Customer Reviews

Living World Cuttlebone, Small Twin Pack (Carded)

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There is another cuttlebone product like this made by the same exact company (Hagen) called "Living World Cuttlebone, Large, Twin Pack" and this is one of the customer's review:

"I've had birds for almost 25 years and given them a lot of cuttlebones. This is the first package I've ever opened where the cuttlebones both had a putrid fishy odor. One had discolorations on it as well. I'm not going to use it as there is clearly something remaining besides the mineral. I'm not blaming the seller, but it's the last time I buy them online. These were from Thailand."

Now he's lucky his smelled like fish. One of mine arrived discolored as well and smelled like dog poop. I'm not kidding. DOG POOP. I opened up half of the package, took in a deep whiff (expecting a pleasant smell), and BAM! There it was. I've bought cuttlebones before and so I know what they're supposed to smell and look like. Birds will peck their way through one leaving some remains at the bottom of the cage unless you have a certain holder for it. There's no way I am going to let my birds have this. Their face, feathers, and the cage would smell like dog crap. It'd be hell to try and scrub them (the birds) and the cage down (that would cost even more money for the proper bird friendly cleaning supplies that are strong enough to eliminate such a smell and a cage to put them in while cleaning).

This item is sitting in a bag in my kitchen right now (I can't help but stare at the thing sometimes and wonder WHY it smells like dog poop...). I'm uncertain if I should send it back or just accept that I just lost about 3 dollars. Like the man before, I am not blaming the seller (the transaction, independent seller and Amazon were great), just the product. Overall it looks good in the photo but really, buyer beware. I was so happy to see such cheap cuttlebones eligible for free shipping and now wish that someone had written a review for this product. This is my first time ever giving a negative review (I don't like bringing anyone/anything down unless I have to) and it's because I don't want anyone else or their birds to get such a foul smelling product. It may cost me a bit more but I'm going back to my old ways to buy some cuttlebones from Petco (online but preferably in store). Petco's cuttlebones don't smell like dog poop and come in different flavors/colors. The only good thing that happened was that I intentionally had my brother, sister, and even my mom smell this product and their expressions were priceless.

Overall, I suggest you do NOT buy this product or anything from Hagen without doing some research. Their products MAY be good but if that man and I both got duds, you should be careful because you might get one too.

I shopped E-Bay and I have discovered with Amazon.com the prices are much lower than most Vendors on line and i am proud to be part of the saving. Now i go to Amazon.com VS E-Mail