Customer Reviews

DVD For Cats: While You Are Gone

5 star:		(32)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

My 1 year-old cat, Bob, got this DVD for Christmas and he absolutely loves it! As soon as he started hearing the nature noises he came over, sat in front of the TV and soon was pawing at the screen, trying to catch the butterflies. At one point I found him sitting on top of the tv, trying to catch one of the dangling strings!
I would highly recommend this DVD to cat owners. As I said, my Bob loves it - as a matter of fact, now he comes running every time he hears me turn on the tv, thinking we're going to watch his dvd!

My cats have watched this two times now. The first time they watched for about 5 minutes and then got bored (and I watched thr est of it, haha). The second time my older cat seems interested and the younger cat is not at all. I think mostly they like the noises, when they hear the bird noises they start playing with each other, so I guess that is the point. The cover makes it look like a professional production but in reality I think some of it looks like a person with a video camera went and recorded some footage of their backyard and local park and then put it with some music...I could do it too. There is one part where they have a cat come on and it chases a string, this part is not very interesting for my cats. I wish I could choose which chapter to view for them because they express more interest in some than in other ones. Also, my friends had a cat video they showed me which is the one I was looking for but I didn't know its name, where there is a white background and the birds and insects are against the background so it is a lot easier to see for the cat. I think that one would be better. A lot of this one is just views of the trees and lake which my cats can see out the window in my house. It also has a strange storyline about a cat that was a stray but then he found a home. At least it made me laugh! :-D Someone should actually get all the videos and see which one the cat most enjoys because I'm not sure they tested this one on any cats at all.

My cat loves this DVD,he watches the TV and gets excited especially with the birds and their chatter.
The background music is great for the owner as well.
If you love your kitty and you don't want him to be lonely while you are out, then get this for them. You won't regret it.

Hi Everyone- I've never really done an online review before, but I thought this required it. My cat is extremely active and involved in our lives (I'm always home with it now) and I was heartbroken about leaving him home for five days. I just got the dvd today and thought I would try it before my vacation. At first, he didn't care, but when I plopped him in front of the tv set he was hooked. Unbelievable. It's like the video "talks" to cats. He has now been successfully watching the video for the last half hour. He love it, I can tell. He even tried to get the birds with his paw and walked around the back of the television to try to figure out if birds were trapped inside. This is great! Hope more are made for cats exclusively!

It seems I enjoyed the dvd better than my cats. They were not very interested, they lost interest very fast and started playing with their furry mice

Bought this DVD for my cat for her birthday and she loves it. I own a number of other cat DVDs but this one tops them all. The music is much better and the sound FX go along with whats on the screen (unlike others). Her favorite part is the butterflies section.

My cats liked the birds in the video, but could have had more action. They weren't at all interested in the walk through the woods. Too much time spent on the fuzzy thing on the string. I would have included more action, like mother bird feeding babies, squirrels eating nuts or playing, maybe dogs rounding up cattle... just more creativeness. Maybe this would be good for older cats. Nice music and serene.

We have two cats, Mara and Atton. Atton has always had someone around the house before, and when his Daddy is gone for even 10 minutes, he cries a bit. We had to be gone all night, and I picked this up for the kitties and played it a bit early to check it out.

It's now been four weeks, and the cats ask, every day, for this to be on. Now if you get this expecting your cats to be glued to the set 24/7, you're going to be disappointed. If you want something that just generally makes a more pleasant time for the kitties, and gives them something other then the wall to stare at when bored; this is what you want. The cats actively choose watching this DVD over sleeping, and when it's not on they tend to.. stare at the TV now and then, wondering why it isn't.

The cats come and go as they please, but they honestly spend more time watching this then in other places, when they're not being played with. And play? This is where it excels.. since we got this.. Mara, who was a runt and generally hates touching and play... has joined in chase the string games and barely hisses at Atton anymore. Something about this video is incredibly comforting for kitties, even if they aren't looking directly at it at all times. Leave it on, and let it do it's work, you'll swear it's magic.

All I can say is, "Oh my God". I have two Bengals cats that are one-year old and they love the Discovery Channel, often running around the back of the flat screen to see where the hawks or the birds went. So naturally, I thought they would love this DVD. I put it on and they simply walked out of the room. They literally LEFT the THEATER! This DVD is simply one person with a handheld video camera walking around the woods with birds chirping in the background between scenes. The specific scenes are of bright birds in the branches of trees chirping for ten to fifteen minutes and then another stroll through the woods until the next scene. These include an old lazy cat being tossed a little red string (the cat was bored), ducks floating in a pond, scenes of a fish tank with tropical fish floating around, more lazy cat on the porch scenes - all with simple piano "Charlie Brown" type music in the background or some slightly ethereal music for enhancement. The music was distracting. There was even a scene where a fluffy ball on the end of a stick was bouncing around the screen to attract the cats. It was utter nonsense. The best I can say is that it does loop after one hour to begin all over again.

Silence and real animal noises are what cats want. I would like to see a professional DVD with wild animal noises and vivid bird and animal scenes that a cat would go crazy for. My cats would love to see an African lion go after a zebra! This video is amateurish and lacking any attraction - for my cats anyway. I dislike one-star or negative reviews, but if it saves you some money, then it's worth it. Buy a Discovery Channel DVD!

Tried the dog, thought Id try the Cat DVD. Actually the cats loved it better than the Dog DVD as they would hang on the top of the screen an look over the edge to try to see were the birds were coming from. Very funny!