I have two cats, who (play) fight about everything. I needed something to calm them down when they ate because their eating became, well, weird. One cat figured out that if she stopped eating and sat there staring into the hallway she could freak out the other cat, and then get the other cat to go into the hallway to figure out what was there. The first cat would then eat the second cats' food. That was bad enough. However, after a few days of this the first cat somehow got confused and decided that there really was something out there, so she would end up in the hallway too. I could have lived with that, I mean eventually they would have to come back to the kitchen to eat. Only, the two of them decided the best way to deal with the imaginary `thing' in the hallway was to bolt down their food, then run into the hallway ready to attack. Attack a thing that one of them had totally made up in the first place. Anyway, that was when the cat barfing started. Everywhere. All of the time. The cats could clean their bowls in 15 seconds flat, and two minutes later it came out like their stomachs were spring loaded. My living room was overpowered with the stench of cat spew and carpet cleaner.
I figured these feeders would be perfect for slowing down their eating. I purchased two of them and put them in a bedroom, nowhere near the kitchen or hallway. I figured changing things up would help stop the whole fake monster thing and get them back to eating like normal cats. My first cat absolutely went crazy for the feeder. She loved pulling the food out; she actually would get so caught up in it she would pace back and forth, pulling food from the various levels. Unfortunately, she also became territorial about the feeder. Being that there are two feeders, that shouldn't matter, right? Well, in the deranged world of my cats, it mattered like nobody's business. As soon as the second cat realized the first cat didn't want her near the feeder, it was all out war, kitty cat Armageddon. That feeder became by far the most entertaining object in the house for that cat. She would sit on the stairs and wait for the other cat to approach the feeder then attack.
A few days later the first cat found a solution that I'm not so sure I like, but I'm not sure how I could put a stop to it either. The cat paws the cat food out of the feeder and flicks it around the room. By doing this she's been able to scatter enough food around the room that she can eat now without being attacked as much. She does end up eating most of the food, and a dust vac takes care of what's left. I'm sure there's another solution here, but this one kind of works so I'm sticking with it.
I'm giving these feeders five stars because my cats have gotten tons of entertainment out of them. Nothing the company intended, but in the end I'm sure that normal cats will enjoy the feeders just as much. Also the cat barfing did stop so it does work great for that.
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