Cat's the way to travel in style!

Advantages: Cheap, bright coloured, easy to clean
Disadvantages: None

...Up until recently, Harry's kitten Magic has been an indoor cat and we've not really had a need to take him outdoors much. However, because he's getting older and more mature, he was starting to have certain "animal urges" and was consequently getting a little mad around the house. We decided to make the choice to get him castrated, and quickly booked the appointment before we changed our minds. The day before the appointment, I realised our old cat carrier was damaged and I was worried about it falling apart mid-journey. So we headed off to Pets-At-Home to buy a new one. This one jumped out at us, and seemed to fit the bill so we bought it. The Roadrunner Pet Carrier is designed for cats and small dogs. It's a plastic basket with a carry handle so that you can take your pet out of home in a safe way for both you and your animal. This...

mummy2harry 25.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Roadrunner Pet Carrier for Cats & Small Dogs

Regular feeding for cats

Advantages: Means cats are fed regularly when you are away from home.
Disadvantages: Makes a ticking noise.

...terribly by that time. Needless to say, I haven't used her since. I bought mine from Argos for £29.99 last year, but just flicking through the Argos catalogue online, they don't appear to have the same product now, although there are other cat feeders available. However, this product is available from most pet-stores, especially the bigger ones and is also available on many Internet sites. Just type in the product name into google and the relevant websites are displayed....

sunmeilan 20.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of Staywell Freedom Pet Feeder (for Cats)

Aloe Vera for cats/pets and even humans!

Advantages: natural, can help with many conditions, good for pets and humans
Disadvantages: too may products not all the real thing

...I often advise cat owners on their pets' behavioural problems and one of the many things that I see pet owners complaining about frequently is about how expensive vets' bills can be today. Often medication along with vaccines or even blood and other tests, dental care and not to mention the vet's fee on its own, can cost a fortune (with many medical cases not always covered by all pet insurances). I guess pet owners wouldn't complain that much if a visit to the vet could solve the problem once and for all but quite often now I see pet carers questioning the necessity and the effectiveness of the medication prescribed by their vet. Are all these visits and medication prescribed by the vets in all cases justified? Do they really help our pets or do they do more damage? Some believe that cats don't really need so many vaccines...

Kirki 17.08.2005 · Read review
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Review of Aloe vera for cats

Pet insurance

Advantages: Peace of mind
Disadvantages: none so far

...the best thing to do was have him castrated at the vets. After spending money on his injections when he was younger and worming tablets and his regular check ups at the vets, she decided to buy pet insurance. I have a car policy with Endsleigh and have been happy with them for a few years so we checked out the pet insurance with them. It?s a costly thing to have a dog as vet fees are not cheap. The castration of a dog costs £180 at our local vets, add this to the worming tablets, regular check ups of weight and health when they are growing up and their injections and your looking at more than £ 400. This is without including any ailments that they might have in their life to come. We bought a policy from Endsleigh for £112.09 a year. You may think this sounds a lot but it is broken down into monthly payments which can be paid by...

Sunnysmiles 18.06.2009 (10.07.2009) · Read review
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Review of Endsleigh Pet Insurance

Cat's Scary!

Advantages: looks cute
Disadvantages: retired

...When I was younger, my friends and I were addicted to teddies, more in particular those in the TY Beanie range! TY make a lot of soft toys, in all forms, including animals bears, and Beanie Boppers which are like little people. My friends and I loved the TY beanies, and between us probably had all of them! There are lots of different animals in the TY range, and a lot of them were cats, much to my delight. One of the little cats is known as Frightful. She is not just a normal little kitty though, but represents Halloween. I love witches especially, so this beanie is perfect for me. Frightful is jet black, with bright orange paws. On her head there is an adorable witches hat with cobwebs, complete with little hanging spider. She definitely has a frightening look to her, but she is utterly gorgeous! To the touch, Frightful has quite long...

Amy69 21.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of TY Frightful the Black Cat

The Portable Pet

Advantages: Useful if you really need one
Disadvantages: Do you really need one?

