I recently received a comment on one of my videos talking about PetSmart's new line
and how they think that PetSmart is possibly improving their care
so I figured that I would give you my reaction and opinions on their new line
This is the Nate and Jeremiah line
I think Nate and Jeremiah are from
a home makeover show I don't know 100% sure but I feel like they're probably from some HGTV type of Series
so this is just what the page looks like on PetSmart
they do stuff for fish, reptiles and small pets
and I'm obviously going to be just focusing on small pets because I don't have fish or reptiles
they also have a Youtube video
talking about their collection
so we're gonna watch that I haven't seen it yet
hi I'm Nate burkiss hey guys I'm Jeremiah Brent and we are so excited to be partnering with PetSmart
for the very first ever designer designed collection for pet environment
the intention with the collection is we want to be the bridge between design obviously and
things that are necessary for your small pets if we can design a collection that makes people
really excited to bring those habitats right into the main living space then we've done a good job
I'm really proud of our collection, the stands especially not only are they beautiful but they're
easy to transition into any home style which I think is really important there's really rich
finishes whether it's the faux marble on the top or the great wood stains there's this great Bronze
finish that we have on all the hardware so it feels like something that could seamlessly blend
into your home. Even though these finishes are very sophisticated looking they're incredibly easy to
clean and we've added cord management, hooks for all the accessories
it's truly a partnership between our design aesthetic and PetSmart's knowledge on everything about pets
fish need plants where they can hide
toys that they can swim through, hiding can be important if they're feeling shy or territorial same
yes you hide in our own house well I think it's important that the aquariums Echo the fish's natural habitat and that's what we really tried to do by bearing
okay natural habitat
a lot of different interesting vessels
when we were designing the reptile habitats it's important for us that the spaces really echoed
where they were from
replicating natural habitats
have everything they need in the most beautiful way possible
the hamster
small pet decor
it turns out that small pets just needed two small decorators
and the intention behind everything we're doing is obviously to make it really beautiful I'm particularly excited with our little sofas there's a faux leather option
as well as kind of what feels like a boucle
how come the fish and reptile gets "we wanted to recreate natural habitats"
and hamster gets faux couch
do do hamsters not come from natural Wild
places as well or only fish and reptile
super practical for any habitat yeah
I know these guys probably know literally nothing about small pets so I'm not gonna blame them in that sense but
This is Not Practical at all for a hamster it's a big waste of space and it's just dangerous
and then my favorite part is when something can do two things at the same time so the bent grass hide
is actually a great place for yourself
that doesn't look too bad
to hide and then when they get hungry from hiding they can eat it
all right that's not really how that works um
it's not like edible in a sense like it's gonna feed them
oh my goodness
maybe they should have hired somebody who knew
somewhat about the animals
that grass tunnel sure that hamster definitely can use for hiding in and they can use for chewing that's great
they're not eating it
they're gonna chew it they're not that's not the snack that's not a snack to them
all right
so it looks like their main focus is technically kind of more of the stands and things like that
rather than
the other care aspects like food and bedding and stuff like that which I'm kind of glad they didn't try to do something like that
so let's take a look at some of the stands
so their stands actually look super aesthetically pleasing like this is what you would see in a very nice home I would say
now these prices are extremely high for a stand
we've got 399 this one's 299
I think 399 is the most expensive
I'm not gonna say that that's necessarily overpriced especially now that
in this economy everything is expensive so it doesn't surprise me
it does look very nice
because it was built in mind for holding aquariums and things like that I am going to
assume that it is a decent quality and that it's going to be able to withstand holding up a full aquarium full of water
they all have like what it what tank you can put up to so this one here you can have up to a 75 gallon aquarium on it which I think is
good and I'm assuming that it's going to be able to withstand all of that weight including all of the water in it that's like an extremely heavy tank if you have all that water in it
um now obviously we're not talking about fish because hamsters don't live in aquariums with water they just live in aquariums with
