
Rather than filling them and leaving them in plain sight, subtlety place them behind the leg of a chair, behind the sofa, under a lightweight cardboard box or inside a brown paper bag. One of the easiest first steps you can take is simply to hide the toys. This post aims to offer some examples of how you can increase the difficulty of the food puzzles you offer for greater mental stimulation and, if weight loss is your goal, to make the dry food harder to achieve. I refer to these guys as “master foragers” and put them in the “Kitty Einstein” category. If your cats are like mine they can get food out of virtually anything you give them. If you started feeding your cats via foraging toys from a young age or if your cats are extremely motivated to acquire carbs you may find they are difficult to challenge.
