Snuggle Kitty Heartbeat Plush Cat Toy by Snuggle Puppy - Cat Calming Toy and Anxiety Relief for All Breed Sizes

5 week old puppy loves it!

Sorry in advance for being long-winded with this review! I only wish this info had been available to me, when pondering this $40.00 purchase. Yes, it's really expensive. But this little cuddle kitty has been a life-saver for my Romeo.So, here is my sob story...my "almost" 14 year old Domestic Short-Hair cat Romeo is missing his brother Rocco.Romeo & Rocco, brother's since birth (pictured together as kitten's & adult's), they were together since 4/2004. They groomed, slept, played and loved on each-other their entire lives.On 1/23/18, I came home @ 10:00pm, both cat's seemed to be fine, they both ate a late dinner. Rocco (black & white/ cow cat), as normal, he went downstairs to his litter box and then, I heard a horrible flailing noise. I ran to check on him and there was my "seemingly healthy boy" laying on the step (indoors), crying and his back legs were completely paralyzed, and he was having trouble breathing. We rushed him to the emergency vet, but there was no saving him. He was newly (that night) diagnosed with congestive heart failure & that night, a blood clot had released & perched itself just in the right spot, as to cut-off all circulation to both of his back feet (with no positive prognosis). It was the most terrifying and traumatizing thing that I've ever gone through. Rocco was in pain, he was in duress, he couldn't breathe normally...and with no viable treatment's available, we were forced to put him to sleep that night. It was the absolute hardest decision that I have ever been forced to make. He was my baby! He slept with me every night! He was this crazy little kitty who "LOVED" to be vacuumed...anytime I ran the vacuum, he was right there, wanting to be vacuumed. I only wish, I had video of it.So, after we came home from the hospital without Rocco that morning, his brother Romeo was missing him so much over the next few days. I thought, what can I do to ease his loneliness, worry, and just plain sadness?? I went online and "Googled"..."Cuddle Kitty" and up came this little stuffed animal on Amazon. It wasn't inexpensive at almost $40.00 & I'm not rich, however, I thought, if this could in "ANYWAY" ease Romeo's suffering, I'm all in!I purchased "Kitty" from Amazon and keep in mind, he/ she's nothing more than a really soft and well made stuffed animal. The heart-beat...? I really don't think it made much difference (as other's have said, it's rather loud and for me, really unnatural, the manufacturer should quiet it down a bit). I never used the included heat-pack because I placed a heating-pad on my couch for Romeo & "Kitty"...they seemed to like it.6 week update: Romeo doesn't sleep with "Kitty" anymore. He actually avoids "Kitty" and that's fine. If he just needed "Kitty" to get him over the "hump" so be it! I'm guessing other pet-parent's would agree and do the same. OVERALL: Kitty is a great purchase...you've gotta do, what you've gotta do, at the time and if this little guy works...GREAT!

My 17-year-old brown tabby girl was experiencing hiccupy-type spasms, not all the time but enough to be concerning. Paid a few hundred dollars for all the testing to find no explanation, as her health seemed quite good. Vet said it could be stress as she/we lost our beautiful brave blind other 17-year-old male last summer, and apparently grief can go on for some time as they were extremely close. The medicine the vet prescribed was to relieve anxiety and provide some limited pain relief. I spotted the Snuggle Kitty and read good reviews that sounded like it was well worth a try first. I also had acquired the Feliway Classic calming diffuser. The snuggle kitty, which we call FK for Faux Kitty, has a battery-operated 'heartbeat' and a warming pad provided, the latter we skipped. The 'heartbeat' seemed strong but who knows? It was not rejected from the start when put on her favorite chair, a good sign, but took a day or two for real kitty to get right next to faux kitty. Now it and the calming diffuser are staples in the main room and there's been no need to use the prescribed medicine. The hiccupy spasms are not all gone but I can see she's much happier and even playful, and when the hiccupy things occur I put her next to me or on my lap and either gently massage the back of her neck and her back, or simply apply light pressure on her back or side with my palm for 5 or 10 minutes. Both actions ease the spasms away but I don't think we'd have gotten to that point without the help of the Snuggle Kitty heartbeat and the calming diffuser. Tip: We chose the running-all-the-time option which does use the batteries faster but some of even the cheaper ones last quite awhile. Need to experiment with them but be sure to always have some handy as having even the faux 'heartbeat' stop for too long could be disconcerting to real kitty. Just touch it each day to feel if it's working. Also- the plastic heart has two tiny screws which are a pain to remove and put back in each time the 2 AAA batteries need changing. The two pieces of red plastic actually fit together snugly without the screws.

Would get 5 stars if it came with a reusable heat pack. But does its job of calming/warming the kitten.