bedding so it's quite light so that's not really something we have to worry about hamsters also don't have really cords or anything
so some of these features are really not necessary I do like the storage aspect
because you could put like your food and bedding and some extra toys and things like that
in there I was thinking like maybe you could find a stand cheaper
but honestly when I took a look at Ikea some of their stands are quite similar in price the only
one that is going to be necessarily cheaper is if you get the kallax unit
which you can get for 130 dollars
and that's just that's probably gonna be your cheapest stand that you can get
because the rest of the stands that would kind of look similar to the PetSmart ones they are pretty expensive like
this one right here is a 450 dollars this one here this really nice one is 650
so
you're looking to spend like
I do think these
the stand prices are pretty fair would I personally buy them probably not because my hamster enclosures
are- would never fit on a stand they
they they they sit on the floor so
now let's just take a look at some of the decor that they've come out with we did get a little sneak peek in that video
this one in particular not a fan of at all I don't know what was going through their head I know they thought like this is going to be so cute and adorable
and maybe for like a guinea pig
I don't even want to say that
it would be maybe okay but literally any other
small animal it's just it's not going to
be suitable
putting this faux Sherpa small pet couch in like a mouse, rat, hamster or gerbils
enclosure is not going to be a good idea
because they are going to shred it
these are animals who are thinking about nesting and building nests And when they see Sherpa they're like
bingo bango that's the best nesting material ever
they're gonna end up chewing the crap out of it
I'm assuming inside of it probably has cotton keeping the form
that's going to be really dangerous um cotton definitely can get wrapped around limbs
teeth if they decide to pouch it if they ingest any of the fabric it could cause an internal blockage
so this is just an immediate immediate no
like they also mentioned in the video they have this grass peanut hide I actually am a fan of this one shockingly enough
but literally because it is just
dried grass
we've seen these types of houses by many different brands like niteangel and Oxbow
and
I'm sure many of us have plenty of these types of hides these are safe
they're not food
but they are safe
they also have this yurt small pet hide I'm not sure how I really feel about it it also I'm not sure how it's necessarily attached to these inside of this hide
because the inside is plastic
and the yurt is just kind of wrapped around so I don't know if that's just
you know hot glued around
personally this isn't probably something that I would necessarily buy myself especially for thirty dollars because to me it looks
extremely like diyed
they also have some accessories for small animals they don't have a ton
um and they're not exactly like I'm
I don't know if I would necessarily buy these just because I feel like I could get something better
A lot of them have pumice and I don't actually know many small animals that use pumice to chew on
if I was a hamster don't necessarily know if I would chew on it because pumice is like
a stone
and the thought of chewing on a stone literally makes
my hair on my skin stand up
so the rest of these like these wood blocks I think these would be just like fine for a hamster the chain link I
do kind of worry about
just because I don't know how big this
little area is and a small hamster may try to fit through it and possibly get stuck
I would probably more so give this to a rabbit instead of a hamster
just because the risk of them getting stuck in between
the links
now I said I wasn't going to talk about the fish and reptile stuff but I kind of
saw a glimpse of some of the things that they made for the decor and I was thinking that maybe some of these things would be suitable for hamsters
possibly
because they don't look too awful
um it just depends on the size of these items
then you probably could use it for a hamster as well like this reptile hide here looks to be a decent size
and this could probably be used for a hamster hide as well if you're trying to add something interesting in there
overall do I think PetSmart is improving their care no
I think they are just trying to
Market towards a different group people who really like aesthetically pleasing looking things are definitely going to want to purchase
these items the cage setup examples they have for hamsters is literally horrible
it's just like a tank with some bedding in it not even deep bedding they had the opportunity to put
a nice hamster setup enclosure on the stand and they just went ahead and just
*blows raspberry*
they missed the mark on that one
so those are my thoughts on PetSmart's new line let me know what you guys think and I'll see you guys in my next video bye