Fundamentally Feline

Foraging

Hitchinson and the Catit Treat Ball by Hagen

This foraging ball features an inner maze coupled with an adjustable opening allowing you to alter the difficulty level based on your cat’s skill level and the size of the food. This is an excellent beginner toy.

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A Foraging Pinata!

In this clip you can see the creativity and challenge that can be incorporated in order to make cats work for their meals. Sometimes the smartest kitties are the ones waiting for the others who are doing all of the work to dispense some kibble! I call this opportunistic foraging! The orange cat in this video, Peaches, had actually become blind in this clip, and while not successful in this video, she is still a master forager despite her handicap!

The Green by Northmate

This is a great beginner foraging toy. This is the doggy version of the feline “Catch” toy. Because it is larger it holds more volume for multiple cat households and provides a slightly increased challenge as the interior portion of the puzzle is harder to reach.

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Peaches foraging from a cube

This is a master forager at work, Peaches is manipulating a cube shaped toy that is almost empty (meaning it’s harder). Take note of how she uses her front leg like a tool to flip the toy over. At the time of this video she had lost 2.5# eating this way! She does have a short and stocky body style and a LOT of hair that accentuates the roundness!