FAQ for Pipolino®

Yes, if it is regularly refilled before it is empty, and the time of use allows everyone to ingest both slowly and sufficiently.

Yes, if the cage is large enough, with a base that allows the Pipolino® to roll.

If the litter does not allow it, the Pipolino® should be placed in a small container (width ≥ 20 cm; length ≥ 40 cm; height ≥ 5 cm) placed above the litter.

Play is only one of the effects of the Pipolino®, to fight against boredom and a sedentary lifestyle.

Pipolino® also allows slow ingestion, which avoids heartburn, which is the cause of many problems: ingested foreign bodies, gnawed electrical wires, aggressiveness, gastritis, pancreatitis, colitis, enterotoxemia, etc.

The overall effects of Pipolino® significantly increase the well-being, health and longevity of the animals that use it.

Many animals can use the Pipolino® to advantage:

tortoises, monitor lizards, parrots, rats, primates, who, when offered food consumed faster than in the wild, experience the same digestion and sedentary problems as dogs and cats.

As soon as he is hungry, he always knows how to push the Pipolino® to take the food that is underneath and take the food out.

The Pipolino® is more than a toy. Its quality, useful volume and numerous favorable effects are linked to the complexity of its manufacture, by assembling 10 different parts.

Pipolino® is the only feeding method that combines all the individual advantages without their drawbacks of bowls, stationary dispensers and mobile feed dispensers:

• adapts to all sizes and shapes of kibble or other dry foods;
• contains, depending on the models in the range and for each species, age and size, a quantity sufficient for a meal, for one or more animals, for one or more days;
• allows you to easily modify the feed flow, and thus adapt the animal, gradually and gently, to the chosen flow;
• requires slow ingestion that avoids overconsumption, provides satiety and improves digestion;
• has an inertia system to prevent the dispersal on the ground of kibble that would not be consumed;
• does not crush the kibble that comes out of it and does not collect dust from the ground;
• is designed not to roll under furniture where the animal cannot retrieve it;
• is designed not to roll under furniture where the animal cannot retrieve it;
• is taught in French Veterinary Schools for the prevention and treatment of excess weight, digestive disorders as well as behavioral diseases such as bulimia, obesity, uncleanliness, aggressiveness, depression, sedentary lifestyle;
• is accessible to all budgets;
• has the best quality / price ratio, to enrich the living environment of the pet and bring it well-being, health and longevity;
• is an investment that pays for itself in a few months by reducing food consumption and reducing veterinary costs.

No. Many animals can use the Pipolino® with profit: tortoises, monitor lizards, parrots, rats, primates, which experience, when offered food consumed faster than in nature, the same problems of digestion and sedentary lifestyle as dogs and cats.

As soon as he is hungry, he always knows how to push the Pipolino® to take the food that is underneath and take the food out.

Bulimic cats eat very quickly to calm their gastralgia. Unfortunately, eating fast further increases gastric acidity and gastralgia, and therefore bulimia.

During the first few weeks of using Pipolino®, the cat eats more slowly, his gastralgia decreases as well as bulimia.

You can find all the information on the Pipolino-M® user manuals page.

With this link, you will find a grid to choose the Pipolino® that best suits your animal and the dimensions of the kibbles.

It seems more effective to always leave the Pipolino® at the cat’s disposal with a large quantity of kibble, to refill it regularly before it is empty to avoid starvation anxiety. It is possible, if the cat is bulimic, that its consumption of croquettes is too important the first days; it is then regulated if the Pipolino® is set to the smallest flow.

Obesity is linked to the simultaneous existence of anxiety and excess energy intake.

It is therefore a priority to use foods with a very low energy density and to fight anxiety; This is often due to gastric pain linked to very rapid ingestion, but also to osteoarticular pain linked to a sedentary lifestyle, and to depression, a stress factor, resulting from boredom.

Pipolino® will gradually reduce all these anxiety factors, and slimming will be a consequence.

