Thursday, February 13, 2014

Toys from The Natural Pet Company - Sponsored


Back on 1/29 I was contacted by Florina from The Natural Pet Company inquiring if I might be interested in helping them market some of their products. They would send them to me for free in exchange for an honest review on my blog.

I had seen these products being reviewed over at A Tonk's Tail and over at It's all about the cats! and was of course very interested.

Florina offered me a coupon code to purchase these items from Amazon directly. I found this to be a very interesting and unique way to handle this, and actually more than a little fun. I mean how often do you get a coupon code for 100% off??

They arrived a few days later. I was a little bummed that Amazon decided to use air pillows as packing material instead of the brown crinkle paper they had been sending recently mostly because I know how much The Crew love that paper. Ah well, we got free toys, we can't get everything right? :)


Catnip, a feather wand toy, and a package with a wand toy and three small toys
The Haul
It was not all that easy to get this photo with out said cats investigating..


Muffin clearly wanted some nip! What is not to like about nip. This product has 4.4 star rating on Amazon and comes with a 30 day money back guarantee. One thing I like is the eleven 1 star reviews all have comments on them from the company offering refunds or suggestions. I mean when a company goes out of their way to find unhappy customers and attempts to make them happy - well that means a lot to me. I go out of my way to do business with companies that have good customer service and actually try to make things right.

My one complaint is one thing they advertise as an asset; the nip is "fine cut" meaning it has been cut so finely that is just a step or two above a powder. This way any stalks that were in the nip are ground down so they are not a hazard to your kitty - a good thing. Stalks are still nip, but they aren't as potent, so I would probably prefer they simply not use stalks, but that can be very costly. Often leaf only nip is much more expensive, if you can find it at all. My other issue with this fine cut is it gets everywhere. When I opened the bag there was a bit of a nip cloud. I poured some out and then went to pick it up and there was a fine coating on the counter where I poured it. When I brought it to Eli who is a complete and utter nip head he started to lick it right off my hand but when he exhaled with nip joy he blew part of the pile right into Skippy's face. My last issue with fine cut is that while it is great smelling while it is fresh (man that package smelled great when I opened it - I adore the smell of nip myself) it releases its volatile compounds and will go 'stale' faster, and it will be much harder to 'refresh' it by crushing the leaves since they are all very finely cut. All of the 1 star reviews on Amazon were that cats weren't reacting to it, if the package was a little older it would completely make sense.

The pack I got was very fresh, the nip was nice and green, the cats ADORED it and ate it willingly and then started rolling in it and there was much rejoicing. To make sure I get the most out of this package, I will make sure they get this nip before some of the others I have until it is gone to prevent it from losing its appeal if it were to go stale. I will probably also use it to mix it in food to encourage the kitties to eat, and put it into refillable cat toys instead of making toys with it.

We also have the 32" Interactive Feather Wand Cat Toy and the Cat Toy Mega Pack to review... I know The Crew is itching to do so..

11 comments:

  1. Toys? Treats? And a new box? Oh...life is good over here. :)
    xo Catherine

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  2. Anonymous8:02 AM

    That looks like a great haul!

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  3. We love their products--and we look forward to seeing what the Crew thinks of the toys.

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  4. good review....we agree that some of the nip out there doesn't seem to last as long as others. but how fun to do you own shopping

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  5. Truffles has their loot to review too :) And yes, purchasing with a coupon code from Amazon was fun!

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  6. How fun! I bet they also enjoyed your 100% off coupon :)

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  7. Wow, looks like great goodies! Purrs to Gigi and Charlotte.

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  8. We were contacted by Florina too...and the mom just ordered these items...free of course, and we can't wait to get them and try them out!

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  9. Oh, we can't wait to see the crew playing with those toys!

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  10. I'm pretty sure the Crew are going to have a blast with the Interactive Feathers!

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  11. oooh yeah, PRIMO nip rocks! And we can't wait to hear what you think of those pawesome WAND Toys!!

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