Can a cat get frustrated? The truth is that it is very difficult. It is an animal that is made to hunt, but obviously it does not always get its prey the first time. In fact, of all felines, it is one of those with the lowest success rate. To give you an idea, the cougar has an 80% chance of getting food the first time, while our friend only a 17%. It is little, but still he keeps trying, since his survival depends on it.
And he will not stop trying despite living in a home where he always has a full feeder, since his hunting instinct is controlled by the lateral hypothalamus, which also controls the hunger center, but both behaviors are controlled independently. Therefore, it is important understand frustration in cats every time we play with these furry ones.
We tend to think that cats get bored easily, and therefore they always need to hunt and be successful. Nothing could be further from the truth. Being used to "losing" so many times, They don't like that we let them win every time. Also, if we did, they would most likely become very frustrated, to the point that they could end up losing their motivation to play.
Thus, to avoid this, the ideal would be to let them capture the toy around a 10 and 30% of the time at most. In this way, they will perfect their hunting techniques and, incidentally, our relationship will become even stronger almost without realizing it, which is not bad at all, right? 🙂
It must be borne in mind that, if cats are what they are, it is because of so many times that they try to hunt their prey, they have managed to be one of the predatory animals that best adapt to different environments.
To finish, I leave you the link of the article of the hunting success rate of the felines.