Previously, Pipolino® will have already stopped weight gain, which is the greatest risk factor for serious diseases (diabetes, liver failure, etc.), as excess weight mainly promotes a sedentary lifestyle and locomotor problems.

If you don’t see any improvement, it’s because their anxiety has another cause (hormonal, environmental, etc.). Then talk to your veterinarian.

Place the Pipolino® in a container (≥ 40 x 25 x 8 cm) placed high, accessible only by the cat.

Minimize the flow rate and, if this is not enough, place the Pipolino® in a box (e.g. a litter box) for the cat to roll in.

Many adult cats are anxious, often because they have gastralgia, and some have pain when they move around as a result of being too sedentary.

It is on these cats that the Pipolino® will show the most benefits!

Just follow the instructions for use and hold on for one or 2 days for hunger to be greater than inhibitions and for the cat to agree to roll the Pipolino® (follow the advice above of “My cat does not use the Pipolino®”).

This is often the first impression, but it turns out to be inaccurate when you know that all kittens over 2 months old and weighing more than one kilo know how to use the Pipolino®.

Its large dimensions are designed so that it does not roll under furniture that is too low for a cat to pass through, and to store food for several days or several cats.

The rubber strips of the Pipolino® are normally sufficient to prevent it from making noise while driving.

Only the sound of the kibble in the Pipolino® persists when it is rolling, but this faint noise does not penetrate the walls or floors, and will be greatly attenuated in the apartment if the Pipolino® is supplemented with kibble well before it is empty.

It is an opportunistic cat, but it is enough for it to enjoy the benefits of the Pipolino®: gentle physical activity, mental activity and slow ingestion.

However, if you want to avoid this for the sake of equal effort between your cats, set the flow rate to a single hole, or, if that is not enough, give your other cats a large part of their daily ration in a bowl for a few days; the thief will then be hungrier than the others and will agree to use the Pipolino®.

In Nature, the cat is not a long-distance runner like the dog, and moves very slowly.

The physical activity induced by Pipolino®, which is very gentle, corresponds to the natural physical capacities of the cat, and is sufficient for the maintenance of its muscles and joints, while allowing it to be ingested slowly for light digestion.

The physical activity induced by Pipolino®, very gentle, therefore corresponds to the natural physical capacities of the cat, and is sufficient for the maintenance of its muscles and its joints, while allowing a slow ingestion for a light digestion.

Only the kittens, which are very active in learning about predation, make the Pipolino® roll faster.

False!

Whatever his age, if his appetite is correct and he is not blind, he will know how to use his instinct and intelligence to feed himself with the Pipolino®.

See answer above ‘My cat doesn’t use the Pipolino®!’.

A 24-hour diet and even a diet of several days is safe for a cat, except possibly in case of liver problems and if no food is offered.

Following the proposed instructions for use, with the presence of kibble between the Pipolino® and a wall, avoids this risk.

Several possible reasons:

• the bowl has not been removed;
• the Pipolino® has been rolled in front of him and either he is afraid of it or he considers that it is not up to him to touch it.

In both cases, the initiation to Pipolino® must be repeated:

• place the Pipolino® at an angle against a wall at the location of the bowl that has been removed;
• place a few croquettes between the wall and the Pipolino®;
• be patient, leaving the cat alone as long as possible;
• if the kibble has been eaten and the Pipolino® has remained in the same place, put some kibble back between the wall and the Pipolino® and reduce the angle between the wall and the Pipolino®;
• until the Pipolino® is found far from the wall.

No, because the cat only rolls the Pipolino® when it is hungry, so that it immediately consumes each kibble that comes out. As soon as he is full, he stops rolling the Pipolino®.

Some brands of kibble are dusty or greasy, and can therefore leave marks on the floor. In this case, use a container such as a litter box in which the cat will roll the Pipolino®.

This is often the first impression, but it turns out to be inaccurate when you know that all kittens over 2 months old and weighing more than one kilo know how to use the Pipolino®.

