When I first got my kitten it wasn’t in my budget to get a slow feeder but she was scarfing down food so fast she would throw up. I had to get creative and literally put her in my bathroom while I prepared her food. And by that I mean I hid portions of her dry food in different spots of my apartment. When I opened the bathroom she knew what to do and it became a huge hunting game. I changed it to different spots each day because she was getting smarter😂. Miss those days

Another idea is to look for puzzle toys meant for dogs. I've found there are more options for wet food feeding that way!

I bought my cat some dog puzzles because the cat ones were too easy. well apparently after one try now the dog puzzle feeder is too easy. so I have changed to teaching her tricks for treats and she loves it. I do not leave food out 24/7. but you cannot be a minute late feeding her!! she has two water bowls that are always available. My furbaby has made such a positive impact on my life that keeping her busy and happy is a joy.

I use the Doc & Phoebe mice with my cat Sam, we kind of use them more of a boredom breaker/mental stimulation rather than where he gets the majority of his calories. He loves finding them and playing with them for "treats".

I requested this video topic a few weeks back and you mentioned you were working on it! So glad to see it live now! Since I posted that comment, we have switched from 1/2 of a 5.5oz can of wet food 2x a day to 1/4 of the can + a few tablespoons of dry food mixed in 2x a day. I think it works similarly to a lick mat that it forces her to slow down and we've seen a major decrease in the barf. I would prefer not to give her dry food at all but we do spend a bit more on a better quality dry food that is high in protein. I may look into the lick mat, but nervous for the cleaning process since she tends to be a grazer after she gets her initial fill. Thanks as always for the informative video!

My first kitty used to scarf down her food and then hurl it out a few minutes later 😢 I used to have to serve her small portions several times a day but I wish I had something like those mats back in the day!

I have used food puzzles for mental enrichment. My cat has learned to solve them very quickly, and treats them with thinly disguised contempt. Oddly enough, the one that works best is the cardboard puzzle with the movable interior boxes that you have in the back of your room by the cat tree. That one slows him down a little

Very helpful, as always! I have scarf 'n barf as well as nibble 'n graze cats. Quite a challenge! Thank you!

I bought the Trixie Cat activity fun board, admittedly a bit expensive at close to $35, but my food-motivated boy has really liked it. He has gotten proficient at all modules, and seems to enjoy it by dropping his spring coil toys in the jars to dig out again. My other boy isn't quite as keen, but he's proficient at 3 of the 5 modules. It keeps them both occupied and definitely slows them down. The toy itself is sturdy, and has been easy to clean. Dry food is probably best, but there's a tongue module where I suppose one could use wet food. Very pleased with this purchase! I may look into that adjustable maze one you had in the video with the removable cover!

My cat had those silicone rigid mats. He found them really lovely toys so I got wet food Al over my floors and they ended up in his litterbox a couple of times😅 he loves the mouse toys and I have a variation on the last puzzle toy that he enjoyed a lot. It’s also from trixy and it’s very easy to clean. I like to use them for treats, my cat is a only indoors cat so I like to gif hem some mental stimulation. Thank you for your video’s and recommendations, they are so useful and informative 😄 cuddles to the cats❤️

Our boy cat figured out how to break into a $$$ bluetooth automatic feeder within a week ;D He's got 24 hours a day to obsess over it, so it didn't stand a chance. We've been thinking of attaching some kind of tube to it so the dispenser can go to an out-of-reach place, but haven't got around to engineering that yet. I'd expect feeders where they play with kibble with their paws would end up tracking crumbs everywhere, which is going to lead to ant and roach problems

I’ve been waiting fo a video on treat toys, puzzles and slow feeders from you guys! for so long! Slow feeders and puzzle feeders are a life saver! I have a bunch of different ones I use for treats and my cats go nuts! Currently I use slow feeder/treat balls and the trixi sliding puzzles Once they figure one out though I find I need to rotate them out. The trixie gravity feeders is great! I’ve been dying to try licki mats and the catit cup feeder too! Licki Matt has so many options it would be cool to see a part two on just the different wet food slow feeders, just the dry food slow feeders, and treat puzzles since they’re all designed so different than on another and they keep making more designs!

