Scooter loves this toy. He spends hours trying to destroy his newly acquired "home" addition. [We try to use the term "home" instead of cage so he doesn't seem so "trapped".] He loved the paper filler in the little cups and had a blast chomping through the top half of this crunch and munch. He still has the bottom half to go. This toy has lasted a long time by Scoooter standards. The different levels of texture and materials are well worth the investment.
NUPRO Nuggets for Cats (1 lb)
List Price: $16.99
Sale Price: Price Unavailable
Today's Bonus: 41% Off
The product was for my daughter's cat, Ozzie. My daughter makes all her own cat and dog food, she adds the Nupro in the cat food. The cat loves it and is very healthy and more playful, and has lost that extra weight he was carrying around.
Arctic Paws Original 4-Ounce Yummy Chummies Original Treats
List Price: $5.35
Sale Price: $2.54
Today's Bonus: 53% Off
These are super treats! My dog would open them herself-if she had thumbs. Now to the price-$6.99 for 4 ounces...when I read that I did a double take. Say what!!!! I buy these at my local grocery store for $1.79 per 4 ounce bag. People please shop around this price is outrageous unless, of course, there is a gold nugget at the bottom of the bag.
Sherpa Original Deluxe Classic Pet Dog Cat Carrier Bag Medium
List Price: $79.99
Sale Price: $52.99
Today's Bonus: 34% Off
I ordered this bag expecting it to be exactly as the photo. Instead of the attractive green plain pattern depicted in the photo, an ugly solid green bag arrived. I have had Sherpa bags in the past. But this one was poorly constructed and not the quality one would expect from this well known company. The bottom floor could easily have caught my pup's hair and ripped it out with the velcro attachment strips. I was worried my puppy would get underneath it. The mesh sides were dangerously thin and disallowed any privacy. I hated it... and the slow delayed delivery that made it arrive too late for my plane trip anyway.
Purina Tidy Cats Breeze Litter Box System
I've had this for a few weeks, and I'm really happy with it.
The hugest advantage to this system is the urine is separated from the 'litter' and odor is greatly reduced. The litter consist of pellets similar in shape/size to the wood-based natural litters, but they are of a hard clay, which doesn't break down with moisture, and they keep their shape. Thus, the urine drains straight down through a grid to the pad (in its own slide-out drawer), and the poo stays on top to be scooped away.
The pee will not ferment with the characteristic stench, and you don't have to deal with clumping litter which doesn't really clump, and is just plain stinky and messy to scoop up.
The proprietary 'pee' pads are kind of like a giant maxi pad, and absorb a lot of liquid. Also, the bottom side of the pad is plastic, and the pad fits into the tray in a way that the plastic is upturned to keep the tray itself dry. Maintenance consists of merely taking the drawer out to the trash, and sliding the pad out, putting in a new one, and sliding the drawer back into the bottom of the box.
The litter itself are hard pellets, which hardly get tracked, and it is 100% dustless. A pellet or two stick to paws, but are easily picked up and tossed back into the box. Scooping is easy, and if the poo is dry, you can kind of shake it around in the scoop to knock off some of the pellets, then throw it in the trash instead of wasting water with a toilet flush.
It takes mere seconds to maintain the box vs. 10 minutes of scooping and scraping soggy clumping litter which doesn't really clump, but falls apart.
When it's time to change the litter (once a month), it just pours into the trash, no scraping the soggy wet concrete of old.
Some say you get a 'poo' smell, since kitties can't bury it quite like they did with the old type of litter, but I'll take that over the overpowering stench of fermented urine any day. And, the smell goes away quite shortly, just like human smell in the bathroom. Note that you should just use one bag of the pellets in the box, the litter won't be as deep. I just give the box a quick shake daily to even it back out.
Cat adaption to the new box: This won't work for everyone, but this is what I did: I set up the new Breeze system next to the old box (which was fairly gross, as I let it get bad) to see what would happen. I placed a clump of the old litter into the new box to let him know it was 'his.' My 9 year old fellow was pretty much using the new box right away (probably out of curiousity more than anything). After 3 days or so, I removed the old box and inserted it directly into the garbage, never to be dealt with again. No problems, 100% compliance on Max's part.
