Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I had been waiting excitedly for this for to be available since I first heard about it nearly 9 months ago. I put up with a lot from people making fun of it and me for being excited about it. I didn't care who laughed if it made my babies happy. Over time I got very defensive. I couldn't mention it without lots of interesting comments. It is pretty expensive for a chunk of silicone, but I understand manufacturing issues with a new product. It looks silly, but silly is fun. The idea if licking a cat just seems strange, but since when is strange a bad thing? I would do just about anything for my babies. I SO MUCH wanted my cats to love it! I would show everyone who laughed! My cats would like it. I would like it. And everyone would wish that they had one, too. Then I came out of my little dream world. It feels awkward in my mouth. It takes odd positioning for my entire upper body to use it. Very difficult to use smoothly. I tried to get used to it before cats even saw it so that it would not be awkward for them. I finally tried it on the first cat. He will let anyone do anything to him. I had hoped that the nervous cat would see the tolerant cat and both would be fine with it. Cat number 1yelled and hid in the closet. Cat number 2 went under the bed. Not yet willing to give up, I even tried it on our dog. He tolerated it for about 2 minutes then grabbed it, took off, and buried it in the back yard. All 3 animals were mad and avoided me for days. On top of everything else, my back and neck hurt from using it. I really wanted this to be the next best thing, but it just traumatized the animals. I hope that one of these days my cats and dog will love me again.