Its large dimensions are designed so that it does not roll under furniture that is too low for a cat to pass through, and to store food for several days or several cats.

The Pipolino® is more than a toy. Its quality, useful volume and numerous favorable effects are linked to the complexity of its manufacture, by assembling 10 different parts.

Pipolino® is the only feeding method that combines all the individual advantages without their drawbacks of bowls, stationary dispensers and mobile feed dispensers:

• adapts to all sizes and shapes of kibble or other dry foods;
• contains, depending on the models in the range and for each species, age and size, a quantity sufficient for a meal, for one or more animals, for one or more days;
• allows you to easily modify the feed flow, and thus adapt the animal, gradually and gently, to the chosen flow;
• requires slow ingestion that avoids overconsumption, provides satiety and improves digestion;
• has an inertia system to prevent the dispersal on the ground of kibble that would not be consumed;
• does not crush the kibble that comes out of it and does not collect dust from the ground;
• is designed not to roll under furniture where the animal cannot retrieve it;
• is designed not to roll under furniture where the animal cannot retrieve it;
• is taught in French Veterinary Schools for the prevention and treatment of excess weight, digestive disorders as well as behavioral diseases such as bulimia, obesity, uncleanliness, aggressiveness, depression, sedentary lifestyle;
• is accessible to all budgets;
• has the best quality / price ratio, to enrich the living environment of the pet and bring it well-being, health and longevity;
• is an investment that pays for itself in a few months by reducing food consumption and reducing veterinary costs.

You can find all the information in the Owner’s manual for Pipolino L/XL

It is preferable, at least in the early stages, to offer the same quantities as before.

After a few weeks of using Pipolino® set to the lowest flow rate, the dog can achieve satiety by consuming less than before, but digesting better, which will allow him to maintain an ideal weight.

You can keep the previous habits, even if the dog’s physiology allows him to eat only once a day.

If your dog is left alone for part of the day, it is advisable, to avoid separation anxiety, to give him a meal with Pipolino® when he is left alone.

In this case, put the Pipolino® in a rectangular or cylindrical tray of sufficient size for the dog to roll the Pipolino® in without taking it out:

• rectangular container:
  • width ≥ length of Pipolino®
  • length ≥ 2 times the length of Pipolino®
  • container height ≥ 3/4 of the Pipolino® diameter
• cylindrical container
  • diameter ≥ 1.5 times the length of the Pipolino
  • height ≥ 3/4 of the Pipolino diameter

After a few weeks you can offer the Pipolino® out of the tank again to see that it has settled down.

Yes, if its capacity is sufficient and after a try, except in the case of bulimic dogs, who then consider food as a treatment for their stomach pain and may be aggressive towards their fellow dogs. Nevertheless, after a few weeks of using the Pipolino®, he will no longer have gastralgia and will agree to share the Pipolino® with other dogs.

If the dog is destructive, you can opt for a Pipolino-XL® that he will not be able to take it in the mouth.

Better: educate him, from the initiation to Pipolino®, not to take it in the mouth (use a spray type “Pet-Corrector” which we direct the air jet towards the dog as soon as he takes the Pipolino® in the mouth; the pressurized expelled air emits ultrasounds which suggest the presence of a snake. A few sessions will usually suffice. Do not speak or give orders during these sessions, so that they are also effective in your absence).

Practice a few education sessions as in the previous case.

If this does not work, remove with cutting pliers a part of the bar which is used to open or close the cap (see below)

Only introduce Pipolino® to the dog when it is hungry.

He must be forbidden to take him in the face, raising his voice, and congratulate him when he rolls him to the ground.

A few training sessions are usually enough, as the dog is always trying to satisfy its owner.

The dog’s sense of smell allows him to know immediately that there is food in the Pipolino®; if he is hungry, he knows how to use his nose to push the Pipolino® from the outset.