If Tidy Cats came out with a fully hooded version of the box, it would be great for the folks who have standing pee-ers, but my fellow doesn't do that, so I'm lucky.
Finally, some say the pellets and pads are expensive, but I estimate the cost as about equal to the old style of box over the long run and the convenience and ease of maintenance should erase any other doubt.
Also, this system has the potential of keeping tons of conventional clay litter out of landfills.
Highly recommended.
The hugest advantage to this system is the urine is separated from the 'litter' and odor is greatly reduced. The litter consist of pellets similar in shape/size to the wood-based natural litters, but they are of a hard clay, which doesn't break down with moisture, and they keep their shape. Thus, the urine drains straight down through a grid to the pad (in its own slide-out drawer), and the poo stays on top to be scooped away.
The pee will not ferment with the characteristic stench, and you don't have to deal with clumping litter which doesn't really clump, and is just plain stinky and messy to scoop up.
The proprietary 'pee' pads are kind of like a giant maxi pad, and absorb a lot of liquid. Also, the bottom side of the pad is plastic, and the pad fits into the tray in a way that the plastic is upturned to keep the tray itself dry. Maintenance consists of merely taking the drawer out to the trash, and sliding the pad out, putting in a new one, and sliding the drawer back into the bottom of the box.
The litter itself are hard pellets, which hardly get tracked, and it is 100% dustless. A pellet or two stick to paws, but are easily picked up and tossed back into the box. Scooping is easy, and if the poo is dry, you can kind of shake it around in the scoop to knock off some of the pellets, then throw it in the trash instead of wasting water with a toilet flush.
It takes mere seconds to maintain the box vs. 10 minutes of scooping and scraping soggy clumping litter which doesn't really clump, but falls apart.
When it's time to change the litter (once a month), it just pours into the trash, no scraping the soggy wet concrete of old.
Some say you get a 'poo' smell, since kitties can't bury it quite like they did with the old type of litter, but I'll take that over the overpowering stench of fermented urine any day. And, the smell goes away quite shortly, just like human smell in the bathroom. Note that you should just use one bag of the pellets in the box, the litter won't be as deep. I just give the box a quick shake daily to even it back out.
Cat adaption to the new box: This won't work for everyone, but this is what I did: I set up the new Breeze system next to the old box (which was fairly gross, as I let it get bad) to see what would happen. I placed a clump of the old litter into the new box to let him know it was 'his.' My 9 year old fellow was pretty much using the new box right away (probably out of curiousity more than anything). After 3 days or so, I removed the old box and inserted it directly into the garbage, never to be dealt with again. No problems, 100% compliance on Max's part.
If Tidy Cats came out with a fully hooded version of the box, it would be great for the folks who have standing pee-ers, but my fellow doesn't do that, so I'm lucky.
Finally, some say the pellets and pads are expensive, but I estimate the cost as about equal to the old style of box over the long run and the convenience and ease of maintenance should erase any other doubt.
Also, this system has the potential of keeping tons of conventional clay litter out of landfills.
Highly recommended.
Wellness Healthy Indulgence - Turkey & Chicken Entree - 24 x 3 oz
List Price: $68.24
Sale Price: $28.99
Today's Bonus: 58% Off
These pouches have a tendency to be quite expensive if you go to places like Petco or small boutiques. Our cats personally like all of the flavors that these Wellness pouches come in but we try to order the grain free ones. We don't give them the whole pouch at once and even when they stay in the pouch they don't get as crusted over and stale as when they are in the can. Feeding your cats on the pouches alone however can become rather expensive and we normally supplement the pouches with dry food.
AUTOMATIC PET FEEDER~GALVANIZED METAL~PREMIUM 50 #
For the price of this feeder I was expecting at least medium duty construction. This feeder is not very sturdy at all. The bottom is not braced or reinforced which is the main problem. If that was done, the light duty construction for the rest would be okay. I have this feeder in with goats and my guardian dog, and feel it's not going to hold up that well. The feeder arrived with a bent bottom, and the seller was very fair in issuing me a partial refund, but the design needs to be tweeked for the bottom.
