I thought for sure that a perpetually rolling ball with a fuzzy thing hanging off it would be a hit with my two "juvenile" cats ... about 5 months old. They are big time laser hunters...but got bored with the "automatic" lasers with slow and predictable patterns. This ball came with no instructions...but I figured out that the halves unscrew counter clockwise. Inside, you will see a battery holder that accepts 2 AA batteries. There are + and indicators for proper battery polarity. Something to watch out for ... normally, the big spring end of a battery holder accepts the minus end of a battery. Not so with this gadget. I had to put a small piece of aluminum foil on the top of ONE battery's positive end so that it would make good contact with this spring. There is a little red switch to turn the unit off and on ... but it is internal. So, if you want to turn the unit off, you have to unscrew it. The ball will roll around for over an hour on your kitchen floor and will do okay on not too plush rugs ... but it eventually gets hung up on something... not a big deal...just kick it a bit. The ball is large enough not to go under the couch.My two juvenile female sisters were curious about the randomly moving ball for around 30 minutes and gradually started ignoring it. Too bad. Overall, I seem to have had more fun ANTICIPATING the fun THEY were going to have with it. Hey, give it a try with your kittens ... perhaps my juveniles just thought that chasing the ball was for little kids.
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