I miss the old name “All about Cats” …. Still love your videos Mallory. This is great! ❤

My tortie suddenly began barfing within a couple of hours after her wet food meals a few months ago. After observing the four cats eat I finally found the problem. The tortie was scarfing down her half can of wet food, then nudging others aside and eating THEIR food as well! Solution: I broke up their half can suppers into quarter can lunch and supper meals, then hung around for a few minutes to make sure the tortie wasn't going to try to raid the other bowls. No more scarf and barf, and the distributed meals might make them feel better throughout the day as well.

I love the doc and phoebe mice- I fill them with Orijen dry cat food

Great stuff M, thank!

I have 2 of the Cat-it 2.0 tube feeders, my girl cat Salem loves putting in the work to eat. She took to it instantly!

The things we'll buy for our beloved cats! Our "Boys" sometimes tend to "Scarf & Barf," and so I just now ordered up the Lickimat. Comes in a set of two - can use one for their dry kibble, the other for their pate. I think it's a great idea. Thanks Mallory, Master Wessie & Miss Forest...

I bought one of the dog puzzle feeders that requires a lot of work to access all the small food areas. I placed the dry food and covered all of it with the various devices that can be moved and adjusted as the cat figures out the puzzle. I have three cats. It took them 30 minutes to figure out the entire puzzle and eat all the snacks. I've created a monster because now they want puzzle food at least once a day. They go over to the empty puzzle, look down at it, look up at me, look down again, look up, and its clear to me I'm being “told” to fill this thing up. I had one of the timed feeders that released a bit of food at intervals. One of my cats figure out how to get his arm up into the releasing mechanism and eventually the thing broke.

We have the maze, we've had it 1 year now and my cat loves L O V E S it!!!!! We use it for treats to keep my cat busy and his mind engaged. Recommend it from our hearts!!!

Great info, thanks 😊

Puzzle feeders sound great! My Bengal already figured out how to operate the automatic feeder whenever he wants...

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I got the green fishy mat for my kitten for Easter. I sprinkle her treats on it to give her some fun with her treats. She loves it!

The Catit digger can be used with wet food. I just use it for wet foods that aren’t too runny and my cat manages to scoop out the food pretty well. It’s a little messy but it works. Or just put wet food in a mug and put it on it’s side. Doc ‘n Phoebe have a wetfeeder mouse as well and Nina Ottosson has good puzzles which can be used with wet food. There are options for wetfood but I wish there were more.

Scarfing and barfing...love it! I have my first cat that does this. He even barfs canned food and raw meat. I hope to try something from your video. I tend to give him very little bits throughout the day.

My cat eats raw for her meals but she loves dry treats and kibble. I use some of these puzzles with a few kibbles in it when I leave for the days to make my leaving the house less stressful for her. Also if I know I will be home late and we’ll after her usual feeding time I will hide the food mousies around the house with dry food which she will usually find if I put them in places she’s found them before so she will not be as frantic when I get home late to feed her. We usually eat at 6 am and 6 pm. So if I leave for work at 8am or earlier and don’t return until 8 pm, which is rare, she is calmer. She is a rescue who has slowly learned to be less food insecure. Eating raw that I chop and not grind helps with the snarf and barf tendency she used to have. Even with commercial raw food I add chunks of meat and occasionally raw bone to chew on(usually chicken wings) to slow her down. She seems to really enjoy the chewing aspect of her meals. I also have an egg shaped ball that I put treats in that she has to bat around to get the kibbles out. She loves that game. I have a card board treat box with holes in the top and sides that she likes to fish her kibbles out of. Use that for when I leave the house if I’m gonna be gone for a long time or she seems extra stressed out.

I use the Catit Digger with my cat who has arthritis. To make it easier for her, I don't use the green inserts. Eventually, her arthritis will get bad enough that she'll have to stop using it but for now it gives her some mental stimulation, slows her down a bit, and forces her to move more. I also toss individual pieces of kibble or freeze-dried food and treats a few feet from her so that she has to move to get them. It helps keep her from being too sedentary without taxing her body too much. ETA My young cat uses these 2 as well as a cat puzzle and a dog puzzle and 3 different types of lickimats, one of them ceramic. Her preference for dry food, though, is to chase a single piece of kibble. She'll try to stop it with her paws like a goalie or jump in the air to try to catch it with her paws if I toss it higher or race down the hallway after it. Sometimes she'll bat it around before eating it. I think she enjoys it so much because she doesn't get much kibble in a day, so it's something special. And it's just fun! I've started clicker training her, so I think I'm going to get a large syringe and fill it with her watered down wet food. It'll be a lot cheaper than using Tiki Cat Stix all the time.

