Allegra and Ruby are always thrilled when there’s a new product to review, and because they had so much fun with this one, I thought it was only fair to let them write the review.
Allegra: When this odd looking box arrived at our house the other day, Ruby and I went to check it out immediately. We do that with all boxes that come into the house, but this one looked really different.
Ruby: I saw a picture of a triangle with a cat in the center on the box! That looked really interesting. There were also words on the box, but I can’t read, so I asked Allegra what they said.
Allegra: It says “Native American Teepee for fluffy little critters.” We’re fluffy little critters, Ruby!
Ruby: So this is for us? Woohoo!!!
Allegra: mother took her time unpacking it. We couldn’t wait to see what it was! When she finally got it out of the box, it didn’t look all that exciting. In fact, it just looked like much more cardboard. now don’t get me wrong, I like cardboard as much as the next cat, it can be very tasty, especially the edges, but this was a bit of a letdown after what it said on the box.
Ruby: Allegra, look! mother is making something out of the cardboard!
Allegra: I can see that, Ruby. It looks like a tent. Let’s see if we can help her. See, with our help, this is going much faster.
Ruby: Look, it has a little opening in the front. We can go in it!
Allegra: You go first, Ruby.
Ruby: Okay! Oooh, Allegra, this is fun. You ought to come in, too!
Allegra: That’s okay, Ruby. I’ll just check it out from the outside first.
Ruby: Coward!
Allegra: who are you calling a coward? get out of there and make room for me. I can go in, too!
Ruby: Wee! We can both go in it at the same time! Or better yet, I can hide in here and pounce on you when you least expect me to. view out – here I come!!!
Since Allegra and Ruby clearly choose playing with the Cascades boutique cat teepee to writing about it, I thought I’d add a few things. The teepee is made from nice, durable cardboard, and even though it didn’t come with assembly instructions, it was very easy to put together (take it from someone who shudders when she sees the words “some assembly required” on anything!). It comes with a couple of cute different decorations for the front of the teepee to give it that “authentic native American look.”
You can see the girls checking out their teepee in the video below. It’s become a permanent fixture in our kitty playroom. Ruby uses it much more than Allegra, and, not surprisingly, she uses it mostly to stalk Allegra! It seems like the teepee would hold up well to even rough play.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0NU9xBO3F0
You can purchase the cat teepee from Cascades boutique online. They also offer a cat Chalet. Both the teepee and the chalet are made from 84% recycled cardboard.
As a special offer for conscious cat readers only, Cascades boutique will offer a 25% discount on both products on all orders placed through September 30. use rebate code CONSCIOUT during checkout. and one lucky reader will win either a cat teepee or chalet! To enter the giveaway, please leave a comment to let me know why you’d like to win, and whether you’d like to win the teepee or the chalet. For an additional chance to win, share this giveaway on Facebook or tweet about it, and leave the link in a separate comment. This giveaway ends Tuesday, August 23.
Ingrid King
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31 comments on product review and giveaway: Cascades boutique cat teepee
Elizabeth Flynn says:
August 23, 2011 at 4:46 pm
This is really a fantastic and different idea. I think that my tribe (Lakota, Pocahontas, Comanche, Crow, Iroquois, Cherokee, Wolf, Bear, Rain, Shoshone and Choctaw) would really delight in taking turns sleeping (or posting a look out) in the teepee. thank you for the opportunity to win one ?
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Donna Bell says:
August 23, 2011 at 2:03 pm
my foster kitties would love this to play with. one new adventure on a who list of new adventures. my own kitties would probably love it too.
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Stacey R. says:
August 23, 2011 at 11:18 am
I think that boss kitty would love the tepee to play in and sleep in. best now he doesn’t really have any toys that he can sleep in and typically needs a space of his own when the doggies he lives with start to bug him. He typically just hides under the bed but he would love to hide in a little tepee. He also loves keeping up with conscious cat on facebook. Meowww!
Thank you, Boss’ mother and boss <3 Reply Donna Marshall says: August 21, 2011 at 2:04 pm As much as my furkids love boxes, I think Romeo, Tripod Jack, and miss Glory would love the chalet. I have a box for them best now, but thenullnull