Saturday 24 November 2012

Christmas Gifts For Pets Number 2; Christmas Dog Toys


As a nation of dog lovers in the UK we are always looking to treat our favourite pets at any opportunity with some of the amazing pet supplies that are available, but at the moment we need to source them at cheap prices too.

Christmas dog toys are so much fun now that to will find them hard to resist! With sizes to suit all dogs, bright colours and fun designs to amuse! Some of our favourites (all product tested of course!) are the Christmas Knotties a seasonal variation on the best selling Cotton Bear and still made from the same great cotton rope. In three great designs; a penguin, Christmas bear and snowman there is one for you (or a set!). Chewing these toys will satisfy your dogs need to chew while helping to clean your dogs teeth and gums too – a perfect Christmas present for all small & medium breeds also great for puppies.



Animate’s Noodle Father Christmas and Rudolph dog toys are just so soft that you can’t help picking them up, this same texture makes them irresistible to dogs who will also love the squeaker. These plush Christmas dog toys area real winner and a good size too at 12 inches long. The loveable faces may even mean that they don’t even get to your dogs!



If you have a larger dog who loves their rope toys then don’t despair these Christmas character  plush toys including Rudolph, snowman and penguin from Pet Brands have rope arms and legs making them stronger than the plush toys on their own. The attention to detail is still terrific, available in 3 designs these toys are gorgeous too.



For anyone with a dog that is not fussed by toys or has too many already but you really want to avoid all of the unhealthy Christmas dog treats Hollings have come to your rescue with these superb Festive Goodie Bags. Full of tasty and healthy natural treats which all dogs will love without the unnecessary additives.



For all of these and many more great Christmas ideas for your pets take a look at our website and make Christmas easier.

Friday 23 November 2012

Christmas Gifts For Pets Number 1; Litter Kwitter


Most of us have seen the film Meet The Fockers and wondered how Jinksy the cat can use the toilet in the film. Well now we can teach our own cats to use our own toilet!



Following the three easy steps with the Litter Kwitter toilet trainer is made even easier with the addition of a DVD instructional disk with the product. Cats of any age or size (not suitable for kittens under 3 months or cats with arthritis) can be trained surprisingly quickly (8 weeks or less) if these guidelines are followed. The fixings are a universal fit which will easily attach to most standard toilet seats.



Training your cat to use the Litter Kwitter will stop the need for having dirty, smelly litter trays in the house meaning no more litter or dirt trodden around the house. Not using a litter tray will also save you money on the cost of cat litter.





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The Litter Kwitter comes smartly packaged and will make a great Christmas present for any of your feline friends! A light hearted product which will cause amusement but also has a very practical use – your cats will never look back!!



Tuesday 19 June 2012

Burgess Excel Nature Snacks Country Garden Herbs & Mountain Meadow Herbs.


Burgess Excel natural complimentary snacks are adored by all rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas and degus as a tasty and healthy dinner topper!! 

These great rabbit and small animal treats are perfect to mix in with the usual diet or tumbled in with hay to create a fantastic foraging experience. Burgess Excel Nature Snacks Country Garden Herbs and Burgess Excel Mountain Meadow Herbs are packed full of vitamins and minerals, because they are dried they are completely safe to feed to your pets.

Burgess Excel is a well respected British family owned company that has been at the forefront of small animal nutrition for many years, leading the way with many of their products. A healthy food is just the start for rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas diets they also need additional fibre and variation to encourage a natural foraging behaviour. High quality hay is essential for these fibrevores and the addition of healthy natural treats such as Country Garden Herbs and Mountain Meadow Herbs increases the vitamin intake while providing emotional enrichment and reducing boredom. The additional chewing also encourages the natural dental wear of these ever growing teeth.

100% natural and totally tasty these treats are a must!

Burgess Excel Mountain Meadow Herbs are naturally high in beneficial fibre at 32% and contain calming Chamomile.


Ingredients: Dandelion, Milk Thistle, Coltsfoot leaf, Chamomile, Parsley, Sage, Hibiscus, Fennel Seeds, Rose Petals, Sunflower Petals.

Burgess Excel Country Garden Herbs have a high beneficial fibre content of 30% and include mint to aid digestion.


Ingredients: Dandelion, Milk Thistle, Plantain, Chicory, Mint, Marigold, Cornflower, Jerusalem Artichokes.

All of the ingredients in Burgess Excel Nature Snacks Country Garden Herbs and Mountain Meadow Herbs have been carefully selected for their health giving benefits and nutritional content many of which are a rabbits natural food.  They have all been carefully dried to maintain all of the natural goodness for your pets to enjoy.

