Hi everyone,
Yesterday Schnurrblog put up an initial review post of our Rotho Cat Carrier.
Those of you that can read German should head over to Schnurrblog and check it out! 🙂
Thanks,
Marc
Category: Product Reviews
Der Katzenblog Schnurrblog testet unsere Rotho Transportbox
Hallo alle Zusammen,
Wir wollten nur kurz mit euch teilen, dass der Katzenblog Schnurrblog angefangen hat unsere Rotho Transportbox zu testen.
Wir würden uns freuen, wenn Ihr den Post hier anschauen würdet. 🙂
Beste Grüße,
Marc
Giveaway Winner Rose and her Kitties Review our toys
Hi everyone,
We hope you are having a great week?
As some of you may know we are currently running a series of giveaways with our partner Katzenworld and from one of the recent ones we got some lovely photos sent in.
Please find below the little Review post kindly provided by Rose and her cats:
Just a quick post to say Thank You Very Much for our 4Cats giveaway win. The kitties were really excited to receive the parcel, and enjoyed helping me unpack the box.
“Hey Onni, look at this box full of things. It smells great!”
“You’re right Pepper, these things smell great! I think they’re for us kitties. I hope Mum hurries and unpacks the box.”
“Hey! What are you two looking at?” mews Naja as she saunters down from the cat tree. “Oooh yes, I’m sure these must be for us, you know how much Mum and Dad love us. And Mum said we won a prize recently”
“I love this smelly Valerian! It smells a bit like Dad’s feet and smelly cheese!” says Pepper, as she’s playing with the Dolphin.
“You’re right Pepper, the Dolphin is fun. This Cat Nip pillow is fun to rub on too. Smells great!” says Naja.
“This Valerian pillow is keeping me amused” says Taivas. “It’s purrfect for wrestling with!”
“I prefer to just lie and gently rub on the Valerian pillow” says Sweepy
“I like to have a good roll and rub on it” says Flash
“Hmm, none of us are quite sure what to do with this one, but I just like to rub my head on it” says Pepper
Everybody loves this Dolphin. Here are Onni and Taivas with it.
As you can see, our cats are extremely impressed with their 4Cats toys. I’ve only given them these four shown so far, saving the others for another time.
You can smell the quality of the Valerian and CatNip in these toys yourself – our cats are fussy about cat nip, and won’t play with inferior nip. So judging by their response to these toys, they’re obviously high quality.
Our kitties give 4Cats toys a 5 star recommendation, and I would buy them in the future.
Sadly Cookie was outside whilst gathering photos, but she has given her approval to these toys too.
Win some of our toys in the giveaway run in collaboration with Cat Chat with Caren and Cody
Hi everyone,
We were lucky enough to surprise Cody with a fabulous selection of our toys for his birthday! 🙂
An excerpt of his birthday post can be found below:
FINALLY!!!!Cody’s Colossal 10th Birthday Cat Toy Give-Away is HERE!!We deeply apologize for the delay and we thank you for your patience!!!
Cody and I were so happy when a few weeks ago our furiends at Katzenworld asked if Cody would be willing to try some cat toys that are made by their furiends at 4cats . We happily agreed, but only if we could have a give-away for our readers!
Cody has always been a pretty big fan of catnip, but he had never tried any toys that contained Valerian until he tried the toys from 4cats. I have to tell you, the second I opened the packaging, even after having traveled all of the way from the U.K. to our home, the smell was super pungent! So pungent that not only did Cody “get buzzed”, but I think that I did too!!!
Their cuddly toys, filled with valerian as well as with 4catsnip, are designed with love at their company’s facility based in Stolberg, Germany where they are hand-crafted and then placed in sealed packaging to preserve their potency. They eschew the use of any adhesives, metal parts or other dangerous components.
For the full post and a chance to get your paws on some of our toys check out Cody’s birthday giveaway here!
Thanks,
Marc
Sonu Singh Reviews 4Cats toys!
Hi!
My name is Ritu of the blog But I Smile Anyway. I have a beautiful furbaby called Sonu Singh who is the main reason for this post!
Not long ago, my friend Marc from Katzenworld contacted me. This site is amazing for all of you who are cat obsessed, like me, and Sonu Singh has featured a few times on the Tummy Rub Tuesday posts and in the Purrsday Poetry section too!
Katzenworld
Marc had a great offer open for us here;
Would we like to review some cat toys for 4Cats in Germany?
A little information about 4cats.
We at 4cats are the world’s leading producer of valerian toys and are very anxious to provide our customers with both the valerian and cuddly stuffed toys (4catsnip) in excellent quality . Our products are freshly handmade, filled and packaged in Germany. In the case of valerian toys, the unchanged formulation has been used for 30 years.
Would we heck!
