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Interactive Robotic Cat Play System Now Available at OldMaidCatLady.com
Interactive Robotic Cat Play System Now Available at OldMaidCatLady.com
A new product that allows cat owners to play with their pets from anywhere in the world is now available to consumers.
Neptune Beach,
FL,
United States
(pr4links.com)
11/03/2011
Feeling guilty about leaving Fluffy at home while you travel? Fret no more. Now you can enjoy playtime with your cats from anywhere in the world with the iPet Companion robotic interactive cat play system.OldMaidCatLady.com is the latest outlet through which people can purchase Apriori Control’s iPet Companion, which is being released to consumers after trials at shelters in Idaho and Oregon. The patent-pending kit includes three interactive toys and a camera for installation in the room with the cats, plus the software to integrate the interactive part with a website. Users log onto the site to move the toys around and play with the cats. They can also interact with other users in a chat function.
“These days, everybody’s on the go all the time,” says OldMaidCatLady.com proprietor Lynn Thompson. “With iPet Companion, they can cure the boredom of waiting on a flight or a meeting to interact with their cats. It’s healthy for both the cats and the owners!”Studies have shown the effectiveness of environmental enrichment in keeping cats mentally healthy well into the geriatric years. Without proper stimulation, felines are more susceptible to “kitty dementia,” which can result in yowling and other inappropriate behaviors.
“With cats living longer now due to better veterinary care, these things rise in importance to the conscientious cat owner,” adds Thompson.“In shelters, we’ve shown that allowing the public to interact with the cats drives traffic to their websites, improves adoption rates, and increases donations,” says Scott Harris of Apriori Controls, developer of iPet Companion. “It keeps the shelter cats happier and more adoptable, and has brightened the lives of some elderly and homebound people who wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity to interact with pets. Now, pet owners on the go can enjoy these same benefits for their cats at home.”
Those benefits won’t come cheaply, however, with the system retailing for $5,999.95. There’s also a $79 monthly charge for hosting the server-side hardware necessary to operate the system.But for the busy executive or entrepreneur on the go who misses and worries about little Puff back at home, iPet Companion may be worth the investment. To purchase it or to view links to the systems in place at shelters in Idaho and Oregon, visit http://www.oldmaidcatlady.com/ipetcompanion.
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A new product that allows cat owners to play with their pets from anywhere in the world is now available to consumers.
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