These are extremely popular products from our small animal treat range for good reason and loved by many of our customers pets. Burgess Excel products are always available from More For Pets Limited at great cheap prices to buy online.

Tuesday 5 June 2012

Dog Bowls To Be Proud Of!


Dog bowls are one of those things that we all take for granted and either do not notice them getting tired and battered or we do and are too embarrassed to have them on show needing to hide them away from view!

The new selection of dog bowls have come on a long way since the first thin metal bowls which wear stains and trademark dents just as easily as they tip over and clatter around the floor. But modern day dog bowls can add a real touch of class or fun to your kitchen and are smart enough to leave on show. They come in an infinite variety of designs and styles to suit all dogs and situations.

Ceramic dog bowls are a traditional favourite and Mason Cash have been producing their cane pet range for over 70 years and have little changed. They still have the classic clean look but now have the high gloss glaze making them easy to keep hygienically clean, a thickened rim to reduce chipping and chewing and are produced in heavy stoneware. Within this range the Mason Cash Spaniel Bowl is worthy of a special mention as a real design classic and is perfect for any owners of Spaniels, the shape of this bowl means that the ears do not get wet or dirty during feeding and drinking. This classic range has been accompanied by a range of colourful designs in stoneware and porcelain in fabulous colours to suit all situations and a selection of sizes to suit different breeds. The premium quality of these dog bowls still shows but they just have a modern twist. Ceramic dog bowls have benefits such as keeping water and wet foods fresher for longer, being anti tip and anti chew as well as being hygienic and durable.





Those old tinny metal bowls have made way for a wide selection of premium Stainless Steel dog bowls made from a heavy grade of stay bright metal and offering rubber feet fused to the bases. These new features mean that they are much less likely to dent, stain and slide around the floor clattering as they go! The range of designs has grown too, producing some fantastic new products. Particularly useful are the Anti Gulp dog bowls which help to slow your dogs feeding down reducing indigestion and illness following rushed eating, twin bowls giving a quality edge to this classic design and the Slant Bowls which guide food or water to one edge of these square bowls making feeding easier for dogs that find it difficult to feed (older dogs and puppies).



Even plastic dog bowls now have moved on. These new products are a leap ahead of the early bowls offering a high gloss stain resistant finish which is very easy to keep clean, fused rubber feet to reduce slipping and anti tip designs. These light weight dog bowls come in a kaleidoscope of different colours and for a great value light weight bowl they cannot be beaten still.

Other specialist bowls are available for specific purposes carefully designed for these different uses. Ancol produce a great canvas folding dogbowl which is great when you are travelling and need a light weight bowl which takes up no room at all – perfect for food or water. There are non spill bowls for providing water on car journeys, bolt on bowls for dog crates even height adjustable dog bowls for larger dogs that find it difficult to feed from the floor.

More For Pets Limited have a great range of these bowls available to buy online now at cheap prices. Give your dogs a bowl to be proud of! 

Friday 23 March 2012

Essential Spring Pond Maintenance.

It is now officially Spring and your ponds are starting to wake from their winter dormancy. The aquatic plants are showing signs of growth - some even flowering. The wildlife is beginning to stir with frog spawn appearing in suitable ponds a real feeling that there is better weather to come!

Pond fish are much more active now for longer periods of the day while the water temperature is higher and the sun is dancing on the water surface.

Spring is the best time to give your pond its annual service – checking all stages of pond filters are working fully, replacing UV bulbs for the coming season (most are only really effective for 9 months and then only if the quartz sleeves they are housed in are cleaned of dirt), aquatic plants need trimming and dividing with the new growth keen to root and re-establish quickly, lilies and marginal’s need feeding with a pond plant fertiliser to encourage healthy growth and flowers, check for any leaks in liners or a build up of dirt in the pond that will need removing.

It is not only the pond that needs scrutinising; your fish too need to be observed for early signs of damage or disease from the hardships of winter. The fish may only just be moving around but all those nasty disease causing bacteria are active at much lower temperatures meaning they may already have infected your fish. If your fish are looking as if they need a boost but have no obvious symptoms then a general pond tonic may be worth using, but if there are specific symptoms such as ulcers, finrot, fungus or parasites then the correct pond treatment needs to be chosen.

Any maintenance on pond filters at this time of year will need to be combined with a filter enhancer to rejuvenate the beneficial waste reducing bacteria which will have been lost during maintenance. These bacteria are an essential part of an efficient filtration process and reapplying then will mean no drop in water quality.

These newly active fish will need feeding! A good quality food will help to boost their immune systems and increase their general vitality. Make sure that the food is fresh – food left open for too long will have gone off and lost its vitamin content or worse. The food needs to be the right size and type for your fish, floating types are generally better as you can easily monitor how much your fish are eating without the wasted food polluting the pond water. There is a great range of Pond Foods available to choose from now so your fish can be spoilt for choice!

