Meowbox is a monthly subscription box for cats filled with fun, unique toys, and natural, grain-free, organic, or locally-made treats.
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About Meowbox
The Subscription Box: Meowbox
The Cost: $22.95 a month or every other month. Gift subscriptions are $32.95 for one month, $83.85 for three months, or $137.70 for 6 months. All options include free shipping.
The Products: 5-7 toys and treats per month for your cat.
Good to know: Meowbox will substitute non-food items for cats with special dietary requirements. (There is a box to check during the signup process if you want to do this.) And for every Meowbox you buy, they give one can of food to a shelter cat!
Ships to: U.S. (free shipping), Canada (not sure of shipping costs for this one)
Meowbox August 2018 "Carnival Kitties" Review
Meowbox has a lot of exclusive toys that are usually pretty popular with my cats. From my perspective, it’s nice to see some things that don’t turn up in other cat subscription boxes:
Meowbox has a lot of exclusive toys that are usually pretty popular with my cats. From my perspective, it’s nice to see some things that don’t turn up in other cat subscription boxes:
The information card typically just gives a URL for finding out more information about the items in the box. The picture is adorable, as usual. This month had a carnival theme.
So Bright Freeze Dried Chicken Breast (0.81 oz) – Retail Value $3.29 (found here for $2.99)
My cats are normally not into freeze-dried meat, but Sneaky and Madison liked this pretty well, and even Monkey ate some. (Angus is on a food trial where we are eliminating chicken and turkey and Mr. Kitty can’t have this, of course.) This is 100% freeze-dried chicken breast and is made in the US.
Le Sharma Trading Clown Hat – Retail Value $5.99
This is handmade in Nepal from natural wool. You’ll sometimes see Le Sharma toys in Meowbox and they are usually exclusives. Anyway, this is lightweight and has a texture that my kitties thought was very interesting.
Meow Raceways Bumpurr Car – Retail Value $8.50
This is a dangler-type toy, which I did not realize at first, but you will see in the kitty pictures below that it has a plastic ring for your finger as well as a long string. Several cats enjoyed this (it has FEATHERS, after all), but the funniest thing was Angus, who picked up the end with the plastic ring and was dragging it around.
Cat’s Carnival Corn Dog – Retail Value $4.99
The custom Meowbox toys like this always have the cutest faces. I think they are just adorable. Anyway, this is a small catnip plush that is good for tossing around. Normally this would be an Angus thing, but he is still wearing his e-collar. However, lately, in the mornings and evenings while we medicate Mr. Kitty, Sneaky has been playing with toys while she waits for us to feed her, and more often than not it’s the Meowbox toys, and yesterday it was this one. (I was busy with eye drops and didn’t have a camera available.)
Kitty’s Cotton Candy – Retail Value $5.99
This is another small catnip plush that’s maybe a little larger than the corn dog but not much. This one has also been located in Sneaky’s morning play area and I suspect Angus will be more interested, as well, when we are able to take the e-collar off.
Gratuitous cat photos:
Angus sniffed every toy.
Here, he has the plastic ring and was dragging this toy around all by himself. It was really funny.
I actually got some pictures where you can see Madison’s face this month! And his giant tongue is showing in that last one if you look for it.
Monkey really thought the texture of this hat was interesting.
But his reaction to the treat is just hilarious.
Sneaky likes the *wrong* end of the bumper car toy.
She spent an unusual amount of time investigating this hat.
And of course, she liked the treats.
You will notice Mr. Kitty does not appear in this review. He is a bit under the weather right now. He has recently been diagnosed with diabetes and he also has an upper respiratory infection and while we are trying to get rid of his infection (probably viral) and get his blood sugar under control, I am not bothering him for pictures. Hopefully, he will be back in a few weeks!
Verdict: I calculated a value of $28.76 for the August Meowbox. That is a reasonable amount over the $22.95 cost of the subscription for a cat subscription box. The toys were popular with my crew this month, especially the dangler and I thought everything was very cute, as usual.
To Wrap Up:
Can you still get this box if you sign up today? From MeowBox:
We will send you a box full of goodies for your cat on the next business day, and then the 15th of every month after that.
Coupon – Save 10% off of all subscriptions with code ADDICTION
Value Breakdown: At $22.95 for this box, here’s what you are paying approximately per item:
- Treats $2.63
- Clown hat toy $4.78
- Bumpurr car toy $6.78
- Corn dog toy $3.98
- Cotton candy toy $4.78
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