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Know anyone who doesn’t like to save money? On CentralPets.com the alphabetical listing of companies with current coupons, discounts, free with purchase, etc. offers is quite extensive. URL links to the seller’s site are included. The only catch is, you have to know which companies you want to check up on, or else scroll through the long list. Clicking on the box labeled “Pet Categories” doesn’t help — it just distracts by redirecting you to other parts of the site.

We not only have cats, we have reptiles and fish at our home. Since I work full time, time for shopping and especially for browsing is limited. My solution, like so many others is to surf the Internet. A lot of these places have email newsletters that I have signed up for, so I know about sales and special offers.

Some of my favorite commercial web sites for pet products are:

Amazon.com this is a direct link to Home and Garden, keyword cats

California Veterinary Supply over the counter remedies, treats, can also order with a prescription

Drs Foster and Smith

Collections inexpensive, but of varying quality, too. Worth looking at.

Improvements

Petsmart

Only Natural Pet Store A lot of good information and products. Warning: they carry Wellness which has GARLIC that is unsafe for cats and dogs. Garlic adversely affects red blood cell production.

Steps for Pets they donate money to shelters for each item your buy

See my previous post about Shopping While Helping Cats.

Free Stuff Channel’s Pet Page

Cool Freebie Links Pet Page

There is a lot of information overlap between each of these sites, so I try to keep a record of the offers I have already taken advantage of.

Cool Savings requires you to “become a member”. Personally, I don’t often do this as it has led to spam in the past. If you try them out, let me know.

We all like to save money. Keep in mind that this list is not exhaustive. Also some of the deals listed on any of these sites can expire while the site may still list it as active. Like the Romans said caveat emptor (loosely: let the buyer beware).

Some places to find grocery coupons or other good deals are:

Grocery Coupon Guide

Slick Deals go to Forums, then click on Hot Deals or Freebies. You can select offers from the last day or longer, use some pre-programmed subject searches (like pets) in the boxes on the lower left of the page. This place is huge, so focus!

Free Sample Forager click on Pets, Cats, Dogs or Horses for specific offers

Price Grabber.com search under Home and Garden, using keyword pets (or something even more specific)

Pet product coupons and deals from specific online vendors Petco, Petsmart, PetFoodDirect and PetCareRx at edealsetc.com

Amazon.com I search under Kitchen and Housewares or Health and Personal Care; Amazon is a good place for comparative product reviews.

Cafe Press for cat and other pet related stickers