Sonu Singh loves a certain few toys, and it is always enlightening to watch him play with new things. He is quite picky and has been known to turn his nose up at plenty in the past so I think he would be a great, honest reviewer!
Speedily a box was despatched to us and the fun began!
What was I expecting? A couple of lovely toys with catnip and valerian in them to see what the fur-reviewer wanted to play with.
What we got?
OMG, loads of wonderful products from 4Cats!
First we tried the Valerian Knot, then the Catnip one.
I guess you can see what he thought by the reaction to both the toys! The smell drove him wild and he slobbered over both the knots!
Then came the Dolphin cuddle toys, in both varieties.
We started to see the preference a little here. Sonu veered towards the catnip filled toy more, though he liked them both!
Then came some gorgeous valerian and catnip filled heart cushions.
There were some cute motif pillows which he happily hugged too.
The highlight was when he played with the Rustle Cushions. The catnip one drove him wild! He loved it so much!
The company make these little pillows too which you can insert into a special pocket on a cat scratch post toy holder. It refreshes the interest in the scratch post, and gets them all excited too!
I left them all out for him to have a play then… He was in cat heaven, though, I fear, a little high from all the cat drugs we had exposed him to! (Don’t worry, neither Valerian nor Catnip are drugs in reality, they just have certain effects on cats! Both herbs are safe for our feline friends!)
Sonu reacted positively to all the toys, to be honest!
In small doses, I can see that these will be favourites with him. It is important not to leave these out unattended. Though the toys are created to be bitten, licked and pulled about, they could rip, and you wouldn’t want the cat to ingest the valerian, or catnip.
They are available in these gorgeous fabrics, and there are many other designs to choose from too. The valerian and catnip may not smell too pleasant to us two-leggers, but these four-leggers absolutely love the scent!
He definitely took a liking to the catnip Rustle Cushion though!
I hope you enjoyed our first ever cat product review! We had great fun, and if you want to have fun, check out the offer Marc has set up below!
Products available from Katzenworld in the UK. Click here to go to their shop! And, if you enter the code 4cats15 when buying any of the 4cats toys you get an extra 15% off! Bonus!
And Sonu Singh…? Well, he snoozed off his high, in the box… of course!
Review of our 4cats Valerian & Catnip Knots for cats by @Artgerechtes Katzenleben
Hi everyone,
The other week we came across this brilliant post by Artgerechtes-Katzenleben, their website is a German page dedicated to helping cat guardians find out about the things that are good for their cats and of course we are therefore most pleased to have been featured on there. 🙂
Below you can see some of the brilliant photos that the author shared on her page.
For those of you that speak German don’t forget to checkout her page! 😀
If you are a retailer wishing to stock our toys don’t forget to get in touch through our main website.
If you are a consumer wishing to get some of these you can get them in the online shop of our partner Katzenworld.
Thanks,
Marc
Dirk and the 4cats Cuddly Cushion
Hi everyone,
We are always especially happy when we hear of a happy customer! So of course we were most excited than we read the below review by Karen and Dirk. 🙂
The review proves once again that our toys are great for cats of all ages and not just the youngsters! 😉
I always like to think I know what type of toys my cat Dirk will love and which ones he doesn’t care about. When I saw the Cuddly Cushion from 4Cats I thought it was perhaps more for kittens. I could just picture them grabbing the cushion and then holding it with their front legs while kicking it with their hind legs. You can probably picture it as well!
Of course there’s catnip in the cushion, which Dirk loves! But I thought once he’d had his catnip fix that would be the end of it…. Well let me tell you upfront that I was wrong: Dirk loves this cushion! I’ll let Dirk and the pictures speak for themselves.
Silly mom…. how could she have thought this …. was for kittens only?! And how could she now know what it’s for?! The clue is in the name: it is a Cuddly Cushion!
I always get so excited when she calls me and says she has a surprise for me. The sound of the crinkling plastic as she unwrapped the new toy, I couldn’t wait to find out what it was.
I had a good sniff first and then rubbed my head against it, and let me tell you it is sooooo soft! And it smells good J But it’s really not just about the catnip (and coming from a catnip addict like me, this is saying a lot!)
OK, maybe some of this has to do with the catnip…
But that’s really not all. I love that it is so very soft. You can cuddle with it or just rest your head on it when you’re a bit tired from playing or just having a lazy day (that’s pretty rare, I know, I’m always super busy). I really love mine!
In all honesty, I do sometimes like to throw my Cuddly Cushion in the air and then chase it and when mom isn’t looking I also sometimes give it a good kick, but don’t tell her 😉
So, time to relax, because I am a little tired now. Luckily I have my friend… But before I go don’t forget that you can get this toy on the Katzenworld online shop.
About the Author:
Karen is originally from the Netherland, but now lives in London with her husband and their cat Dirk. She works as a cat sitter for Cat Care London.
