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hey guys so as of today maro has been
back with me for just over one month
and it was kind of rough for the first
couple weeks he was meowing a lot more
than usual
it did take him a little while to get
settled into his new home
but as you can see he's pretty chill now
munching on some cat grass in the
background there
and i think he's finally feeling really
comfortable which i'm
super happy about so i recently went to
the pet store up here in marioka where i
live in northern japan
and i did a really big shopping spree of
all the supplies that i need for
tomorrow and i thought i would share it
with you guys tell you the prices show
you the kind of things you can get here
in japan
and you can compare it with your home
country i guess we'll start with the cat
grass
maro's favorite this is a pretty common
product that you can find in a pet store
but he wants it so bad he's climbing up
on my lap together
it only costs a dollar here at the pet
store and it's maro's absolute favorite
cats love munching on grass it helps
with their digestion
and with hair balls oh my god maro just
likes the taste of it he doesn't even
have a problem with hair balls or
digestion but he just loves chewing on
it and
yanking it out of the package
if you have a cat i recommend getting
them some cat grass this is actually
just wheatgrass you could easily grow it
yourself
there you go you can have it again
next is this giant
sun muff plushy a big
catnip stuffed fish i love the packaging
i haven't given this tomorrow yet so i'm
not sure what he's gonna think about it
but he really does love big plushies
like this that he can
grab and kick he loves kicking things
so i like to get him big long plushies
like this that he can do that with
i'm excited to see what he thinks of the
fish it's pretty realistic looking
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loves it when i run around the house
with him
with a dangly toy so i got this really
long
fluffy rainbow one it's got a bell on
the end which he'll love
as you can see he loves toys that make
noise
and i think this will just be great for
running around the house with him
getting him tired out before bedtime so
he sleeps through the night
these are actually his favorite toy
they're really simple
they don't cost that much but he loves
it so much i think it's the way
that they move you can really flick them
around and they kind of look like
an insect or something and i think
that's what he's attracted to
i gave one to pudeen as well and she
loves it so i think this is a
an all-around cat favorite but
i usually go through about one or two of
these a month because he just choose the
crap out of it
it's a lot of fun playing with it is
that fun
looking at all your toys this one is
adorable
i don't really know what maro's gonna
think of it but
it's a little cat paw and it moves
it's got a little trigger here to move
it
it's just the most adorable thing i
can't wait to play with him with this
one
this is something that i've never seen
before so it's lots of fun
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i feel like japan gets really creative
with their pet toys there really is
a huge selection of the pet store if you
guys are interested i'll take you for a
tour
of my local pet store let me know if
that's something you would like to see
i'll show you the toy section but i'm
always impressed with the selection of
stuff they have
next are these wool balls for some
reason
cats at least my cats maro and luna are
both
weirdly attracted to wool they just get
obsessive
over it so when i saw these balls made
out of wool i thought i should try them
because
i can imagine that he will really be
attracted to them
but maro really loves batting a ball
around the house when i'm out at the
grocery store or something i'll spy on
him
through the petcam and i'll see him
batting his ball around the house
playing soccer by himself
it's really cute so i always make sure
there's a bunch of balls just lying
around
that he can play with and i think he'll
really like these ones
next we have some dental products
these are all products that i found to
hopefully
help improve the quality of maro's teeth
i've noticed that his teeth are getting
a little yellow he does love getting his
teeth brushed so i've been doing that
every day since he got back home but
just to kind of help
aid in the cleaning of them and to make
sure it doesn't progress into anything
more serious
i've gotten a few more products to help
get the tartar buildup
off his teeth i really hope they work
i've actually never tried
um any of these before so i can't really
tell you if they're good or not but i'm
going to
try them out and i'll let you guys know
so i did some research and lots of
websites talked about including some
kind of
dental supplement in either their water
or their
food or when you brush their teeth and i
found this probiotic
powder it's supposed to help kill the
bad bacteria in their mouth
and help with bad breath and removal of
tartar it was quite expensive this will
apparently last
for 40 days so i'll try it out and let
you guys know if i see
any improvements but i figured it was
worth a shot
this is the toothpaste that mara loves i
