Cheerble Smart Interactive Cat Toy, Automatic Moving Bouncing Rolling Ball for Indoor Cat Kitten, Peppy Pet Ball with Lights and Bell, Grey

I was a bit worried that this was going to be a waste of money, but I'm very glad I purchased. My cats were a little confused by it for the first few seconds, but then they were very excited and had a blast with it. However, if your cats are fairly skittish, they may be frightened by this. You really do need a non-carpeted surface for this to work well, and that does mean it can be fairly noisy when bouncing around. I definitely recommend turning it off before you go to sleep. It's also best with some slight supervision, just because it can roll under furniture or get kind of stuck by cables on the floor. It does try to free itself, but sometimes it can roll itself into a really weird spot that it's difficult to get out of. It comes with an attachable bell, but it's basically useless. First, the bell is on a little loop that you have to get around a hook that's under the flap in the ball. I have fairly average sized fingers, but it was nearly impossible to get the loop on the hook in such a tight space. Second, the bell hangs out of the flap once attached, so it is just dangling off the side of the ball by a small loop. Maybe not everyone has as problematic cats as I do, but I am certain that after a while mine would have chewed through the string and gotten the bell off, and it's small enough to be a choking hazard. Finally, the bell just messes up the functionality of the ball because it impairs its motion. The toy is still great, just don't use the bell.

This is a cool toy. It's probably best suited for kittens. My cat, Magic, hates it. He is more than eight human years old, and this little ball scares him to death. It runs around the floor like one of those little round vacuum cleaners, all by itself, literally running wherever it can, bumping into things, going down the stairs, getting stuck under the dresser and finding its way out all by itself. It's crazy to watch. You can actually see it "thinking" when it gets stuck, and mostly figures out how to get itself unstuck. The technology behind this thing probably justifies the expense for a cat toy for a younger cat. It's a ton of fun to play with (as a human). If Magic was five years younger, I'd bet he would love it. He's just too timid and too old to be interested in chasing around a little light-up ball going at warp speed... When it bumped into his food and water dispensers, he was clearly upset about it. One big negative. The battery really should be upgraded. I get that the different lights flashing and the constant, crazy movement sucks battery life, but this thing should last much longer than it does. Expect an hour+ of full-on "go" mode, but then after that, you're going to have to recharge it. It was a bit of a disappointment for me and Magic, but maybe a kitten would be best suited for this item. I'm giving mine to my son, who has younger cats. I think they'll like it.

My cats love this ball, as you can see in the video. Overall it’s a great interactive toy that both of my 3 year old cats play with daily. That said, here are some important things to keep in mind: *The ball is electronic and charges with an included micro USB to USB cable, but you have to supply the charging block (I use a low voltage iPhone charger). As the ball will take ‘naps’ when your cat is not interacting with it, it can work for several hours (starting from a full charge) before it’ll need to be recharged, which takes between a 1/2 to 1 hour or so. It has an on/off button, so if your cats take a break, you can turn it off to conserve the battery life. *It has several different colored lights that encircle the ball and identify what mode it’s in - blue/normal-run, red/spin & jump, yellow/rest, and purple/turning on-off. If there are no moving lights at all, then it’s time to charge it. *If you have a lot of open smooth flooring like tile, wood, vinyl plank etc., Cheerble will work great. If you have any carpeting or rugs, eventually it’ll get stuck. Even a bath mat or fluffy litter mat will trap it. It isn’t self-extricating (although it’ll try), you’ll have to free it manually. *If you have wall-to-wall carpeting…Do Not buy this, it won’t work - it even gets stuck on my short-pile area rug. *I turn the Cheerble off and hide it in a drawer when my cats aren’t playing with it - this way they see it as a special toy and get excited each time I take it out for playtime. *This ball is noisy, ie Loud. You wouldn’t want to leave it turned on at night. It rolls full force into walls and any other objects that may be in its way. When it hits something, it will redirect itself and go in another direction until it’s free again. The up side of the noise is that if you realize that it’s ‘too quiet,’ then you know it’s time to go find where it’s gotten itself stuck and free it to roll again :) *This is a toy for CATS. It’s too big for them to swallow, and even if they manage to pick it up in their mouths, they can’t chomp on it. **This toy would be a choking hazard even for small dogs. They could crush it and swallow the pieces. There are plenty of other, appropriate toys for dogs of all sizes. Please don’t take unnecessary chances, buy one of those for your dog.

This self-mobile cat toy works fairly well in getting our cats' attention. She follows it around the apartment but has not actually played/attacked it. The following it does tire her out eventually. It is rechargeable, which is what caught my attention. It seems to have come fully charged for when I plugged it in for charging it did not have an easy to see charging level indicator, just the flashing color band. The problem with the ball is that it moves very fast on a tile/vinal floor and bangs into walls, furniture and lazy cats. Also because of its small size it easily fits under furniture and some kitchen appliances, like a refrigerator. All in all, it was worth the money and as long as someone monitors the ball, to rescue it when it is trapped, it entertains us as much as the cat.

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Great little toy. Very impressive but expensive. Wish it was bit bigger for my cat.

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Best cat toy ever purchased. My cat is always running after it no matter when I start it up. Long battery life also.

Cats love it, but iet gets lost as it does not turn around as well as advertised