If you are a retailer wishing to stock our toys don’t forget to get in touch through our main website.
If you are a consumer wishing to get some of these you can get them in the online shop of our partner Katzenworld.
Thanks,
Marc
Another gingerbread man review post!
Hi everyone,
Following on from our post the other day about being listed in a top catnip and valerian toy list for the UK we’ve just spotted another fabulous review post!
Erin from hello subscription did a lovely review of My Purrfect Gift Box which is a UK based cat subscription box that included one of our valerian toys, the gingerbread man, in their holiday gift box! 🙂
Below a quote from her review referring to our toys!
Gingerbread-man Toy. Hands-down my two kitties’ favorite object in the box was the gingerbread man toy by 4cats.
It’s large for a cat toy, 7” long, and made with durable fabric and nicely embroidered details.
The toy is stuffed with valerian, which is an herb used to treat human conditions such as sleeplessness and anxiety.
I was unfamiliar with its use in cat toys, but both my kitties took an instant liking to the toy and continued to play and snuggle with it a week after opening, with no end in sight.
The one drawback is that it has an extremely pungent and unpleasant scent for human noses, much stronger than any catnip toy I’ve encountered.
The smell does dissipate after a while (or I’ve just gotten used to it!) but this hasn’t lessened the cats’ enjoyment.
Not sure what valerian is and you’ve only ever used catnip? Well first of all most of our toys are available in both valerian and catnip! But if you want to find out more about Valerian you can also check-out this post on Katzenworld.
If you are a retailer wishing to stock our toys don’t forget to get in touch through our main website.
If you are a consumer wishing to get some of these you can get them in the online shop of our partner Katzenworld.
Thanks,
Marc
Review of our Valerian toys by Cityscape Bliss
Hi everyone,
We are very pleased to point out this fabulous list of “34 Spectacular Catnip and Valerian Toys Your Cat Will Adore“.
Amongst these fabulous toy you will be able to spot two of our Valerian toys!
If you read their full post you’ll find that Pippin (the adorable black and white cat in the photo) was lucky enough to get their paws on BOTH the gingerbread man shown above and our dolphin. 😀
Not sure what valerian is and you’ve only ever used catnip? Well first of all most of our toys are available in both valerian and catnip! But if you want to find out more about Valerian you can also check-out this post on Katzenworld.
If you are a retailer wishing to stock our toys don’t forget to get in touch through our main website.
If you are a consumer wishing to get some of these you can get them in the online shop of our partner Katzenworld.
Thanks,
Marc
Review of the Rotho MyPet Adjustable Bowl
As a Cat Behaviourist I’m always on the lookout for innovative products that promote healthy cat behaviour, or that simply make our cats’ lives more comfortable.
One such product is the Rotho MyPet Adjustable Bowl. As soon as I saw this product online I couldn’t wait to try it out. The market for adjustable pet bowls is still fairly limited and I’ve not yet come across any that offer the benefits of this one. Although it’s advertised for dogs, in my view, it works equally well for cats and it’s on behalf of our family felines that I’m writing this review.
Firstly it’s a single bowl unit. This might sound fairly obvious, but many of the adjustable cat feeders I’ve seen come as a pair, sometimes intrinsically linked together. Given the choice, cats prefer to eat in separate locations from one another and they would also rather we place their water as far away from their food as possible. So either way, I would usually avoid a two-bowl unit.
The bowl itself is stainless steel and removable for ease of cleaning, the rubber foot on each leg makes it more difficult for over-enthusiastic cats to push it across the floor, and (for us humans!) it comes in three attractive colours.
However, the really clever feature of this feeder is that it has an independently adjustable leg at each of its three corners. The legs have three locking positions into which they easily slide in and out, meaning that not only can the feeder be adjusted in height, but also in angle. This is what, in my eyes makes it unique. The photos below show these options as ably demonstrated by my own cat Billy.
You might wonder why a cat might need these options, and for some cats a floor level feeding bowl will do. However, there are many cats for which this feeder will provide huge benefits, such those with injuries or disabilities, as well as for elderly cats, many of which will suffer from degenerative joint disease such as osteoarthritis which makes lowering their heads difficult, uncomfortable or even painful. This is where I believe this feeder fulfills its true potential, giving owners the option of a food bowl that they can adjust to their cats’ specific needs. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it.
The Adjustable Bowl along with other Rotho MyPet products is available for sale to both retailers and individuals. For retails sales please visit http://shop.4cats.de. Individuals can buy the products from the Katzenworld online shop https://shop.katzenworld.uk/.
Clare Hemington is an accredited Cat Behaviourist offering behaviour consultations in owners’ homes as well as consultations by telephone and Skype. You can find out more information about your cat’s behaviour at her web site: www.catbehaviour.net
