Cats

Review by John:

After 17 years of short haired cats, a starved looking long haired cat decided it was time to leave the streets and move onto my front porch and back deck. A couple of weeks later, she had a name, a clean bill of health and a home — and I had my first long haired cat. I also had a house full of black and white cat hair. After being told about the FURminator, I ordered the small size (now marketed with a different color handle as a cat model) with more than a degree of skepticism. Boy was I wrong. I use this on Gypsy a couple of times a week and it has eliminated the shedding problem. She enjoys being brushed and the amount of undercoat it removes is simply unbelievable. I demonstrated it to a neighbor with a Maine Coon and she immediately ordered one. Even my 15 year old short hair enjoys being brushed and while not as dramatic as the case of the long haired cat, the amount of fur removed is impressive. In both cases, the cat’s coats are left sleek and shiny and they don’t have hairball issues. I would advise people to run a flea comb through their cats coat after using the FURminator just to remove all of the dislodged fur.

Review by R. Kyle:

I was sold on the Zoom Groom for all four of my cats til we tried the Furminator on a friend’s recommendation. I thought the cost was a lot–but there is a guarantee, so figured the Furminator was worth a try.

My 18 year old Exotic shorthair, Rambo, loved it and he hates just about everything. (He earned his name) He sat still long enough for us to groom a whole cat off of him–and better yet, he doesn’t run when one of us picks up the tool.

Our thick-coated tabby also liked the furminator. She tolerates grooming fairly well, but her coat just explodes at shedding time. She’d been recently groomed with the Zoom Groom and still we got a LOT of hair off of her.

Now, my two suede coated Siamese don’t care that much for the tool. Heather, who is normally pretty laid back, resisted. We got very little hair off of her–so the Zoom Groom works for her–and she likes it, so we’ll stick with it. Same with her brother.

Still, the tool is well worth the price if it will help keep our senior cat clean. he doesn’t care for the hairball remedies and grooming is the only preventative we can use.

Review by BikeChick:

My two cats absolutely fell in love with this thing! One was especially grouchy from not getting enough attention, but as soon as I brought this home his attitude did a complete 180 and he never wants to get out of his little funhouse.

The mesh is really durable (I can pick up the whole thing with two cats inside and it holds very well). The cats do not claw or scratch the mesh, since they hate the feeling of their claws getting stuck in the mesh, so no worrying about it ripping. It is so easy to setup, you literally take it out of the carrying bag and it pops open for you. And putting it away takes seconds, all you have to do is fold it.

There are two zipper areas where you can let the cat(s) in and out. One of the zippers is really big (as big as the side of the tent) and the other one is smaller.

The carrying case comes with some stakes to put in the ground, which is really nice because my kitten gets freaked about by anyone walking by or loud noises and he tries to run away but he runs into the mesh and makes the whole thing roll over. So the stakes are nice to keep it in place.

The tent is big enough to fit two people in it! Not comfortably of course, but it’s plenty of room for two or three cats.

All in all, a great purchase and high quality product.

Review by Regina Reads:

We ordered this item for when our daughter and her “indoor cat” came to visit so that we all could enjoy the outdoors. It was wonderful that Abby had room to roam and also a place for water in her Feline Funhouse. On the last day of her visit we attempted to refold the funhouse to store it in the nylon bag. Well, that was easier said than done. The directions are less than clear and even watching a YouTube video, it would not fold into the configuration that was necessary to fit into the bag. In the process of following the directions one of the wire hoops broke and storage was impossible.

The product is great as long as you don’t attempt to fold it back again. I am awaiting a response from the company as to how to handle the return according to the money back guarantee.

UPDATE: Communication with Wild Whiskers has been more than satisfying. They were quite responsive and have offered to replace this tent. They have been absolutely wonderful – concerned and communicative. I am hoping that we just got a defective tent.

Review by Chicago Lawn:

I have a kitty that I adopted at the local Animal Welfare League where she’d been abandoned with a note saying her previous owner had passed away and she (the cat,) needed a new home. She’s almost six years old, had been declawed, and had no desire to play with anything other than to bite me whenever the mood struck her. Now, however, she -LOVES- to play with her squirrel, tossing it, stalking it, chasing it, doing the old rear paw burn out with it, so I have to say that I am impressed. It’s the first thing she looks for in the a.m. when she wakes up, even before nagging me for her morning food. I’d bought her freshly cut catnip, fresh-growing catnip and some of the packaged stuff and she ignored it all. Since I put some of the cheap, dry stuff into the squirrel’s catnip pouch, she has even learned to enjoy the catnip. I’m happy for her, as she had done little other than sleep and eat since I adopted her. She’s finally being a kitty again.

