January 2018
This month we tried out 2 separate product from Chewy.com with me having both dogs and cats, including fostering multiple of each finding something that they enjoy can be hard, my cats and my dogs can be picky at times. Below you will read about 2 separate wet foods we tried out, and what our out come of the 2 were.
Wellness CORE Simple Shreds Grain-Free
This month we tried out the Wellness core shred wet food. Roxy is a picky eater when it comes to eating and if she doesn’t have wet food in her food, she will just let it set there, and sometimes it will take her 3-4 days just to eat a cup of food, when that’s what she should be eating daily. When she has wet food mixes in she will eat it right away.
This product worked it really well, and i liked that there was actually liquid in it and by just the meat because it got the flavor of the wet food onto all her dry food.
There was one thing that i didn’t like and it was the design of the packaging. A lot of the meat would get stuck at the bottom of the pouch and i could have to cut it open with a knife i feel there could be a easier design that everything comes out.
These are on sale right now for $20 for 12 pouches the price is a little high for what it is, but if you have a dog with multiple allergies and want to know everything that is in the wet food this would be perfect seeing as it is only 5 ingredients. You may also be thinking that storing these would be hard because they would fall all over a cabinet. The box these pouches come in double as a container that holds them all standing up making it easier for you to grab them. I would say these are perfect for on the go if you are traveling because they are not as heavy as a can and take up less room.
If you are interest in this product Chewy.com has the best price for it!! And thank you for letting us try it out.
Roxy likes the Chicken, Beef and carrot mix but it also comes in a variety of flavors so you can mix it up and keep meals interesting for your pup!
This product worked it really well, and i liked that there was actually liquid in it and by just the meat because it got the flavor of the wet food onto all her dry food.
There was one thing that i didn’t like and it was the design of the packaging. A lot of the meat would get stuck at the bottom of the pouch and i could have to cut it open with a knife i feel there could be a easier design that everything comes out.
These are on sale right now for $20 for 12 pouches the price is a little high for what it is, but if you have a dog with multiple allergies and want to know everything that is in the wet food this would be perfect seeing as it is only 5 ingredients. You may also be thinking that storing these would be hard because they would fall all over a cabinet. The box these pouches come in double as a container that holds them all standing up making it easier for you to grab them. I would say these are perfect for on the go if you are traveling because they are not as heavy as a can and take up less room.
If you are interest in this product Chewy.com has the best price for it!! And thank you for letting us try it out.
Roxy likes the Chicken, Beef and carrot mix but it also comes in a variety of flavors so you can mix it up and keep meals interesting for your pup!
How we prepared it!
Weruva Cats in the Kitchen Cuties
This one pictures is there “Kitty gone wild” it’s a wild Salmon recipe. I don’t really have picky eaters when it comes to my cats so they really enjoy anything. One thing i like about this food is it is minimal ingredients and it mixes really well with hard food. Sometimes i have problems getting my cats to eat there hard food if wet food is present so i tent to mix it together. With my cats i do one can each daily mixing up the flavors. They do have a variety pack which is nice so if your cats get tired of eating the same flavor all the time you are able to mix it up, to keep them interested. Right now this food is on sale for around $14 for 12 can, sonit runs for a little over $1 a can which is around what you would spend on most high quality wet foods.
This food works really well for if you have a cat that had allergies seeing as this particular make doesn’t contain grain, gluten, potatoes, GMO ingredients, MSG, or Carrageenan.
I give the product 5 paws out of 5 paws because i love that in some of the cans there are real chucks if meat and the cats seem to really enjoy the product.
You can find this for the best price Chewy.com and thank you for the opportunity to review this product :)
This food works really well for if you have a cat that had allergies seeing as this particular make doesn’t contain grain, gluten, potatoes, GMO ingredients, MSG, or Carrageenan.
I give the product 5 paws out of 5 paws because i love that in some of the cans there are real chucks if meat and the cats seem to really enjoy the product.
You can find this for the best price Chewy.com and thank you for the opportunity to review this product :)
February 2018
This month we switched it up a little bit as some know I do own some small animals, such as ferrets, and chinchillas, so where Chewy.com started offering products for these animals it was GREAT, we had the chance to try out a product for the ferrets, and a product for the chinchillas, and the results were better then we expected :)
Kaytee Cuddle E-cup Plush small animal bed
This product was a big hit with the ferrets mainly, the cup isn't that big and I think one ferret can fit best but the two of them made it work even if that meant sleeping on top of each other. The nice thing about this product that I liked best was that I could attach it to the cage and the ferrets couldn't really move it. I liked that they couldn't move it because then they would drag it to the same corner as there litter box which they tend to do with most of their beds and toys.
