As some commenters have pointed out, I'm in danger of teaching her that the way the ball works is you pester the human until she makes food come out.
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She left the last bit of kibble lying by the ball, so I guess she's not that hungry yet. Maybe she'll accidentally push the ball with her face when retrieving the kibble later.
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Progress! Overnight some of the kibbles disappeared from the ball, and I witnessed her pushing the ball gently with a paw to get at more of them. Whether she realizes the ball is the source of the kibble, or whether she was merely pushing it out of the way, remains to be seen.
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Oh. She doesn’t get it. She’s using her paw to delicately retrieve kibble from under the ball, being careful not to move it.pic.twitter.com/Ok9cBx3SRK
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Her favorite treats sat in the ball for over 12 hours. Finally I caused one to fall out, and then showed her. She was very interested, ate the treat and !!! reached out her paw to push the ball 2 inches. There were no more treats underneath. She is now staring at me instead.
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Made another one fall out for her and she was intrigued enough to push the ball hard enough to roll in a big circle. A treat fell out, but because it wasn’t under the ball at the beginning or end, she is completely oblivious to what she’s done. She still hasn’t seen the treat.pic.twitter.com/oeiG026tWC
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Decided she needed easier reward but she can’t have too many of those high-cal treats. Switched to kibble. Placed a treat under the ball, and she pushed it to get at the treat, making kibble fall out. She sniffed at the kibble and went to eat kibble from her bowl instead.pic.twitter.com/3VsoyaW9AI
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She left the ball alone all day, even after she finished the kibble in her bowl. I re-kibble the bowl & put treats in the ball. Demonstrate the ball. All the treats fall out. Oops, now it won't work if she tries it. Refill the ball. Demonstrate the ball. Oops, need to refill.
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Treats are in the ball again. She wanders off. She watches me play with the laser pointer. She demands pets. She watches the laser pointer some more. And then she walks straight to the ball, pushes it with her paw, and EATS THE TREATS THAT FALL OUT
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This is the face of a cat who has managed to get several extra treats today while I was “teaching” her how the ball works folks, I do believe I’ve been outsmartedpic.twitter.com/pNApbIeuWv
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of COURSE, she’s a tortie!
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