19 reviews forTrixie Turbinio Cat Toy with Motor and Mouse

This does not move as smoothly as I hoped. Cat will occasionally chase ot when switched on but much prefers when it is switched off to play with the mouse and make it move himself.

It is quite loud and large discourages my cat to chase the toy. He is watching and following it around but seems unsure whether it is safe to touch the mouse. Maybe a longer line for the toy madethe cats bolder. The ball finds its way really well, almost never gets stuck under or behind furniture and moves well on carpet and hard floor alike.

This is an easy to assemble toy. The instructions regarding the battery were not clear. It said A4 so we ordered this battery type especially. Turns out it actuallly takes AA batteries. The boys like it when the motor is off but it terrifyd them when turned on.

I have two nervous chaps and they were a little scared of this. It's a bit noisy but it travels all over the place. Maybe would work better with a more confident kitty

The products does what it says on the tin. It is a bit noisy, so if you have a nervous cat it might not be ideal. My two are fascinated by it, but only for about five minutes.

This ball keeps busy my cat for a long time, but instead playing directly, he will keep an eye on and follows it. The motor allows the ball to overcome small obstacles (thick rugs or wires). The toy is sturdy (just did a flight of stairs and it's simply unscrewed the ball in the middle, fully functional!). Requires one AA battery.

Took a couple of tries to get this working as the battery connectors are not completely flush, but once going it operates fine. The main problem is that the motor is quite noisy, so our 2 cats aren't quite sure what to make of it. They follow it everywhere it goes - and it does move quite a long way, rolling itself in and out of corners - but won't quite chase it or dare to pounce on it. However, it does certainly keep them occupied. If your cats don't mind chasing noisy things, it might be the greatest toy ever, but if they hate them, it would be terrible as they'd be hiding from it the whole time! Anyway, it's a 3 star for us - buy it or not depending on your cat's noise tolerance.

Such a shame that I didn’t get this ball at sales price; it’s certainly not worth almost £7. We weren’t so impressed with this ball. Our kitty usually doesn’t like plastic toys. But because of two impressive reviews, I decided to give it a try. I hoped also that it will give our kitty some exercise. We weren’t that lucky or happy with the purchase. Ball is moving around at slow speed. When it bumps into something it doesn’t roll off immediately, but spins slowly around itself and just then it goes off. Our kitty was not impressed with it. He was observing it when it moved around, tried to approach it, but then got scared. It could be designed smaller, lighter and speedier.