Customer Reviews

Mouse in the House Automatic Cat Toy

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I bought this item as soon as it was released. I work long hours and while my two cats usually keep each other entertained, I wanted something that they could play with without needing my interaction.
My cats took a few minutes to warm up to it, but once they realized what it was, they would sit and watch the mouse, paw at it, etc..
There is a timer that you can set so that when you are at work, the toy alerts the cats to come and play by giving off a bird chirping sound!
I used to set it to go on every hour.
One tip- you may have to give the kitties a break from this every couple of days. Once they get used to the toy, they get bored with it.
I turn it on now every 2-3 days.
I think the manufacturer should create one with a longer track for the mouse to travel on.. Overall I think its a good item.

We've had the Mouse in the House toy for just about a month now, and our cat still sits rapt for long stretches, waiting for the mouse to come out again. She hasn't learned to deliberately activate it by herself yet, but recently she's done it accidentally several times, and it seems likely that she'll put two and two together soon and learn to press the big red button on purpose. The mouse is remarkably durable, withstanding fierce pounces, being held back and prevented from escaping, and being dragged out of its hole by force. This is her favorite toy by a mile.

I have two 5 month old kittens who absolutely love this little gadget, however after only two short days the mouse would no longer stay on the track. There's a door you can open in the back to re-attach the mouse, however having to do this 4x a day isn't convenient. The motor is loud, the electronics get messed up and you have to switch the unit off and on to get it to work. Needs improvement and price is too high. Customer Service is excellent and very helpful.

I bought this toy earlier in the month for my indoor-only cat. My cat loved playing with it the first week, although she never went crazy with it like other cats did as seen on the web videos. Two weeks later, the motor got extremely loud and high pitched whenever the mouse would make its run on the track. I checked the mouse and the track and found nothing abnormal or broken. The motor noise has gotten so bad now, my cat refuses to go near the toy when it is on.

Unless your cat is immune to loud noises, I cannot really recommend this toy to fellow cat lovers unless the company comes out with a better, less noisy and more durable motor (especially at this purchase price).

My cat ADORES this toy. As soon as the mouse chirps, she appears and hovers over the house. She'll plant herself on the tracks to block the mouse and will drag the house all over, hoping to get that wily mouse when it disappears.

When it broke after a year of heavy use, I had to buy a replacement because my cat was heartbroken without it.

This is a nice toy to have for automation. I wish there was a way to set track repetitions or time. Often, my cat likes to play with it for four-five rounds and the timer setting will only send the mouse around twice.

Expensive? Yes. But it's durable and gets much use, so I think it's worth the price.

After looking on line for weeks for the best buy, I should have known to go straight to Amazon, anyway, My cat opened it up on Christmas morning, and after I hooked it up, has been playing with it almost non stop, till today, I turned it on, and the mouse didn't come around all the way after the first time, then it came around, but buy the third rotation, the motor started sounding weird and the mouse quit comeing around for good. IT IS BROKE!!!!! I have to admit, that out of all the cat toys I have EVER purchased, this one was the best. I am just very very sad for my kids. (cats) Even my 7 1/2 year old cat who only played with small catnip toys got in on this one. Mouse in the House is a great concept, just needs to be built a little more hardiar, for I really enjoyed watching the kids play with it every day. Everyday for only 17 days!!!

For starters, it was recieved broken. All the motor did was grind, and the mouse was off the track. There was supposed to be some kind of pin there, but it was missing. I sent it back (for another $10 return postage)and was told by CoolCyberCats that there was a 15% restocking fee, yes even if it didn't work to begin with. Don't waste your money.