Kitty Slow Feeder Bowl for Cats & Small Dogs, Puzzle Dish for Fast Eaters, for Wet or Dry Food, Helps Slow Eating & Aid Digestion, Non-Slip, Made Without BPA, 3/4 Cup, 5-Inch, Blue

This stopped my cat from gorging himself and vomiting unchecked food. It's not a puzzle, but slows kitty way down. No episodes since this arrived, and it's been about a month. Priced well.

Our female cat has earned the nickname "Hoover" as she is known to vacuum up almost any food she can get to. Potato chips, spicy corn chips, even pickle slices- if she can get to it, she will eat it, or try to eat it. Any time we give her more than a tiny handful of kibble, she will invariably devour it so fast that it comes right back up. Our much slower eating boy cat had been very tolerant of her Hoovering up his food as well as her own, so we started feeding them in different rooms so he would get more than a small portion of food before she inhaled it all. As she can't be given more than a teaspoon's amount of food at a time (any more, and you will find yourself stepping in a pile of it on the carpet a few minutes later) we decided to look for a bowl that could slow down her eating. This bowl had decent reviews and was not expensive, so we gave it a try. It appears to be well-made, and not too difficult to clean- the channels in it are big enough to get a brush into. At first, "Hoover" was not pleased with this new food receptacle. At ALL. She could smell and see all those tasty nuggets that she usually made disappear within thirty seconds, but she couldn't get at them easily any longer. I could see she was frustrated, so I put down a few pieces of kibble right next to the new bowl. She gulped down this small bit of food, then looked at me, wanting more. I then tapped the bowl and "showed" her the kibble sitting in the channels of the bowl. At first, she walked away from this strange thing. Maybe her "real" bowl would re-appear, and she wouldn't have to deal with this kibble puzzle dish. She came back and checked out the new bowl again, and managed to get a few pieces of kibble out of it. I noticed she was shoving the bowl around with her paw on the cushion-y "placemat" we have under the cats' food and water. She got a few more pieces of kibble. She never flipped the bowl over entirely, which is what I was waiting for (and dreading.) The placemat we have keeps the bowl from moving around very much, so I can't attest to the bowl's "suction" (?) effectiveness. I just checked out the underside of the bowl, and don't see any suction cups or anything, but we keep their bowls on the cushy placemat anyway, so it's not going anywhere. She returned to the strange object that was holding her food hostage again and again, and each time managed to get out a few more pieces of kibble. I just checked the bowl, and there are about a dozen or so pieces of kibble sitting in it, which is amazing to see, as she is so strongly food-motivated. The bowl just arrived this afternoon, so I can't attest to its effectiveness in the long-term, but it seems to be a success so far. It has broken the feeding time cycle of giving her a tiny bit of kibble, her begging for more food, giving a tiny bit more kibble, then begging again, etc. I'll report back after a week or so. Hopefully, this new bowl will continue to keep our Hoover-cat on a lower setting. Edit: it's been about four days of her using the new bowl. As we saw that she had been leaving about half of the kibble in the bowl after eating (unheard of with a regular bowl) we increased the minimal amount of kibble we gave her to her entire morning portion. A day or so ago, if we checked the bowl after she appeared to finish eating, and there would be about seven to ten nuggets of kibble left. When she begged later, we just tapped the bowl. She got the message: if she wanted more kibble she would have to extract it from the bowl. ---- We noticed yesterday after giving her the evening's kibble allotment that the new bowl with its challenging channels was completely empty. She has figured out how to get all of the kibble out of her new bowl. After we fed her this morning, sure enough, she got all of the kibble out of it. But the bowl is still a success, as it has really slowed down her eating. In a way, she is now eating like a normal cat- and not like a fur-covered Dirt Devil. Very happy with our purchase, and if you have a Hoover kitty of your own, we highly recommend this bowl. :)

I foster cats for my local shelter, and my current one is VERY food motivated. She loves her kibble, and tends to eat it so fast, she pukes it right back up. EEEWWW!! And just not good for the cat. The shelter recommended a puzzle-dish or slow-feeder, and this one's been wonderful. It doesn't slide around on the floor, and the zig-zag walls definitely slow her down. The first few times I used it, I felt guilty because she might be really hungry. Then I realized when I pour the food in, it fills up between the zig-zags so the first few mouthfuls are still easy to get. As she keeps eating, she gets closer to the bottom of the bowl, and it gets more challenging to finish the last bites. But she's not going to starve.

This dish is sturdy but the spaces are too deep for a cat. It’s 3/4” deep and my cat can’t get the food out. The bowl is only 5” in diameter, so it’s kind of small. Unless you have a tiny dog or a pet with a long lizard tongue, it might not work for you. Not recommended for cats. Otherwise it’s good quality.

I last year, just before Christmas, my BIL brought me a kitty that had taken up residence on his porch. The poor thing had ear mites, worms and scarfed up food like a hoover vacuum. I tried 4 different slow feeder dishes for this little boy but he still managed to almost suck the food up. Finally I ordered this little gem. I will confess that in order to keep him from lifting the dish up in his zealous need to get to all that food, I super glued it to a 6x6 decorative yard brick. He did chew on the sides of the dish a little but then stopped as he calmed down over time. I like the design and it has survived both the gluing and the cat. I know how crazy gluing a bowl to a brick sounds, but it worked. He still uses the bowl but eventually over the year, I was able to separate the bowl from the brick. Now it's only the bowl and a little round mat that it sits on to keep it from walking all over the floor.

Helped my speed eater! He would eat his food really fast and then steal his brothers food. Buying this for all of them, and measuring out each meal helped my big boy lose some weight. Context: We’ve tried separating Moose my speed eater from the other two but it was causing him a lot of stress. Having them all eat together even with this bowl was not an option bc my one cat is very slim. So we decided to let the two ‘fluffier’ guys eat together and let our slim boy eat as often and as much as he wants alone in the closet lol. Now he just lets us know when he’s hungry and when he’s done eating. Obviously not exactly what I wanted but when you have one grazer and two overweight cats you gotta do what you gotta do. This also helped with them puking after eating too quickly. It didn’t happen often but occasionally and now it stopped

The Catstages Fishie Fun Feed Mat – Non-Slip Slow Feeder Mat for Cats with Catnip has been great for my cat’s overall health. By slowing down eating, it encourages better digestion and prevents gulping too fast, which can reduce vomiting and bloating. The non-slip design keeps it in place, and my cat loves the added catnip, making mealtime more engaging. Since using it, I’ve noticed my cat seems more relaxed at meal times and less likely to overeat. Overall, it’s beneficial for cat health and eating behavior.

Muy buena calidad, silicon.

Très bien comme gamelle pour les animaux glouton, permet de moins en prendre a la fois par contre il faut très souvent la réapprovisionner. Convient pour les chats

Easy to clean and slows the flow of food … a bit

great product, a little hard but makes the animals slow down n eat helps keep away vomittimg and stomach problems from over eating or eating to quickly

mijn kat eet nu veel rustiger en het braken wegens slokken is dan ook gestopt. De kat was een vondeling vandaar het slokken van eten.