Review by Sydney Edelbrock:

I have two cats and they both love Secret Squirrel. He has a velcro tummy that you can open up and stuff full of catnip. He comes with two little catnip “tea bags” to stuff in him, but my cats prefer the loose leaf catnip inside him. That way if you give him a good rub between your hands the catnip is refreshed and smells new. They like to carry him all over the house and toss him in the air. It’s definitely one of their favorite toys. They also enjoy the chipmonk version of the same toy.

Review by venatrix:

Like any cat owner, I’ve wasted my fair share of money on cat toys that produced no reaction from the feline in question, so it was with some trepidation that I clicked the “add to shopping cart” button for this item. The two things that convinced me to go ahead with the purchase were my guilt at leaving my cat unstimulated all day when I’m at work, and the veterinarian’s insistence that “tubby boy” become a little less tubby.

So, I got the pieces out of the box and messed about with different shapes. The aforementioned feline was trying to play with the track before I even had it fully assembled. The figure-eight set up is the most successful, at least, so far. I’m not sure if the cat will leave it alone long enough to let me try other configurations.

For a change, I’m delighted to have spent my money on a toy that makes us both happy. I’m not saying that every cat will take to this, but it’s definitely worth considering if you have a cat that needs additional mental and physical stimulation.

Review by Kathleen Rose Maier:

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Review by Deborah MacGillivray:

been down the road with flea and tick collars. Most seem to work when they are new. After the first month it’s down hill all the way. Also, after having problems with another brand and was looking for something that was vet recommended. This comes with that recommendation. However the proof is in the pudding as they say — or in this case the pussy cat.

This stuff does what is say. It stops fleas.So do your pets the favor. They will thank you. It’s given once a month on their shoulder blades. Nothing I have ever used works this good.

Enough said.

Caution: Some cats get determined to twist themselves in a pretzel to lick this. I can caused them to foam at the mouth and make them hyper for about 24 hours after. Solution is easy. Take an old sock and trim the toes for an opening for kitty’s head and the cut two arm holes. Makes a kitty’ vest and will keep them from licking their shoudlers. Keep them in it for about 24-36 hours. No problems.

Review by ‘ Groovin’ guy:

INCREDIBLE !!!!!!

I’ve used powders, I’ve used flea dips and flea shampoos and sprays flea combs.I then even resorted to garlic in their diets and on their fur……….nothing worked.

Then I tried Frontline, with my discouragement. Fleas are tough !

Frontline got rid of my ENTIRE FLEA PROBLEM.

Review by Michael Goldenberg:

i consider myself relatively creative professionally (am in marketing) so kept making a variety of what i thought would be fun toys for my cat. they ranged from simple to ornate – things you throw, things that move on their own, things that crawl, things that bounce, monochrome/colorful/etc. one day a colleague told me about this product, and from its description (a piece of wire with some wrapped paper) i was incredulous. she swore by it, so i bought it (cant beat the price)….

…my cat was obsessed. no other toy could distract her and amuse her the way this one did. i’d drag it and whip it around and she’d chase it everywhere. i could wake her from her sleep just by the sound of it rubbing against the rug, and she’d be off and chasing.

she NEVER tired of this toy. and our new kitten (and her new friend) took to it right away as well.

this ‘toy’ pissed me off to no end because it was so basic and simple, and yet worked where my ornate and ‘thought out’ toys (e.g. mini remote controlled cars with feathers attached) didnt.

Review by Velvet Marmoset:

I was super-skeptical when I took this thing out of the bag.

It is literally a length of wire with some twisted brown paper bits on the ends (kindof like pieces of the thin round handles on a brown paper shopping bag). There’s one piece on the end that you hold, and maybe 4 or so on the target-end for the kitty. The stiffness of the wire is just perfect such that when you hold it lightly, and the cat bats at the end, it bounces and flies all over the place, with near-zero effort on your part. You can, of course, move it some more on your own and entertain the cat with more movement, but it works very well to just hold the wire lightly. I was a little worried that it might poke an eye out or something, but the ends of the wire are bent into loops so that shouldn’t happen. It is a stiff, significant-gauge wire though. Really, it’s crazy-simple, but really effective. My kitten gets bored with the fancy feather wand I have for him, but he keeps going with the Cat Dancer until I take it away from him because I’m too tired to hold it out and watch to be sure he doesn’t chomp down on too much wire. I wouldn’t pay a lot for it, solely because I’d feel like a dolt for shelling money out for wire and paper/cardboard twisty bits, but it’s a great toy.