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Foraging Poster Tube by Fundamentally Feline

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These tubes are easy to fill for the humans and they are opaque with only one hole so they are more challenging for your cats. If you think about it, when there are only a few pieces of kibble floating around in here it would even be difficult for a human to get it to fall out of the hole!And as always, you can fill a smaller object such as a few ping pong balls and place inside to really increase the difficulty level!

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In the workshop, all painfully hand stamped!
In the workshop, all painfully hand stamped!
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Foraging Ping-Pong Balls by Fundamentally Feline

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Available with large or small holes to accomodate a variety of different kibble types.

These ping pongs are a great beginner toy, great for very overweight cats when we really want to limit their access to dry food, and also great for combining with other objects to increase challenge. For example, the ping pongs can be filled and placed inside another toy such as the long gear, cubes or poster tubes so the cat must work extra hard to get food out of two objects at once!

See photos below for examples of their versatility!

Cats enjoy hooking their nails into the small holes and will even learn to pick up the toy and shake out the kibble this way.

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See how versatile these ping-pongs are in this post, So you think you have a "master forager"? They are a must have to any feline weight loss foraging program!

1. Fill ping-pongs.
1. Fill ping-pongs.
2. Place inside foraging gear toy.
2. Place inside foraging gear toy.
Shown here "doubled up" for greater challenge.
Shown here "doubled up" for greater challenge.
Add to a stationary toys to increase difficulty.
Add to a stationary toys to increase difficulty.
Place inside Egg-Cerciser for added challenge.
Place inside Egg-Cerciser for added challenge.
Inside a Foraging Cup by Fundamentally Feline.
Inside a Foraging Cup by Fundamentally Feline.
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The "long gear" shown doubled stuffed.

Domino Foraging Board by Trixie Pet

This stationary food puzzle offers a wide array of obstacles. This board can be used for dry food and treats or wet food can be placed in the tongue module. It can be rearranged in any configuration and each of the four pieces can be used separately or all together as shown in this video.

The Doorway Dangli by Petsafe

Stethoscope-like arms grasp door frame.
Stethoscope-like arms grasp door frame.
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In the video clip of the Doorway Dangli 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! We 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!

This toy can be made more difficult by hanging it higher so that the cat must work harder to reach up and bat at the toy.

Adjusts to different sized kibble & varied difficulty.
Adjusts to different sized kibble & varied difficulty.
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The Pipolino –

A versatile and adjustable food puzzle available in a variety of sizes for many different species. Weight can be a challenge for many cats so do not be deterred by the size of this toy. In fact, it can be made more challenging by placing smaller food puzzles inside, cat toys or adding weights to impede movement and obstruct the flow of food. Great for multiple cat households. Buy your Pipolino here.

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Hold a decent amount of food for multiple cat households and also lots of room to add smaller food puzzles like the versatile ping-pong balls from Fundamentally Feline. 

Many different sized holes too accommodate a variety of different dry food diets.

When your food puzzle is as big as you are! No matter if you are a master forager like Hitchinson!

The Foraging Toy Starter Kit by Fundamentally Feline –

The Foraging Toy Starter Kit.
The Foraging Toy Starter Kit.

The Starter Kit is three toys in one! You get two foraging eggs (or four small mini eggs) and an upcycled tennis ball tube container essentially for free! That’s right, Ingrid schleps around town collecting tennis tubes, washes them, drills holes in them, and essentially gives them away!

Fill all three toys up individually or, if your cat reaches master forager level, you can fill the eggs and place inside the tube so that your cat has to work extra hard to obtain the kibble from two toys at once.

This toy can be easy for beginners or utilized combined for increased challenge so its difficulty level is a range of one to two stars. You can also tape up the two or thee holes in the tube to make it a one holed toy.

An example of it being used for a master forager!
An example of it being used for a master forager!
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Erratic movement of the eggs keeps cats active.
Erratic movement of the eggs keeps cats active.
The Foraging Toy Starter Kit.

Parker vs Tupperware

This video just goes to show how incredibly easy it is to DIY your own food puzzle. Quick, simple, and inexpensive!

@nashtrashkitty on Instagram gets DIY

Do you do Instagram? I guess we should more often! Just found someone cool to follow! Alyssa is a designer and cat-mom who does a cool website, featuring some of her DIY projects, including a homemade food puzzle that can be made a little more challenging with some cardboard! Check her website out at www.thisisalyssa.com or on Instagram at @nashtrashkitty

And she uses perhaps my favorite hashtag ever:

#userexperienceforcats

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