But most of all make time to sit back, relax and enjoy your ponds and water features – after all that is why they are there!

Sunday 26 February 2012

Choosing Your Dog Collars.

There is such a variety of dog collars available now that sometimes it can be difficult to choose which is best for your dog.

Nylon dog collars are the first choice for durability, strength and value all of which are provided by this synthetic material. Available in a wide range of colours and styles there is something for most dogs. The quality can vary so much between different manufacturers both in the weave strength of the nylon itself and in the construction o the collars where quite often the stitching can let the collar down so choose a good manufacturer. Softweave collars are fabulous for your puppy’s first collars where these comfortable collars can get them used to wearing a collar and the fine adjustments which can be made in the open weave is great as you are not restricted to pre-made eyelets. The versatility of adjustable nylon collars can be great for getting a snug fit and a quick release collar which snaps on while absolute strength will always be provided by the traditional metal buckle nylon collar with metal riveted eyelets.

Chain dog collars can add a touch of class and offer superior strength. Traditionally dog choke chains have been amazingly popular to reduce or control pulling on the lead though now they have been superseded by other products such as head collars and training harnesses which are kinder to the dog. Half check collars which are a mixture of chain and nylon or leather still have their place and are great for a collar which you can slip on and off the dog quickly. Chain and leather collars with buckles are amazingly strong for very powerful dogs and have a touch of elegance about them.

Leather dog collars are still the most popular collars by far and the traditional leather collar with buckles will out sell other types of collar for years to come! For a strong durable classic collar you cannot beat a traditional leather dog collar. The quality of these collars can vary greatly though with cheaper grades of leather prone to stretching and weakening, low grade stitching can fail and even worse than this some leathers are treated with toxic chemicals which can irritate you and your dogs skin. Even humble leather collars have moved on to a superb level with the premium collars in the Ancol Vintage range offering highest grade bridle leather with a soft leather lining, high quality strong metal fittings and a high gloss fully stitched finish. Timberwolf leather dog collars even come in a classy blue finish with a 3M waterproofing treatment.

Specialist dog collars are still popular for dogs with particular breed requirements. Breeds such as Greyhounds, Whippets and Bull terriers all have collars created to fit. The range of Bull Terrier collars and harnesses is quite amazing now highlighting the popularity of this breed.

The demand for fashion and designer dog collars is higher than ever. From classically styled canvas and soft leather combinations, colourful printed nylon collars with amazing designs, crystal encrusted designs offer some real bling to your pampered pooch and not forgetting the puppy ranges for young dogs with style!

There is a collar to suit every dog for every occasion! Don’t restrict your dog to one outfit, they need a comfy collar for lounging at home, casual walking collar, dressy going out in town collar, maybe one for pup parties..............

Tuesday 21 February 2012

The Benefit of Hay For Fibrevores.

Hay comes in range of Tasty Varieties!

As we know Hay is an essential part of any Fibrevore’s diet. Fibravore's are small animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs, degus or chinchillas who require hay as a large proportion of the diet., this hay provides them with all of the beneficial fibre that they need for healthy digestion. There are so many types of small animal hay to choose from on the market today that it can be difficult to know which you should buy. Hay can easily divided into two main types - grass hays and legume hays. 


Now you can purchase hays which has tasty added extras such as dandelions, birch bark, chamomile or Jerusalem artichoke to name but a few.  These are great as a treat and when mixed with their usual hay and will encourage them to forage, encourage natural behaviour and naturally reduce boredom.


A few varieties are: 

Timothy hay is grass based and is ideal for older rabbits.  With its mix of leaves and stems it creates a great mix of taste and high fibre content which is essential to ensure a healthy digestive system.

Alfalfa is legume hay and is very tasty making it popular with Rabbits and other small animals.  It has a high fibre and nutritional content but should only be fed as a treat as it is high in calcium which can eventually lead to high calcium build up in the bladder.  It is however a fantastic, tasty food that will encourage recovering animals, following an illness or surgery, to eat.

Burns Green Oat Hay is a great natural alternative to the 'traditional' hays.  This mix of stem, leaf and 'green' oat husks is great at keeping your small animal’s digestive system’s healthy and as an aide to dental wears.

Dried Meadow Grass is another really popular product which although not strictly a hay, it is a dried grass, packed full of more nutrients than hay and with a wonderful 'fresh grass' smell as soon as you open the bag!


More For Pets Limited stock a great range of small animal hay and bedding which are always in stock at cheap prices to buy online.