With this product it didn't last very long about a month and a half before they decided they wanted it to be a toy :( so they started to pull on it until eventually it was no more. It was a great product while it lasted and would probably work best for a animal that isn't really know to chew up fabric such as a Guinea pig, or even a hedgehog.
Which reviewing this product gave me the idea to try it out with my hedgehog, and though she pooped in it... a lot... I liked that the size it came in fit nicely under a igloo that my hedgehog Popples absolutely loves and spends most of her time in.
With this product it didn't last very long about a month and a half before they decided they wanted it to be a toy :( so they started to pull on it until eventually it was no more. It was a great product while it lasted and would probably work best for a animal that isn't really know to chew up fabric such as a Guinea pig, or even a hedgehog.
Which reviewing this product gave me the idea to try it out with my hedgehog, and though she pooped in it... a lot... I liked that the size it came in fit nicely under a igloo that my hedgehog Popples absolutely loves and spends most of her time in.
Care fresh Timothy Hay
I can be kind of picky when it comes to the timothy hay that I feed my chinchillas.... I feel like the fresher the better, so when I had the chance to try out the Hay by Carefresh that Chewy.com sells I thought it would be a nice way to see if I wanted to switch the hay I was using.
A lot comes compacted in there 90oz bags and I found that it did last me longer the come other other brands that I was using.
When I opened the bag it had a fresh smell, and appeard pretty green which was a good thing, because I knew that the product would probably be more appealing to the chinchillas.
When it came to the test I wanted to see one if they liked it and two if they picked the "Carefresh" brand over their reguler hay. Sadly they resorted to there normal hay but I mixed this hey in to see if I could so some form of transition. With mixing the two hays I could tell they were enjoying the mixture and eating more hay then more so they must have liked the change.
A lot comes compacted in there 90oz bags and I found that it did last me longer the come other other brands that I was using.
When I opened the bag it had a fresh smell, and appeard pretty green which was a good thing, because I knew that the product would probably be more appealing to the chinchillas.
When it came to the test I wanted to see one if they liked it and two if they picked the "Carefresh" brand over their reguler hay. Sadly they resorted to there normal hay but I mixed this hey in to see if I could so some form of transition. With mixing the two hays I could tell they were enjoying the mixture and eating more hay then more so they must have liked the change.
March 2018
This month I wanted to focus on my cats diet again, and I have a bulldog that has quite a few skin issues so one of there products were directed more so towards her. These products below were provided by Chewy.com
Nutro Wild Frontier
I have to say out of all the wet foods that I have tried out through Chewy.com this one has to be my favorite!!! I also work at a animal rescue and we had this same product few a few days while I was working and it made my job so much easier.
The number one thing that I love about this is they come in serving sizes!! Each pack has 2 servings so you can feed 2 cats with one pick or can use for multiple days. This made my life so much easier because I wasn't sitting there trying to divide up a can of food, and it reduced the amount of canned cat food that I was keeping in the fridge which was a huge plus with me!!!
The cats liked the idea of it too because I was able to get there food to them faster (hehe) They come in a variety of flavors which I found helpful because when even buying these again in store I was able to switch it up for my cats so they wouldn't get board of one flavor all the time.
I also found that these plastic containers these come in you can use to make cool dog treats for you dogs that are a perfect size for the summer.
The number one thing that I love about this is they come in serving sizes!! Each pack has 2 servings so you can feed 2 cats with one pick or can use for multiple days. This made my life so much easier because I wasn't sitting there trying to divide up a can of food, and it reduced the amount of canned cat food that I was keeping in the fridge which was a huge plus with me!!!
The cats liked the idea of it too because I was able to get there food to them faster (hehe) They come in a variety of flavors which I found helpful because when even buying these again in store I was able to switch it up for my cats so they wouldn't get board of one flavor all the time.
I also found that these plastic containers these come in you can use to make cool dog treats for you dogs that are a perfect size for the summer.
