My Cat Ignored €43 of “Must-Have” Products in 6 Seconds (Ep2)

I didn’t buy one thing.
I bought several.

Because once you’re already feeling guilty, your brain does something fascinating: it stops calculating.

One bowl. One toy. One “enrichment” thing that promised mental stimulation.
Total damage: €43.

I put everything on the floor carefully, like I was preparing an offering.

My cat approached.
Sniffed the first item.
Paused.
Then walked past all of it and jumped onto the couch.

Six seconds.

That’s not an exaggeration. I checked the video later.

Here’s a fun fact nobody warns you about: the more excited you are about a pet product, the less interested your pet often is. Enthusiasm does not transfer species.

At first, I was annoyed.
Then confused.
Then slightly embarrassed.

Because the truth hit me: none of those things were solving a real problem. They were solving my discomfort.

They looked useful. They sounded smart. They had great reviews from people who were also probably standing in their kitchens thinking, “Surely this will work.”

This is when I noticed a pattern.

The products that failed had three things in common:

• They needed my cat to “learn” something new

• They changed her routine 

• They added effort instead of removing it

Meanwhile, the things she actually used were boring.
Predictable.
Already familiar.

Another uncomfortable realization: pets don’t experience boredom the way we do. Sometimes what we call “bored” is just… calm. And calm looks wrong to humans who are constantly stimulated.

That was a big shift for me.

I stopped asking, “Is this cool?”
I started asking, “What problem does this remove today?”

Most things didn’t pass.

€43 wasn’t a disaster. But it was tuition. And I paid it gladly, because it taught me something important:

If a product needs your pet to change first, it’s probably the wrong product.

That thought stayed with me.

Next episode: The Day I Realized “More Toys” Was Actually the Problem.

And yes — this is where things got even more uncomfortable.

No selling. Just continuity:
“If this sounds familiar, you’re going to like the next one.”