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The corporate world is usually pretty boring. No way to express your individuality through clothing, writing reports all day long… One way of dealing with this is though a healthy amount of silliness (as long as the company policy allows it).
Sticking a pencil in a cat’s ass doesn’t sound very pleasant (or acceptable by policies), but… it’s not what it sounds like. The Pets’ Arse Sharpeners could make someone start using pencils again. They come in two shapes - cat and dog - and each has a sharpener in its ass. That would be slightly amusing, but what makes them fun is the “meow” and “woof”. Yeah, they make the appropriate noise every time you insert a pencil in their bottom.
Childish indeed… though I would love to see the reaction someone has when they try to use their co-worker’s seemingly harmless (albeit tasteless) sharpener. Who’d expect it to meow at them?
If you have the kind of cat who would enjoy the Fling-Ama-String, you may want to see some other versions of the same idea - an automatic tool to wave a toy around.
The Panic Mouse Motorized Cat Toy is one of them, and if you watch the video below you can see how entertaining it can be. The motor moves the plastic mouse around in random motions, and the cat goes crazy chasing it around. (Then, hopefully, you get a tired cat who sleeps when you do; at the very least, you’ll get a feline that isn’t bored anymore.)
If you don’t believe me this is cool, watch the video:
I don’t have a cat of my own, but I’ve had my share of hyperactive friends’ cats… The kind that sleep all day and at night chase things around the house. Unfortunately, I never had the time to play with them very much, so they didn’t have anything to waste energy on during the day.
Enter the Fling-Ama-String and I’ve got my eyes on it for my potential future cat. The toy has a motor and an elastic loop that moves a piece of silky string around, and it can be attached to a door knob.
Basic instructions: attach; turn on; watch kitty entertain herself for hours. Much easier that sitting around moving a piece of string on the floor, and probably more exciting for your feline too.
Dog owners are probably taking advantage of the good weather and taking their lovely pets somewhere they can run around free. Yeah, dogs like the exercise, but owners don’t always.
If you are one incredibly lazy person, the Treat Launcher will save you some trouble (of course, of course, we know, lifting your hands is hard work). This gadget throws a treat in the air for the dog to catch and enjoy, presumably making it fun for the both of you. And, actually, I can see it being quite fun if it can throw the treats a long distance. “Pew”, treat shoots out, dog runs and runs and catches it, victory!
Then again, treats are probably too light to fly a lot, so you just might consider sticking with the old ball. (But if you’re curious about this launcher, at least it won’t break the bank.)
A small house and a cat can be tricky to accomodate. Your pet needs enough space for her, ahem, private business, but you need the space too, you can’t jump over the litter box every morning.
Since getting a new apartment or letting go of the cat aren’t an option, the next thing to look into is arranging the available room in a better manner. The Catty Corner Litter Box can save you some space: it’s designed to sit in a corner, thus taking up less room, but it’s large enough for your cat to be satisfied. I also appreciate the top and flap door a lot, I used a similar box (for a cat, not for me, obviously) and I would never go back to the other type.
As far as scooping goes, this box makes it extra-easy: the two halves are interchangeable and there’s a sifting screen included that sits on the bottom. To clean the litter you only have to lift up the screen.
There isn’t much you can say about fridge magnets. They are magnetic and reside on the fridge (or any other metallic surface in your house, if you want).
The Startled Kitten Magnet Set doesn’t bring anything new, but it has cats, and cats always need to be mentioned. And any cat owner can recognize the position of these kitties: “Oops! No I wasn’t trying to steal your lunch! Honest! *whoosh*”
The perfect gift for the cat lover who understands the mischievousness of their lovely pets.
Hamsters are not the most exciting pets. But what if they could drive a car?
The Critter Cruiser lets a hamster at least move a car around, if not actually drive it. Via a switch, this pet toy can turn from stationary wheel to movable car and back again for your (and hopefully the hamster’s) enjoyment. I don’t know how you can convince your hamster to get in the car and start running when you want it to, but if you could take it out of its cage and put it in some sort of enclosure with a flat surface, then leave it running around… Hmm.
I never had a hamster. I don’t think wanting to see it drive a car is reason enough to get one, right?
I’m taking care of a friend’s cat, so I am one again debating if I should get one too. The problem is that I like to travel and I don’t have anyone to leave a cat with… All these automated pet feeders give me hope, though.
This Automatic Pet Water Bowl uses the laws of physics to refill. You can attach a garden hose or a water bottle and gravity will keep the bowl full, while float value ensures auto shut off against overflowing. This way, you can leave for a limited period of time and be sure your pet will have all the water it needs, especially during summer.
Why would anyone want to turn away cute fluffy meowing cats? Hmm… *remembers neighbor’s cats in heat yowling under window at 1 a.m.* OK, you might want to occasionally have a back yard free of cute fluffy meowing incredibly loud cats.
But you can’t just throw a boot at them. You might hit and hurt them. You might miss and have the cat concert continue. And either way, you’d have to go out and get your boot back… If you’re out of brilliant ideas, check out the Mega-Sonic Scatter-Cat Repeller. It’s probably the best solution you can find: the noise will drive the cats (or dogs, or squirrels) away, but you (or the neighbors) won’t hear anything.
And if you have a hidden urge to be a sniper, that’s one more wish fulfilled: the repeller is equipped with laser sighting. Of course, you’ll look like a very silly sniper targeting cats with a green megaphone.
You being eco-conscious is apparently not enough anymore. Your pets have to be too. And, since Fido doesn’t actually care how his ball was manufactured, why not pay some attention to that? Since, I assume, your Fido still relies on you do to his shopping.
The RecycleBall is made from rubbery scraps left over from the manufacture of other chew toys - and, as an interesting tidbit, it appears the manufacture of the product recently moved in the USA. Rare thing indeed.
There’s not much to say about the RecycleBall since it’s just a dog toy after all, but pet-owners who want to save a planet might want to give it a go.
The corporate world is usually pretty boring. No way to express your individuality through clothing, writing reports all day long… One way of dealing with this is though a healthy amount of silliness (as long as the company policy allows it).
If you have the kind of cat who would enjoy the 
