow Feeder - Interactive Cat Meal Dispensing Toy - Great for Portion Control and Fast Eaters - Improve Digestion - Cat Enrichment and Exercise Toy

I don't free-feed my cats, they get a can of wet food each. One of my cats had decided this is not enough, and bothers me all day to be fed. She is, indeed, on a diet, because she got a bit porky. With this ball filled with Purena Weight Control (tiny pieces, perfect for "hardest" setting) and a few bits of bigger food that doesn't fit through the holes (to make it harder, and to make sure it's never completely empty, so they never give up on it) she can play all day, and never eat more then half the recommended portion, which is prolly even fewer calories then she spends batting the thing around trying to get foods. It's a great addition to the wet food I give, as one can doesn't offer *quite* enough calories for a cat of her size, nor, in the case of my other cat, enough calories for his activity level. With this, it's occupying all day, reduces the urgency of getting the next meal, and rounds off the calorie count nicely. And for a very reasonable spend. My cats love this thing enough that I have no choice but to buy at least 2 more (1 for each cat +1, same rule as litter boxes :D ) but it really keeps them from being destructive and obnoxious when they are bored and/or want food. I doubt this will work for people who allow their cat to eat whatever/whenever or who frequently give treats/scraps, as those are full of way more flavors and, in the case of treats, chemicals, which makes them more appealing... If, however, you don't free-feed, if you wet feed or portion control, even if you don't use this toy as a meal server, it's great to keep idle paws busy It's easy to switch settings, although I honestly think it's a bit too easy, even on the hard setting -being that it's intended for meals, not treats, though, this is a very very small complaint, and not even a big deal. It holds about maybe a cup of food at a time, and the holes get down to about 1/4 inch across or so, and are shaped like this --> () so you don't need round food, round-ish flattened foods are good, but X shaped or larger foods are no good, they catch too easily. For a treat ball, there are a few round ones with a single hole that look much harder then this (also on Amazon, in several colors -I ordered a few, and will be reviewing them when they get here ^_^), but it does what it says, my cats love it, and it certainly keeps them occupied

This a great toy and lots of fun for kitty. First let me say that this toy is best for a cat who is motivated by food. My male cat would eat nonstop if I let him. He also gets bored very easily. I like this toy because you can put it on different settings. Initially I fill the "egg" with different-sized nuggets (hard food) from small to larger pieces. I adjust the opening to accommodate only small nuggets falling out. I then hide the egg, i.e., in his toy basket, behind his bed, etc. He has such a great sense of smell that he can sniff it out. So the fun begins. He has to find the hidden egg. Then after he gets it out, he starts batting it around until all the small nuggets fall out. He's persistent so he'll keep batting it long after all the small pieces have been emptied out. He can see that the egg still contains other nuggets. Eventually he'll give up. However, in the interim he's gotten at least an hour of exercise. He'll go back to the egg periodically trying to get the remaining nuggets. Just when he thinks it hopeless, usually a day or so later, I'll adjust the openings to accommodate the larger pieces. Imagine his delight when he goes back to the toy (remember he's persistent) and the larger pieces now come out. He has no idea that I'm adjusting the opening. He just thinks he has the magic touch. :>) All in all this is a great "toy" for the price. Your cat will enjoy it for hours. It's pretty durable. The first has lasted a couple of years even with him knocking it down the stairs on many occasions. I'm buying another one just as a back-up since I can no longer find it in the pet store.

Thank you for 10+ years of service! This thing held up like a champ with my cat. We originally used it to slow down his eating to avoid the “snarf and barf” situation. We used a successfully for years. Then as he got older, we realized that he was dropping weight and needed a little extra so we put a higher calorie food in it just to give him a little help. This has worked out great for us as we continued to feed him his regular “older cat” food and at the same time are able to keep weight on him in a slow and steady way. Plus, it’s super fun to watch him knock that egg over and roll it around and figure out how to get something out of it. In 10+ yrs, he hasn’t gotten bored of it yet! I really went ragged just the last month or so. I cannot tell you how pleased I am with this Egg-cersizer and I was very willing to replace it. The new one came super quick. It’s nice and shiny and not beat up and I’m happy to have it back in the family.