...built in power supply. Over a year ago this portable DVD seemed pretty good value for the money at just over £200 from the Amazon website. Unusually it comes in a tablet-like design as opposed to the more usual note book style models. One drawback with this though, is that the screen is more prone to damage and scratching because there is no cover. The PET830 comes with a car head-rest mounting kit and I suppose is aimed at keeping younger passengers occupied during long trips. Philips claims that this will fit any make of car except a Volvo. Apart from standard DVD playback, the PET830 also supports DivX, MPEG 4, MP3, and WMA formats. You can play compressed video files from a DVD or even a USB stick(either DiVX or mobile phone clips). Unlike many DVD players, the Philips has a wider viewing angle and has a sharp 8.5in screen. The screen...

Zmugzy 24.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Philips Philips PET830

The house-owning dolls acquire some pets!

Advantages: Great small gift
Disadvantages: The dog is too big for his kennel!

...This is a set from John Crane and the Pintoy brand for use with the Malborough dolls' house (which I have reivewed elsewhere on this site) or any 1:12 scale dolls' house, such as those made by ELC and Toysrus. What you get in the box The set, priced at a reasonable £6.99 at most of the online and high street retailers I can find (amazon £6.36),contains a cat, a dog and their accessories. There is a kennel for the dog, a basket and blanket for the cat and a generous 3 little bowls. The whole set is made of wood with felt touches to the cat and dog who have ears and tails made of cream felt. The cat is sitting up and has a strange bow tie painted on him and the dog is of the daschund variety. The kennel has a red roof identical to the Malborough house. Play value Most children like the idea of pets...

azana 07.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pintoy Pets Accessories

Pet Sematary Review

Advantages: Creepy, atmospheric
Disadvantages: Ghost character didn't bring much to the story

...Pet Sematary is a film based on the novel by Stephen King. He also wrote the screenplay and cameos as a minister. The film centres around the Creeds, who have just moved to a new house in the countryside, a house that hasn't had anyone living in it for a long time. Their neighbor, Jud, tells them to be careful on the road as they are constantly being used by semis. He also shows them the Pet Sematary, where all the kids bury their pets after they got run over. When the Creeds' cat suffers the same fate, Jud shows them a deserted hill with some bizarre markings on it past the Pet Sematary and tells the husband, Louis, to bury the cat there. Soon after the cat returns from the beyond, but he seems different: he's more aggressive and vicious than before. Soon, with the help of Jud, Louis realizes what happens. What he doesn't know...

Walter_Kovacs 11.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pet Sematary (DVD)

Pet Voyageur - used for cats

Advantages: Sturdy, roomy and easy to clean
Disadvantages: Door does not come off fully

...We bought this pet carrier when we adopted a rather large cat from a rescue centre and they were selling these at the rescue place. The Pet Voyageur is very sturdy and roomy enough for our 6kg cat, so should also be room enough for small dogs to be comfortable too. The door opens at one side and is locked by stout latches at one side and unlike many other pet carriers the door does not come off completely when the ?body? is in one piece. The Voyageur does separate into two pieces (three if you include the door) and unlike the clips that most pet carriers have, this has easy-lock screws, which make the carrier feel much more robust than some of its other counterparts. The Carrier comes in 2 colours: blue & grey and Cream and mocha (I have the blue & grey) and as far as I?m aware, one size: 55 cm x 35 cm x 30 cm I?ve been very...

Arls0308 05.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of Dogit/Catit Pet Voyageur

Pet Sematary

Advantages: Herman Monster
Disadvantages: The wife of the family was annoying

...The plot revolves around the Creed family just moving into their new home beside a very busy road. Their neighbour meets and greets them. (He is played by the guy who played Herman Monster in the old tv series The Monsters.) He then takes them on a walk to Pet Sematary which is a Pet graveyard behind their house. The plot moves on and the father in the family is a doctor and tries to help a guy who has been hit by a car. The guy dies then suddenly jumps up as a ghost thing and warns father creed about danger to come. The Mother and teh rest of teh family go away for a while leaving the father alone in the house. During which time the cat gets hit by a car. He is upset about what his daughter is going to say when she comes home but Herman has an idea and takes father creed to bury the cat in an old Indian graveyard behind Pet Sematary. It...

Phelthew 09.02.2008 (10.02.2008) · Read review
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Review of Pet Sematary (DVD)