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| |  | Extra Long Yoga Mats | Home » » Moody Pet Fling-ama-String Motorized Interactive Cat Toy | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Moody Pet Fling-ama-String Motorized Interactive Cat ToyInnovative, pure genius, amazingif cats had money they'd buy one. You will wonder how you and your cat lived without this super cool string-flinging machine. The innovative Fling-ama-String will challenge your cat to chase and try to catch the continuously moving string. The elastic belt constantly rotates causing the multi-colored string to fling and bounce around. Your cat will "catch" the string from time to time by biting, clawing or pawing. When the cat lets go the string will immediately start to rotate again. It is like having a purrsonal trainer for your cat. The Fling-ama-string is great for all ages of cats and will entice even the laziest of cats. The on/off switch has two different speeds (slow or fast) that allow you to control how fast the belt moves. It improves paw-eye coordination and is ideal for encouraging exercise. The Fling-ama-String has an attached S-hook that hangs on any standard doorknob. The black elastic strap slides under the door and easily loops on the doorknob on the other side and secures the Fling-ama-String in place. Three elastic loops on the strap allow you to achieve a secure fit so toy will not bang against and damage the door. No assembly required. Toy requires 3 AA batteries, not included. | | | Features: | |
• Battery operated motorized toy continuously fliings a string about
• Easily hangs on most household doorknobs
• Encourages exercise and improves paw-eye coordination
• Ideal for all ages
• Two speeds allow you to control how fast the string moves
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 1.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 28.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.3 pounds | | Package Length:
| 29.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.65 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 110 reviews |
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403 of 423 found the following review helpful:
 Safety Warning!Dec 31, 2008
By R. Bray
My cats loved playing with this toy. Then, after a long period of supervised play, I turned the unit off and stowed the string according to the instructions on the box. However, a short time later, my cat figured-out how to pull the string from behind the rear side of the elastic band to which it is attached. She had managed to swallow most of the string, which is about 16"-18" long. Luckily, I was home, noticed what was happening and intervened by pulling over 12" of swallowed string from the mouth of my cat!
Of course, I immediately removed the toy from the door knob, studied the unit more carefully to understand how this had happened, then finally repackaged it in the box, putting it where my cats couldn't get to it.
In my opinion, there is a design flaw in the unit. Simply shutting off the toy with the string behind the back side of the belt is not enough (obviously) to prevent a cat from finding the string and then swallowing it. If the design were modified to place a solid plastic wall between the front side and back side of the belt, attaching the plastic to the sides of the belt housing, then the string couldn't be pulled back out by a curious cat.
In an effort to help improve safety and potentially to save a cat's life, as well as to help the manufacturer of an otherwise nice toy, I later called the manufacturer to advise her of what had happened and to present my suggestion.
The call was answered by a machine stating no one was available to take my call. But as I was leaving the message, a woman picked up the phone (sounding like I had woken her up. The call was placed at 10am EST on a Tuesday).
I began to tell her why I had called. Instead of sounding concerned, being willing to listen, or even apologizing, I was interrupted and told to "just wrap the string around the door knob - no cat could unwrap it." I disagreed, as I've seen cats do things no one thought they could do. In fact one of my cats does so on a regular basis.
She insisted that there was no reason to redesign the product, when people could just wrap the string around the door knob. Next, she tried to assign blame to me, telling me that the cat was supposed to be supervised when playing with the toy. (Again, my cats were being supervised while the toy was on. It was only when I had shut the toy off and stowed it according to the instructions that my cat was able to get at the string anyway and swallow it.)
Next, the woman suggested that my IQ was not as high as hers, insisting there was no need to change the design and again saying she had quickly figured out (after a couple other people had called mirroring my concerns) that all you have to do is wrap the string around the door knob.
Finally, to top off this somewhat less than desirable "customer service" experience - throughout the conversation, the woman repeatedly (no less than 3 times) stated "you can't please all customers." She's right!
Because, she didn't even try. All I wanted was for her to listen to my concern (it wasn't even a complaint) and to allow me to make a suggestion to improve safety (which, she could have thanked me for and then done nothing with, if that's what she chose.)
So, the bottom line and my reason for this review...I feel responsible to warn potential customers (since my phone call led me to believe that the manufacturer won't). In my opinion, the instructions on the box are insufficient to protect your cat. If you have one of these toys or decide to purchase one, I highly recommend that you remove it from the door knob after each use and put it away, where your cat can not get to it.
However, given that recommendation and the level of supervision required while the cats are playing with the toy, you might just want to save the money and pick-up an old-fashioned string.
123 of 130 found the following review helpful:
This thing almost killed my cat.Dec 24, 2009
By G. Wright
My cats loved it, however, one of my cats managed to chew the string off this thing and eat it and almost died. Several hundred dollars at the vet later, my cat is ok. I basically force fed a large amount of petromalt to my cat, which kind of greased up the intestinal tract and hurried him to the vet. My vet took an xray, but the string didn't show up. Surgery would have been almost impossible due to the fact that it would have been so hard to find the string in the intestine. So he just put the cat on a saline IV to get the cat well hydrated, and fortunately it passed the string. Sure, it says only to use it with supervision, but really, that is just the manufacturer admitting, this toy is just plain dangerous. If you care about your cat, don't risk it, do not buy this thing. There are plenty of safe toys out there to choose from.
79 of 83 found the following review helpful:
 Cats love it - maintenance seems to be a pain.Dec 21, 2008
By Jen Wiehl
Easy assembly and when I hooked it up it only took seconds for my three cats to start pouncing. It also took seconds for the thing to stop working.
After about an hour of tinkering and debating on returning it, I figured out the motor was working fine, it seemed to be the elastic band was too tight - that or the roller was stuck. I put some cooking oil on the bottom roller and everything started working just fine. It still sticks a bit, but I plan on trying some WD-40.
It's been less than 24 hours and my youngest cat started crying at me this morning - he never talks. I turned the Fling-ama-String on and he was totally happy. It's even getting my oldest cat (14 years old) off his big rear end and exercising.
All in all, the cats love it. I just wished they had send some troubleshooting instructions along with it.
24 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 great when it works....Jan 05, 2009
By Stan Pierzga
I bought the Fling-ama-String for a 1.5 year old male cat. He enjoyed it thoroughly until the motor stopped working. This was after maybe 2-3 weeks of intermittent use. I have contacted the seller and the manufacturer as to the warranty on the item, but I have not gotten any response yet. It's one of the few cat toys that actually held my cat's interest for more than a few hours. I hope the company will send me a new unit and possibly improve the motor on the unit.
23 of 23 found the following review helpful:
Well, I can't give zero stars...Jan 31, 2009
By J. Potter
The motor completely stopped working after 6 weeks!!! It has two speed settings and the fast speed stopped working on the 3rd day.... and the slow speed broke later.
And it really sucks, because our cats just loved it. It was probably our youngest cats most favorite thing in the world.
Before it died it went through batteries like crazy and often got "stuck" (see the other reviews). This product would have gotten 4 stars and I would have gladly replaced the batteries every couple of days if it hadn't broke so soon.
I just can't see dropping another $20+ on a toy that will break again, then break his heart again, and then break my heart again....
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