know you can get this
in america because i saw it on american
amazon it might have a slightly
different name over there this is the
imported japanese one
um but see if you can find oratin
dental gel i think they call it he loves
the flavor of it
and he gets really excited when i call
him over for
brushing time so any product that will
help you
clean your cat's teeth is probably a
good idea because it can be really
difficult with lots of cats
he just loves the flavor of this and
he's totally okay with me
putting it on a brush and brushing the
sides
of his teeth with it he doesn't get
angry about it he actually gets excited
he finds it like a treat
this is the style of brush i like to use
it's like a cylinder shape and the
bristles go all the way around
i feel like it's easier to get in
between all their teeth with that shape
of brush
but make sure to never use human
toothpaste
on animals they need a specific pet
formula the ingredients are very
different this is really cool
uh i'm looking forward to this because
maro
is so obsessed with chewing things he
loves chewing on things it's
it's a problem because when he was
younger
if you've been following me for a while
he chewed on my
windowsill to the point where he broke
his front fang
and that's why he only has one tooth in
the front if you're wondering why he has
such a derpy face
he had to have surgery to remove that
tooth completely after he broke it
himself
so i thought i would try this out this
is a chewing brush
what you do is you stick it on top of
one of those
tube treats that he loves and you
squeeze a bit of the treat out
into the brush here and they'll chew it
and then
the little silicone bristles will help
clean their teeth
while they're enjoying the flavor of the
snack
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it's really hard to find dental chews
for cats there is
a whole entire aisle dedicated to dental
chews for dogs in my pet store
it took me quite a while to find these
but i'm glad they had something so
these are little treats made out of
turkey tendons so they're really chewy
and they'll really have to gnaw on them
so what it says to do
is hold the treat in your hand and let
your cat
gnaw on it like that and it'll help
clean their teeth while they're chewing
on it
i hope they taste good i hope maro likes
the flavor he is so extremely picky
when it comes to food and snacks so
really hope he likes these if not i
could always rub some catnip on them
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similar to that are these chicken strips
they're very tough and stringy and the
cats
really have to chew at them so anything
like that is good for their teeth
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this one says it's stress care extra
fine jerky of mata tabi
is catnip so these are long
catnip flavored strips hyundai hason
distress care so they bite it they play
with it because it's like a string
and the catnip helps to relax them
so it's a little stress relieving toy
made out of chicken again
next is his favorite ear cleaning cotton
buds
so these are wet mimble
wet cotton buds and they come in
individual packages like this you can
just break one off
when you want to use it and they're so
convenient because
you can break it in half in the middle
here
packaging is always genius so you hold
it
with the half package on the end and you
can clean one of their ears
and then when it gets dirty you can put
that
back in that package flip and do the
other ear without having to touch the
dirty q-tip
maro loves them as you can see he loves
getting his ear cleaned
it must feel really nice these are kind
of cooling i think they have some kind
of cooling properties to them
but um i use this to gently clean the
earwax
out of his ears he's obsessed with it if
i call him over and say it's ear
cleaning time
he'll come running to me so if your pets
have dirty ears
and you struggle with cleaning them they
don't really enjoy it maybe see if you
can find
something similar to this because
honestly he just he finds it like a
treat he looks forward to it
and he'll sit there and he'll look so
relaxed it's so cute
uh let me clean your ears
these are one of his new favorite snacks
this is
hoshikama it's made out of hotape
um let's forget the english word for
these
scallops made out of scallops
they smell a little fishy so he loves
them let's see if he'll eat them
do you want one
do you want a treat on it hungry
good boy i feel like this is something
you probably wouldn't find overseas this
strikes me as something that's very
japanese there's no preservatives used
in these and they've got some
supplements added to them as well so
hopefully they're not
too unhealthy i don't give them too many
of them but he loves them as a treat
and i guess that's it the rest of the
stuff in the basket is just stuff that i
bought online or in canada
so that is my japanese pet store haul i
hope you found that interesting is
anything here
really different than things you would
see in your country and if you have any
tips for
cleaning your cat's teeth please do let
me know those as well in the comments i
would be very thankful
thanks so much for watching guys and i
will see you again very soon bye for now
you