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Go Go Pets Review & Giveaway

Some families enjoy the pleasure of adopting a new pet into the family. They are loved, petted, caressed, looked after, named, and then finally cleaned up after. The cleaning job is generally left to mom and dad…..in my household namely me. The most common request for pets that I have heard from mom’s and dad’s have been dogs, cats, fish, and hamsters.

The folks at Mom Select and Cepia Toy decided to choose Phoenix and the Phoenix-metro areas to invade and unveil “Go Go Pets.” Go Go Pets are great because they mimic real life pets without all the fuss and my home was one chosen to review their hamster pets and the “habitrails” that were included.

So my family is the proud owner of a hamster named Mr. Squiggles. I am quite happy to have adopted and received Mr. Squiggles for a few reasons:

  1. No mess. Hamsters are stinky, they live in cages, and they have all sorts of junk they make messes with. YUCK
  2. Hamsters are a rodent….I hunt rodents like the pests they are. This rodent, you would never know he was and is a rodent.
  3. The feeding, the cleaning, all the excelsior cedar for their cages, we don’t need any of that.
  4. I never have to worry about him dying and explaining to the kids why we put him in a shoe box….I just crack him open and pop in new AAA batteries.

When the box arrived and I opened to see all the different habitrails I was a bit overwhelmed and spent a good amount of time putting the pieces together. Not that there is a lot to them, just there were a number of habit areas for the little rodent. Plus having an antsy five year old doesn’t help when you are trying to put something together as fast as you can so they can begin playing. So here is what some of the “habitrails” looked like partially assembled:

Now with any toy and or new animal you have to find a place for them and they all have little quirks, ticks, and annoyances for some parents, here are mine:

  1. Immediately had to change the batteries. As with any new toy as the batteries installed are for demo use only and not full play so they die within an hour of hard play.
  2. The habitrail comes apart easily requiring an adult to continuously put the contraptions back together.
  3. Mr. Squiggles didn’t like the wheel. He would fall over sideways, again requiring someone to fix him or get him off the wheel altogether.
  4. The hamster is ALWAYS making noise. I don’t mind toys that make noise, but there should be some shut off timer that after some time and no response the thing shuts up!
  5. He likes to back up A LOT, so going forward around the habitrail was a task for Mr. Squiggles.

Now I am not saying anything bad about the toy itself, just that I have higher preferences as a parent and mom about some of the toys my kids play with. Overall though my oldest boy LOVES Mr. Squiggles and the Go Go Pets toy. My twins, they like it because they can play demolition team on the house and chase the little fur ball. My philosophy is if the kids like it and are happy with the toy with no complaints….I’m good as well.

Here is a good deal about Go Go Pets…..you get one too!! Yup, you get your very own hamster and a habitrail. No muss or fuss of a real hamster, but your kids get to enjoy all the endless hours and entertainment that the cute little rodent brings! He has a love setting where he purrs for you and talks and his Go Go setting where he is on the move! Want to win your own Go Go Pet and habitrail? Here is what you will get:

One Hamster – Chunk

One habitrail – Car & Garage

Now here are all the rules for playing and you must post a comment for each entry and the additional entries thereafter to increase your odds (1 comment = 1 entry, Rinse and Repeat). Let me also say…if you don’t follow the rules…..no loot…….no email, no loot, rules are made for a reason and to avoid spammers! So let the fun begin:

  1. Follow my blog and tell me you do so or have done so, make sure you leave a valid email addy. (Worth 1 entry)
  2. Subscribe to my blog in a feed, then come tell me you did so. (Worth 1 entry)
  3. Follow me on Twitter @KariewithaK come back and tell me so (Worth 2 entries)
  4. Tweet my giveaway on Twitter, come back and tell me you did, one per day please! (Worth 3 entries)
  5. Grab my button to your right, add it to your blog, come back and give me the link showing you did! (Worth 5 entries)
  6. Tell me why you would want one of these cute little fur balls for your kiddos, with your valid email addy. (Worth 2 entries)
  7. Blog about this giveaway with the Mom Select button below and my button, come back and give me the link. (Worth 6 entries!!)
Now if you do not provide a valid email address you will be excluded from the drawing. The giveaway ends on June 7th @ Midnight AZ Time. I will choose a winner from Random.org

Good luck and have fun!

196 Replies to “Go Go Pets Review & Giveaway”

  4. We got ours too and I will be doing the giveaway as well! My 3 year old LOVES it.

    Don’t put me in the giveaway, I just wanted to tell you we love it too!

