Wobbly Treat Dispensing/Catnip Toy!

Whisker City Yarn Ball Wobble Treat Dispensing Cat Toy-This was another unique Christmas toy we bought for our cats, Kai and Pukini. This toy reminded me of a wobbly salt and pepper shaker but an enrichment toy using catnip, and treats in the toy. It is part yellow color, at the bottom to put the cat treats in these two areas with holes to hunt out the treats for fun and enrichment. The top yellow part with gray at the top is for putting in the catnip, underneath the bottom of the lid.

Once you put the catnip inside, and cat treats, your ready to have some enrichment toy fun. I held it up for Kai, and or Pukini and than they just took a little sniff, and than I shook the toy and a bit of catnip and treats came out of the two holes. Once on the area rug, I spun it a few times with my hand, and rolled this wobbly toy towards Kai and or Pukini, while they were snorting up the catnip. While they snorted up the catnip, on the floor, they both at least touched the toy and sniffed at it, but no pawing or playing with this toy much. I even helped both cats with my hand or foot, to knock out a few treats, and cat nip from the toy on the floor.

On a scale of 1-10, I give it about a 1-2 for uniqueness, and for an inquisitive hunting experience. Try it with your cat(s) and see what they think of this enrichment toy, play, and hunting experience. They might like it, because every cat is different and they might like it, whereas another cat might not. Have a fun enriching experience. Finally, according to online, this toy is currently unavailable. It said this: We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock. This is what it said online, so keep checking, and see if or when it will be available again.

Here is the link.

Flopping Fish Fail!!!

Potaroma Cat Toys Flopping Fish with SilverVine-At Christmas time of 2020, we couldn’t wait to take this toy out of its box to play with it. Our cats get really excited over the holidays for new toys. We decided to charge it right away, and so we took the USB rechargable mechanism, so you don’t have to replace the batteries. Here is how you use this toy according to online: Unzip the fish belly, flip the switch on to the right, and than tap the fish belly to make the fish flop. When charging, the red light comes on, and when fully charged, the red light goes out. So it was time, to unleash the fish, or what we ordered was a carp like fish. We put this fish on the area rug in our living room, and flipped the switch to the right. That fish when touched, or threw on the ground, moved and wiggled like a real fish. The body and the fluke/tail moved up and down really fast, and it was a loud sound of a fish. We didn’t like the volume of the fish, too loud. Our cats, Kai and Pukini got really excited, and started biting, pawing, and chewing at the toy for several minutes. When the cats took a break, or stopped playing, the fish paused or stopped, until you touched it or played with it again. Even dogs might like this toy, according to online. Finally it had this realistic soft and safe fish cover, and is one hundred percent safe for your pets. No smelly padding, or toxic plastics are used in the fish toy, which we were happy to hear. After the boys were tired of the toy or were worn out, I turned the switch to the left to stop it from playing, until next time.

Now fast forward over time, it’s like after three years later we forgot about this fish toy, and overtime so did the cats. We had the toy in our Ottoman storage container, where we keep all or most of their toys. But now since our blog, we’ve later over the years have had A LOT more toys to play around with. So we put the fish on the area rug, and they didn’t chew, bat or paw at it this time around. I would put catnip on the fish and the floor, and they just sniffed at it and just stared at it. Sometimes you have a toy that’s a hit, and than you buy more toys over time, and than the cats might lose interest.

So in 2020, we give it a score of 10, but this time around in 2023, it’s a failing score of 1-2, and that’s why we gave it a title of Flopping Fish Fail. When they were not interested, than just would get up and walk away. You can order a variety of fish, and we have the carp fish. The other varieties of fish are: Clownfish, Gemfish, koi, rainbow trout, red carp, and red koi. Cats are like people, you can’t ask them what they want, because they can’t tell you, and so you just take a chance and see what works.

P.S. I looked back at the video that did work, that the cats liked of the Potaroma Cat Toys Flopping Fish with SilverVine, but now I can’t find it. It was a great video to post on Instagram and Facebook, but it got lost, or deleted. Oh well, I have plenty of other photos/ and or video to show you instead of the ones that to the cats were still cute to me, but weren’t too exciting to the cats. Like the title says, Flopping Fish Fail!!! Here is the link.