--- title: Kickstarter For Cat Hamster Wheel Raises 120,000 Dollars description: A Kickstarter for a hamster wheel for cats has raised more than 120,000 dollars. canonical: https://time.com/3018489/cat-hamster-wheel-kickstarter/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-22T14:49:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:50.734Z og:title: Kickstarter Raises Over $120,000 to Fund a Giant Hamster Wheel for Cats og:description: For feline fitness og:url: https://time.com/3018489/cat-hamster-wheel-kickstarter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3363413443c1c5ad/69869c9bcd804d1b6bccc081/166273382-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5120 og:image:height: 2880 og:image:alt: 166273382 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kickstarter Raises Over $120,000 to Fund a Giant Hamster Wheel for Cats twitter:description: For feline fitness twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3363413443c1c5ad/69869c9bcd804d1b6bccc081/166273382-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Hottest New Exercise Equipment Is a Giant Hamster Wheel...for Cats > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 22, 2014 2:49 PM UTC  Close up of cat's face Close up of cat's face Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 22, 2014 2:49 PM UTC If you’re hoping to help your fat cat slim down, consider getting him this feline hamster wheel. It’s still in its funding stages, but a [Kickstarter campaign](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/620439316/one-fast-cat-exercise-wheel) has already _vastly_ exceeded its goal of $10,000. In just a few weeks, supporters of this exercise wheel — called One Fast Cat — have pledged well over $120,000\. But why a hamster wheel? “It’s good for cats to get some sort of workout and changing it up to keep them interested is important,” creator Sean Farley [wrote](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/620439316/one-fast-cat-exercise-wheel) on the Kickstarter page. “There are many ways to keep your cat lively, giving them access to energetic companions, making a play session part of their day, and/or offering them tempting exercise equipment for use when you’re not at home…that’s why we came up with “One Fast Cat” cat wheel.” Okay then! Here’s a look at how the contraption works: After giving this some thought, we’re not really surprised that the campaign surpassed its funding goal. It’s 2014\. If there’s[ wine for cats](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/15/never-drink-alone-again-because-now-theres-wine-for-cats/), why can’t there be a hamster wheel for cats too? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3018489/cat-hamster-wheel-kickstarter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3018489/cat-hamster-wheel-kickstarter/"},"headline":"The Hottest New Exercise Equipment Is a Giant Hamster Wheel...for Cats","datePublished":"2014-07-22T14:49:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:50.734Z","description":"A Kickstarter for this project has already raised more than $120,000","url":"https://time.com/3018489/cat-hamster-wheel-kickstarter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","cats","Crowdfunding","Kickstarter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3363413443c1c5ad/69869c9bcd804d1b6bccc081/166273382-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3363413443c1c5ad/69869c9bcd804d1b6bccc081/166273382-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"166273382","caption":"166273382","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3018489/cat-hamster-wheel-kickstarter/","name":"The Hottest New Exercise Equipment Is a Giant Hamster Wheel...for Cats"}}]}] ```