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  15. I’d love to win this for my kids. They love stuffed animals so much and I know that this is better than any stuffed animal that they’ve ever had. They would really love this adorable toy.
    Thanks for offering this great giveaway.
    Entry #1

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  16. I’d love to win this for my kids. They love stuffed animals so much and I know that this is better than any stuffed animal that they’ve ever had. They would really love this adorable toy.
    Thanks for offering this great giveaway.
    Entry #2

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  22. How cool! My kids really want a hamster but I am not sure we are ready for a real one. This is really neat.

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  33. I would love this for my grandson. I think it is especially great for younger kids because they can’t harm the animal when they are playing with it.

    Entry 1 of 2

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  34. I would love this for my grandson. I think it is especially great for younger kids because they can’t harm the animal when they are playing with it.

    Entry 2 of 2

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  51. #1 reason. My granddaughter really wants a Hamster and I’m highly allergic not only to the hamster but to those darn chips.

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  52. #2 reason, I love making my grandchildren happy and would love to give her a hamster we can BOTH live with.

    dove42(at)comcast(dot)net

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  53. #1 reason. My granddaughter really wants a Hamster and I’m highly allergic not only to the hamster but to those darn chips. (I forgot my addy on the first post, forgive me I’m on medication)

    dove42(at)comcast(dot)net

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  62. I really want this for my daughter because she has been asking and asking for one. We are on an extremely tight budget right now so I would be thrilled to win this for her.

    dspeese at bellsouth dot net

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  69. I would want one of these for my granddaughter because she loves animals-even rodents!
    smchester at gmail dot com

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  70. I want one of these because my kids have been asking for a hamster but I don’t want any rodents in my house as pets or otherwise! lol

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  88. I’d love one of these because my daughter wants a hamster and I catch ALL rodents I can in traps. No hamster. This would be great!

    Entry 1

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  89. I’d love one of these because my daughter wants a hamster and I catch ALL rodents I can in traps. No hamster. This would be great!

    Entry 2

    coriwestphal at netzero dot com

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  105. I follow you by coming to the site often and reading the content. This is a cute toy. Great for people that live in homes with allergies to real pets or where pets are forbidden.

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  114. Why I need one (entry one)

    My nephew is now living with me full time, and as a little one, he wants a pet.. however we have very strict restrictions on any type of pets in the house (due to our landlord) so how perfect?

    audreyames@ymail.com

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  119. My son has been begging me to buy him a hamster. I think he would be happy settling for this awesome toy though!!

    jenbutterfly12 at yahoo dot com

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  122. I would love one of these for my kids because my boy has been wanting me to buy him a hamster. This would be a great start because it isn't as involved as the real thing.

    jenbutterfly12 at yahoo dot com

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  126. My girls have been wanting a hamster and I really don't want the mess. This would make an awesom compromise!

    ajcmeyer AT go DOT com

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  127. We need to win this giveaway because this is as close as my daughter will get to owning her own pet until she can and WILL clean up its poop herself. I figure she will be about 30 when that time comes.
    renee
    yeloechikee at hotmail dot com
    entry1

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  131. Every week we go to the library, my kids check out hamster books and they keep bugging me for one. They don't understand why they can't get one, especially with hubby laid off work again. This would be perfect for Chubby-huggy's

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  167. My BF's little girl would love this! She wants a pet so bad, but they live in an apartment and she isn't quite old enough yet to know how much responsibility one is. Thanks for the chance!

    sherri419 at gmail dot com

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  168. #2

    My BF's little girl would love this! She wants a pet so bad, but they live in an apartment and she isn't quite old enough yet to know how much responsibility one is. Thanks for the chance!

    sherri419 at gmail dot com

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  173. I think having a pet like this would be good to save from mess and smell of a real hamster but also I think at his age having a pet like this would be good practice for treating a pet with respect.

    amywill 5918 at gmail dot com

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  177. This sure would take care of a problem I've been having with my kids and their constant bothering me about getting a hamster, let me tell ya.

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  193. I'd love one just because I don't want to have to deal with the 'death' thing again for a long, long time. A fish died two years ago and the kinder still cries sometimes – 1
    heatherpooh (hotmail)

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  194. I'd love one just because I don't want to have to deal with the 'death' thing again for a long, long time. A fish died two years ago and the kinder still cries sometimes – 2
    heatherpooh (hotmail)

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