No, if you only present Pipolino® to your dog when he is hungry: he will immediately consume each kibble that comes out of the apartment! At the end of the meal, if he leaves any kibble on the ground, decrease and adjust the following rations so that all the contents of the Pipolino® are consumed.

Some brands of kibble are dusty or greasy, and can therefore leave marks on the floor. In this case, use a container such as a litter box in which the dog will roll the Pipolino®.

This is often the first impression, but it turns out to be inaccurate when you know that all puppies over 2 months and over 2 kg know how to use the Pipolino-L®.

Its large dimensions are designed so that it does not roll under furniture, and for kibble of all sizes up to 16 mm in diameter.

The Pipolino® is more than a toy. Its quality, useful volume and numerous favorable effects are linked to the complexity of its manufacture, by assembling 10 different parts.

Pipolino® is the only feeding method that combines all the individual advantages without their drawbacks of bowls, stationary dispensers and mobile feed dispensers:

• adapts to all sizes and shapes of kibble or other dry foods;
• contains, depending on the models in the range and for each species, age and size, a quantity sufficient for a meal, for one or more animals, for one or more days;
• allows you to easily modify the feed flow, and thus adapt the animal, gradually and gently, to the chosen flow;
• requires slow ingestion that avoids overconsumption, provides satiety and improves digestion;
• has an inertia system to prevent the dispersal on the ground of kibble that would not be consumed;
• does not crush the kibble that comes out of it and does not collect dust from the ground;
• is designed not to roll under furniture where the animal cannot retrieve it;
• is designed not to roll under furniture where the animal cannot retrieve it;
• is taught in French Veterinary Schools for the prevention and treatment of excess weight, digestive disorders as well as behavioral diseases such as bulimia, obesity, uncleanliness, aggressiveness, depression, sedentary lifestyle;
• is accessible to all budgets;
• has the best quality / price ratio, to enrich the living environment of the pet and bring it well-being, health and longevity;
• is an investment that pays for itself in a few months by reducing food consumption and reducing veterinary costs.

By setting the Pipolino® for a concentrate consumption of about 200 grams/hour per 100 kg of weight, the ideal physiological digestion is achieved.

Yes, provided that their dietary needs are the same, and by placing the Pipolino® in a container that is large enough and accessible to all.

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He shows his anxiety related to gastric hyperacidity because the food does not come out fast enough for him. It will gradually stop. You can then continue to reduce the food output rate.

The horse immediately understands how the Pipolino® works, which he pushes with his nose as if it were a round stone with green grass under it.

If your horse usually eats very quickly, gradually switch from the usual rapid ingestion to slow ingestion over several weeks so as not to stress them. Follow the instructions carefully.

The Pipolino® is more than a toy. Its quality, useful volume and numerous favorable effects are linked to the complexity of its manufacture, by assembling 10 different parts.

Pipolino® is the only feeding method that combines all the individual advantages without their drawbacks of bowls, stationary dispensers and mobile feed dispensers:

• adapts to all sizes and shapes of kibble or other dry foods;
• contains, depending on the models in the range and for each species, age and size, a quantity sufficient for a meal, for one or more animals, for one or more days;
• allows you to easily modify the feed flow, and thus adapt the animal, gradually and gently, to the chosen flow;
• requires slow ingestion that avoids overconsumption, provides satiety and improves digestion;
• has an inertia system to prevent the dispersal on the ground of kibble that would not be consumed;
• does not crush the kibble that comes out of it and does not collect dust from the ground;
• is designed not to roll under furniture where the animal cannot retrieve it;
• is designed not to roll under furniture where the animal cannot retrieve it;
• is taught in French Veterinary Schools for the prevention and treatment of excess weight, digestive disorders as well as behavioral diseases such as bulimia, obesity, uncleanliness, aggressiveness, depression, sedentary lifestyle;
• is accessible to all budgets;
• has the best quality / price ratio, to enrich the living environment of the pet and bring it well-being, health and longevity;
• is an investment that pays for itself in a few months by reducing food consumption and reducing veterinary costs.