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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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what's that

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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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um

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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

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
munching /ˈmʌntʃɪŋ/ A2	verb - to chew or eat something noisily
digestion /dɪˈdʒɛstʃən/ B1	noun - the process of breaking down food in the body
plushy /ˈplʌʃi/ A2	adjective - soft and fluffy
dangly /ˈdæŋɡli/ A2	adjective - hanging loosely and swinging
flick /flɪk/ A1	verb - to move something suddenly with a light, quick motion
adorable /əˈdɔrəbəl/ A2	adjective - extremely cute and lovable
obsessive /əbˈsɛsɪv/ B1	adjective - showing an unhealthy interest in something
tartar /ˈtɑrtər/ B1	noun - a hard deposit on teeth
probiotic /ˌproʊbaɪˈɒtɪk/ B2	noun - a beneficial bacterium found in food
gnaw /nɔː/ A2	verb - to bite or chew something hard or repeatedly
stringy /ˈstrɪŋi/ A2	adjective - consisting of or resembling strings
jerky /ˈjɜrki/ A2	adjective - characterized by sudden, sharp movements
scallops /ˈskɒləps/ A2	noun - a type of shellfish

Key Grammar Structures

• it did take him a little while to get settled into his new home

  ➔ Past Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The phrase uses the past perfect continuous to describe an action that started in the past and continued up to another point in the past. Here, "did take" emphasizes the duration of Maro getting settled.

• but as you can see he's pretty chill now

  ➔ Present Simple in Contrast

  ➔ The present simple is used to contrast with the past situation, showing Maro's current state of being relaxed. "He's pretty chill now" highlights the change.

• i think he's finally feeling really comfortable

  ➔ Present Continuous for Recent Change

  ➔ The present continuous is used to describe a recent change in Maro's feelings. "He's finally feeling" indicates a new state that has just been achieved.

• i did a really big shopping spree of all the supplies that i need for tomorrow

  ➔ Past Simple with Adverb

  ➔ The past simple is used with the adverb "really big" to emphasize the extent of the shopping spree. It describes a completed action in the past.

• cats love munching on grass it helps with their digestion

  ➔ Present Simple for General Truth

  ➔ The present simple is used to state a general truth about cats. "Cats love munching on grass" is a timeless fact, and "it helps" describes a habitual action.

• if you have a cat i recommend getting them some cat grass

  ➔ Present Simple in Conditional Sentence

  ➔ The present simple is used in a conditional sentence to give advice. "I recommend" is a suggestion based on the condition "if you have a cat."

• i'm excited to see what he thinks of the fish

  ➔ Present Continuous for Future Arrangement

  ➔ The present continuous is used to express excitement about a future event. "I'm excited" shows the speaker's current feeling about seeing Maro's reaction.

• these are actually his favorite toy

  ➔ Present Simple with Adverb

  ➔ The present simple is used with the adverb "actually" to emphasize the fact that these toys are Maro's favorites. It states a current truth.

• i usually go through about one or two of these a month

  ➔ Present Simple with Adverb of Frequency

  ➔ The present simple is used with the adverb of frequency "usually" to describe a habitual action. "Go through" indicates a repeated activity.

• i hope they taste good i hope maro likes the flavor

  ➔ Present Simple in Expression of Hope

  ➔ The present simple is used in expressions of hope. "I hope" introduces a wish for the future, and the simple present is used to describe the desired outcome.