I use freeze dried food that is not rehydrated as treats in the maze with my boy and He loves it! I pop it in the dishwasher every day...its great.

I use freeze dried treats in the ones for dry food like the cup one! Works just fine 😊

Scarfing and barfing? Yeah, that’s a common occurrence. I’ll look for that wet feeder the next time I go to the pet store. Thanks!

Thanks for another great video 🤩 My indoor cat gets all his food from puzzle feeders and I basically have all you showed 🙈😅 My cat really enjoy looking for the mice throughout the day 😍 He is given both kibble, wet food and raw, in order to provide him with as many different experiences as possible 🥳 Regarding wet food, I can really recommend freezing it in ice cube trays and serve some frozen placed on a lickimat or similar 😃 Same with for example frozen chicken necks 😄 I know not all cats will accept frozen food, but mine really enjoy and takes forever to alternately lick and gnaw his way through it 💪 Afterwards he almost always takes a long nap 😂 Such hard work getting his daily food 🤣🤣🤣

Ive got the Catit Senses food tree, had the original blue version then got the green edition once that came out since im not a fan of blue lol. Also have the Catit version shown in this video as well, though use that one more for treats. The cats get wet food multiple times a day, but definitely seem to enjoy "hunting" for their dry food, and it definitely stopped my gutsy cat from barfing it all back up.

Thanks for the recommendations. I used the link you provided and purchased the All For Paws maze feeder. Mine don't 'scarf and barf' but they could use the fun while the eat dry food. 90% of their diet is wet food but I give a little kibble so this should give them something to work for.

I think my cat hates the lickmate because she smacks it around. On few occasions I heard her growl at it. 😂

I have that tunnel feeder from about 4m in. My kittens seem to like it. I extended the hopper by cutting up a 2 liter bottle and taping it on top, that way I only have to fill it a quarter as often. One of my kittens is still getting a little rotund though, they just sit and eat longer. I haven't had scarfing and barfing issues with or without that feeder. I probably need to get them, and me, moving more; and maybe try one of those automatic feeders. One of my kittens is super food motivated and the other not so much, so I'm worried the hungry one would eat it all though.

Love channel Aleksandr has tried alot of things you guys have reviewed, I am always spoiling him with a new toy or something

Like you I really wish there was more of an option for Wet Food. Slow feeders are fine, but I'd love to give them more of a challenge. I like the look of the mice and maze, might have to consider those down the line. I want to teach one of our boys some nosework since he's so food motivated, the other will do tricks for his treats easily enough.

Thanks for all your videos. they are very helpful. How come your Petlibro is dismantled in the background? Is is broken, bad?

If you're on a budget there's always the option of taking plastic bottles and cutting holes in the side (lots of holes for easy feeding or just a couple for a challenge to reach high value treats). I've found bottles with a wide neck (e.g. flavoured milk) are much easier to fill than narrow ones.

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Have you used the older version of the mice?

I had the fish feeder but my cat started to rip lots of chunks of it my guess was out of frustration , then I switched to a game puzzle one and he didn’t know how it worked so he would knock it over and fight with it, so I stopped using them cause it was stressing him out, but he inhales his food, in less than a minute it’s gone, so my question here is , which is better having him eat supper fast or stressed him with the slow feeder? I hope my question is understandable

This was informative, however I think there are a lot of diy options too.

My cats' food and water dishes are Corelle plates and bowls as I was told plastic can allow bacteria to grow. All of the slow feeders I have found are plastic. The plates are low and wide to prevent whisker fatigue. Many slow feeders are fairly deep and narrow. It is all so confusing! LOL Advice?

Doc and phoebe do have a wet food feeder too. I've not tried it though.