With the combination packs you are able to change up the cats diet day by day, so the cat doesn't get board of what they are eating... this is something I have noticed with my cats if I keep giving the same wet food day after day. Its always fun to switch it up :)
Solid Gold Supplements
So I was able to review these supplements with my bulldog who are rescued in 2017. When I first rescued her she had mange and since then she has been battling constant skin infections and skin problems. So I wanted to try to find the supplement that would help make her skin look healthy and have a nice feel to it. So I decided to try these ones out and went about two weeks of giving them daily I could tell a significant difference her skin was healthier. I also noticed that she wasn’t itching as much when she was taking them. I know this product may not work for every breed of dog are every dog that might have a skin problem but this product has really helped my bulldog. I like the tease supplements are different than others instead of a tablet they are actually up to that actually has a flavor that she likes it made giving her her daily supplement easier and she actually enjoyed them rather than it being a task to get her to try and eat them. My dog legacy gotten into a routine of getting the streets every morning and her butt starts wiggling every time I grabbed the bag. With my bulldog we also wanted to do a few that didn’t have any grain in it due to her allergies it was hard to try to find a supplement that didn’t have any grain in it when I saw these and saw they were made with Seameal it kind of sparked my interest as to why I wanted to try them. This product I’ve actually told a few of my other fellow bulldog Owners a file and they have tried it as well and noticed differences in their dogs coat.
May 2018
Again this month we focused on my dogs, as well as my cats, and wanted to try a different product when it came to the cats instead of trying out different wet foods.
Scoop Away Complete Performance Scented
This month we were able to test out another product for the cats I haven’t tried any litters off of chewy.com to me it felt easier just to go to the store and buy it. But in reality it was easier to do a AutoShip so then I don’t have to worry about going to store running out when I came across this letter I thought that it would be a great idea to try something new. I’m always worried about using centered letters because I’m always worried the scent is going to be too strong. With this particular litter it has a very mild scent to it but still has enough s to detour any messes that your animal may have. His litter is very absorbent and I noticed less remain at the bottom of my pan when fully emptying the litter box. Since I do only three cats I empty my litter box pretty regularly with this being the scoopable litter I would scoop every day and Empty completely once a week. I do recommend when scooping the box if you noticed the amount of litter is running low to top it off a little bit just so you don’t have all dirty litter in the pan. My cats aren’t very picky when it comes to litter so I don’t really have to worry about switching between different ones. This litter is pretty fine in texture, and I didn’t really notice a lot of dust coming off of that as I was pouring into the box or whenever I was cleaning the box.
<------------ One thing that I didn't really like about this product was that it came in a bag like this, it made it a little bit harder for me to store that I ended up resorting to keeping it in, a plastic container because my cats started to claw at the bag. Unless other litters that come in a bag this packaging is pretty thin, and a weird shape.
Zignature Wet Dog food
This month we decided to try out another wet food, i had switched Zignature hard dog food, so decided to give the wet food a shot. The dogs absolutely love wet food, and this product always came highly recommended to me, so i knew i wanted to give it a try. This wet food is actually very soft in texture and was very easy to mix it with my dogs hard food which made it easier when it came to preparation. You might be confused when I say it is very soft by that I mean it has a very smooth texture that makes it easy to scoop out and easy to mix. Some of the other wet foods that I have tried in the past were very hard and I had to use a lot of pressure to get them to soften down and mix well with my dogs hard . Zignature offers a wide variety of different flavors so if you have dogs with multiple allergies or even a grain allergies they make a wet food for you, and your pup. This was a huge hit with my dogs, and it made it easier to get them to eat there hard food right away... i like that they can match up there wet food line with there dry food line, so that i am. It having to mix multiple proteins into one meal, and it can remain consistent.
August 2018
Merrick Lil'Plates mini Medley
This month we get to try the Lil Plates, August was a very hot time here in Ohio, and the day that these arrived it happened to be over 100° outside so what I did as soon as these arrived I popped them right into the freezer and thought that it would be a great idea to turn them into a frozen treat. Once they were in the freezer for about 3 to 4 hours I took them out only about two or three at a time to give to the dogs I ran them under some warm to hot water just to loosen them up a little bit. After that it was a nice treat for my dogs to enjoy, it took them about 30 minutes to break up there frozen treat... these are a plaked meal so it wasn’t a pate form. The dogs seemed to really enjoy them, and i loved that even with them being frozen that i could get them out of the container fairly easily..... i was i a bind one day when i took in a new foster dog. And these were still in the freezer so i took on out, let it sit in hot water for 5-10 minutes and is was like it was brand new and the dog was able to enjoy it as is, and it was frozen anymore. So these are great for a meal mixer or even better to turn them into a summer treat. They come in a wide variety of flavors, including some seasonal flavors as well.