This is a good toy for slowing down my cat while he's eating. If I give him food in a bowl he'll eat at top speed, sometimes so quickly he can't keep the food down. I've closed two of the holes and he's got to work at getting the food out, which slows him down a lot. I've got two of these. One gets used at mealtime, while the other gets hand washed and then air dries for a day. It takes about that long for the water in the adjustable top to dry. It's a good routine, but it means I've noticed a difference between the two. One is in perfect condition, the other is cracked in a couple of places and the screw that holds the adjustable top is rusted. (The rusty screw is on the inside of the dispenser, which means it comes in contact with the food.) I've never dropped either one and the cat doesn't play rough with it--he just pushes it around with his nose. I have no idea why one is cracked. For some reason there's a hole on the bottom. It's partially blocked, but plenty of food still falls out while I'm filling it. This is one "feature" that the dispenser could do without. So it's a good idea that slows my cat's eating. But either I've got one faulty dispenser and one good one, or it's junk and the other one just hasn't started to break and rust yet. It does the job and is adjustable, so when the broken one falls apart I'll get another one, unless I find a different brand that's more durable.

The cats really enjoy this toy. The vet recently expressed concern regarding their weights as they age. She gave us lots of good ideas, which we already do (feed controlled portions of high-quality food in separate bowls and on a schedule, put food/water and litter boxes on different levels of the house to encourage more stair walking, play with them every day, etc.). Despite consuming a relatively low number of calories of prescription food every day, the cats were continuing to gain weight. As they get older, they really just like to do a lot of "sunning" and napping. One way to get them moving is to encourage them to "work" for their food. The vet initially recommended the little toy mice that you can put kibble in. I googled those, and they are like $40 for a set of 5 or 6 (and each of the three cats would need their own "set"). Before investing that amount, I googled other options and bought this contraption. Similar idea, that the cat has to work to get the food out. This one just doesn't have the "hiding" component of the mouse toy/feeder. One of our cats is pretty persistent in rolling this around to get food out. One of the cats sort of has it figured out, but tends to give up easily (which tells me that he doesn't really NEED that extra food). And the other one is our only cat who is not overweight, and she could really care less about this device. (She's 17, so she doesn't expend a lot of extra energy on anything other than trying to sneak out the front door.) So I think this has been pretty effective in reducing the over-eating by the less-intelligent/less-persistent cat and making the other cat at least work for his extra food. Both cats are down almost a half pound since we implemented this toy, along with the food tree feeder, just a few weeks ago. Note: the kibble size adjustments have been very useful as we switch between two foods that we provide in this toy.

1 star, because my cat hates the shaking noise of the dry treats in it. It will not touch it nor come near that toy, even if peace fals out my cat will not eat thinking it is dangerous to eat such noisy food. I am disappointed. Cats are very spooky animals, they investigate danger and once they determine danger, they will not approach again something that spooks them. Update after 6 months, from 1 to 4 stars. Now my kitten is 8 months and the noise does not bother him any more. I need to keep him from overeating and occupied, so I am glad I kept that dispenser, because now it actually works, I am not sure if my cat likes it, but it serves the purpose. At first he made big mess all over my floor and he rolled that dispenser into corner or under furniture being unable to eat. So I had to put that dispenser into flat pot, in order to keep it from rolling and spreading food all over the floors, - and it works. 4 stars, because it is very messy, they should considered mess control in designing that and all the other dispensers. I have other useless dispensers, that are also huge mess making, and can't put the other in pot like this one. So out of all the other food dispensers, this is the best option for me. UPDATE: After using that dispenser for half a year my cat did not loose any weight. He was just eating longer and slower and would cry if The dispenser was empty. He was constantly hungry. So the dispenser did not help my cat loose any weight