My cat wasnt too fond of the Hunter feeder. She wanted nothing to do with them until I removed the cloth part off then she just played with them. She no longer has any interest in them. She also had the Catit with the tubes. I would drop a few treats in them about every other week or so and she would fish them out whenever she found them.

Hi There , How are you and your Kitties ? My cat doesnt eat dry food either. He has the Lick mat, he hasnt tried that yet.

Hey Mallory! I recently switched my cats litter to pine and it’s working good so far except for the fact that one of my cats just lets his poop sit on the top! He doesn’t know to bury it because it’s different from clay litter. I pretty much scoop up after him each time he goes but I was wondering if you knew of any odor deodorizers that I can use for the litter area. I don’t want to use any febreeze type products due to it potentially being harmful to the cats. Im just looking for something that can help a little, I know it’s not a complete solution. Thanks fren! :)

I am home all day so I break feeding into 2 times daily. I was looking at auto feeders because my cat wakes me up at 6AM every day, but I started noticing she will wake me up when she has food. She just wants to go outside at 6AM because that's when the birds outside start to get busy.

Did you get it off Temu?

I use the catit for treats. My little one she's only 9 lb she loves it she lets me know when it's at the streets in mind it needs more. My 1 year older cat wants pretty much nothing to do with it unless his sister dropped a tree on the little part. Neither of my cats will do the lick mats even with soft food, which i don't give often gives them poops bad and they get sick if they eat to much to fast

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Can you make a video on your thoughts on cbd oil for cats?

We have Maze Game daily. The cats show me where the treats are in the kitchen. I load thru various holes, and they spend about a half hour fishing the treats out. Very successful as entertainment for them. Likewise the Cat Amazing sliders (cardboard cube) is very engaging. I seed a few treats on the top, then drop a handful in through the holes. They return again and again to it over a period of hours. This is known as The Box Game and if I’m not ready to enable it at 4:30 pm daily, I receive an intense campaign reminding me. I think Cher can actually tell time. Sonny, not so much.

... lickimat doesnt work for mine.. it might take her a second or two more because the wet food is more spread out... but not enough to be beneficial for her. The ones for dogs works slightly better for her as theyre deeper... but not much.

I have 5 cats, I need to do a KZfaq channel to do things like this

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I'm leaving YT. Would you consider posting on Rumble?

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oh man. i’m afraid this video won’t help me. is it just me, or does it seem like what works for everyone else’s cat never works for your own cat? anyway, my cat is a fast eater just like you discussed. he also gets pretty bad chin acne, so he was recommended to eat out of a stainless steel bowl. on top of that, he needs to drink a lot of water with his food (2-3x the volume of the food itself) to help with his urinary crystals. he’s got a lot of needs for a slow feeder. all together, for my cat it needs to be a wide but somewhat deep stainless steep bowl with some ridges or waves designed into it to aid in the slow feeding. it’s a specific ask and i have not found anything like this on the market yet

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My cant have hard breathing his belly is jumping and his hiding he wont any one touch him and he just sit down and do nothing what i must do all the vets are clothing now and its been more the 4 hours like that i dont want to watch him suffering like that

I would first make sure that the kibble doesn't have any GMO grains that make them sick or cause them to develop skin allergies. It's so much better to buy a high-quality food and that will keep them from needing vet visits

I switched my stray to Dr. Elseys clean clean protein dry and he stopped doing what the Romans do.

Save your $$$ buying yet more over-priced plastic junk and just cut some random holes into a small recycled carboard box you can seal, and pour the dry food in the center.

Lick mats look like a pain to clean

Thanks for the GREAT REVIEW! Could you work on your annoying voice? No need for the inflection and pitch changes! Just talk at an even and steady pace, PLEASE...

On some u say your cats do not eat dry food , on others u seem to have no problem with feeding your cats with dry food. I did not see your cats eating from anything so what is your review based on i do not comprehend. If u give your cats one or two pieces of dry food just to show how the feeders work they re not going to die. All in all totally useless. 👎

I'm i the only one that's tired of all cat toys and feeders being made of plastic? And really ugly

I don't like plastic feeders or bowls.

"my cats don't eat dry food" maybe you shouldn't review dry food feeders... :-\ pretty useless.