I have 2 cats. One is a glutton and the other is a puker. The glutton got really overweight and was unable to clean herself properly. I had to give her bathes to help her. The person I live with would feed her every time she meowed at them begging for food even though she was not starved and it was terrible for her. Before this I tried using a scheduled portion controlled automatic feeder for my cats to get them to stop begging people and told people to not feed them at all anymore. Sadly people continued feeding them so it really did not work out and that was a lot of money down the drain for me. Very frustrating! The puker would eat too fast and later throw up some food. Not often but it happened more than I want it to because I don't want it to happen AT ALL. As a result of this toy... My glutton has lost enough weight in one months time to be able to clean herself. Yay! She must have lost 1lb at least!? I didn't weigh her so I don't know but you can visibly see it regardless. I did supplement this with playing with her more as well so probably not all credit goes to the toy but it has definitely LARGELY contributed. My puker no longer throws up! Double yay! Some people just simply do not understand how this toy works so if you're considering it, please don't be discouraged by the people who think it doesn't work. Let me just clarify something... If you twist the settings at the top so that each hole is less than about a quarter inch open.... Your cat will have to work for it. The food does not just fall out. However, if you completely open one hole on the thing then obviously food is just going to fall out... It shouldn't be hard to figure out but for some, it is. My cat gets at most 3-4 kibbles to drop out of it in a single bat. That's being generous. Normally it's just 1-2. The kibble I feed my cats are very small as well. So they really have to keep batting the toy to get a full meal which is better than just scarfing it down out of a bowl which is effortless and requires no energy at all and contributes to eating too fast and/or gaining weight. And because it takes time for them to get a meals worth, they eat slower which is healthier for a puker. Because it requires work, THEY STOP either because it's empty or because they are no longer hungry enough to keep playing with it! This is good. Especially for a beggar. They can simply come back to the toy later when they're hungry enough to play with it again and work their food out. My cat took some time to get used to the new system but now she doesn't beg me for food unless the toy is empty so it really does help throughout the day if she isn't pestering me or people I live with for food because she ate it all at once. It's also very very easy to wash and clean! I don't think I'd trust it in the dishwasher even on the top rack... I'd suggest giving it a good scrub with soap and water by hand and letting it air dry. Literally the only con to this toy... I should have gotten 2. That way I only have to fill each one up once a day and each cat would have their own. My cats did develop some behavioral issues towards each other because they were forced to share. My puker is part feral and has always had attitude. She has attacked my glutton in frustration. Nothing damaging but enough to get the point across that she doesn't want to share lol. But I just ordered a second one so that issue will be mended soon. I highly suggest this toy for overweight cats! It's SO good!

Treats and food for cats just falls right out, feels overall cheaply made and wrong sizing for holes. My cat nudged it maybe 3 times and the food was already completely spilled out. Waste of money

Keeps my cat busy rolling the ball for treats

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Compré este producto para reemplazar otro muy parecido (en forma de pelota) que me duró alrededor de un año. Mi experiencia con el producto anterior fue muy buena ya que le ayudó a mi gato a bajar de peso y a hacer más ejercicio, y esta versión también cumple con su función. El diseño es más divertido y llamativo, y la forma ovalada hace que sea un poco más difícil hacer rodar el juguete. Lo que más me gusta de este producto es la posibilidad de controlar la dificultad ya que se puede usar tanto con tres como con dos o con tan solo uno de los agujeros abiertos. Por lo tanto, se adapta a las necesidades de cada gato y es muy fácil de usar tanto para los pequeños felinos como para los humanos. Por último, el precio es muy asequible y el producto lo vale totalmente.

Love this and there is a pink round one. Prefer this one. You have many settings 3 holes and you get to chose if u want 1 hole it all 3 holes open. One of the better one like my top 3 from the ones I have. Also easy to clean as it opens.

Do your cat a favor and get this! It's not any better than other food balls I've tried, but it's good to give cats some variety with different kinds. My cats eat dry food exclusively out of food balls, and they figured this one out pretty quick. It really helped with one of my cat's tendency to binge eat. She is just too lazy to hit the ball if she isn't actually hungry and it makes her eat slower. Highly recommended by our vet as well.