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Your pet — What does he/she do all day?

Uncle Milton has done it again. They’ve come up with a toy (gadget) that all kids, young and old (and even adults!) will love playing with. This time, pets don’t have to be excluded from the fun. Why, they’re the center of attention with this bite-sized contraption!

Enter the Pet’s Eye View Camera! It’s a tiny still-shot camera that attaches to the collar of your feline or canine (or any other collar-wearing, scurrying pet you may own). You can set the camera to take pictures at 1, 5, or 15 minute intervals. The internal memory card stores up to 40 photos at one time.

Right after the camera arrived, we hooked it right up to the family computer with the included USB cable to charge overnight. The next morning, we set the camera up to take snapshots every 5 minutes, then we chased down our cat, Odyssey, to be the first test subject. The camera slid right onto her collar with ease, yet it was tight enough that I didn’t have to worry about her losing it if she ventured outdoors. She didn’t seem to mind wearing it all, let alone notice it.

We set Odyssey loose — first inside the house, then out.

Here are a few indoor shots:

(She loves to take long naps underneath our daughter’s crib, which explains the last photo above.)

The only slight quandry we had was her spunky personality realizing that we wanted that camera back. When she realized we were trying to catch her, she began to play a game of “catch me if you can,” hence the funny shots of my husband attempting to coax her from underneath our front yard’s shubbery:

We don’t own a dog (not yet!), so I toted the Pet’s Eye View Camera over to my parents’ house to let their chihuahua, Bella, try it on for size.

She was also quite unaffected by the object dangling from her collar, and in a couple of days, my mom sent these photographs to me to show me what Bella had been doing. She was obviously moving from room to room a lot (typical Bella), bothering the cats, and assuming her favorite sitting spot, my mom’s lap:

So much fun! Every time we plug the camera back into the USB port and upload the newly snapped photos, we can start with a clean slate and let our pets go for another round of “pet paparazzi.”

My husband, ever the clever, thinking-outside-of-the-box inventive type, has come up with other possible uses for this portable cam:

- Clipping it to a purse strap for a day full of shopping around town
- Attaching it to his satchel for catching fun shots of his day at work for the curious kids to look at later
- Strapping it to the front of our car before a road trip

These are not recommended uses for this Uncle Milton pet cam, nor am I recommending them, either. Just wanted to share them for fun!

Uncle Milton’s Pet’s Eye View Cam has a SRP of $49.99 and can be found at numerous online and brick-and-mortar retailers (including ThinkGeek and Perpetual Kid). It can also be ordered through a link from Uncle Milton’s website, as well. Not recommended for children under 3.

Win it! Uncle Milton’s Toys has very generously offered FIVE of you a chance to win the Pet’s Eye View Camera! All you need to do is head over to Uncle Milton’s site and browse around. Come back here and tell me in a comment another one of their products you think your family would love. I’ll close the contest at 11pm EST next Tuesday, January 20th, 2009. US entries only. One comment only per person; duplicate commenters will be disqualified. Good luck!!

I love the HydraGreenhouse 2 – might be nice to try growing some basil indoors over the winter – what a fun little project!

I love the bug playgrounds and I think my son would get a kick out of them too.

The Giant Ant Farm would be a winner at our house.

I’m a fan of the “Moon in My Room”. I’m thinking about having a space room for my son’s next room, and it would be perfect as a night light.

Neat site! I had never been to Uncle Milton’s site before this and I have tried to win the Pet’s Eye View previously on other giveaways.
The 3-in-1 Space Explorer™ Telescope
Telescope with Built-in Space Images looks like tons of fun for kids and families. My girls like looking out at the stars and moon. Did you see the bright moon the other day? We had some clouds in the way but it was still very bright out. Thanks.

gahome2mom (at) gmail (dot) com

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I think the
Hydro Greenhouse 2™
Tabletop Hydroponic
Mini-Greenhouse
would be lot of fun for the kids.

Planet Frog would definitely be a hit at our house!

my nephew has been wanting an ant farm!

The NIght Sky Navigator would be awesome!

thanks

My son has really wanted a microscope so the MegaView TV microscope would be a hit at our house. They have some really fun stuff!

I love the giant ant farm. My kids would love it!

I totally fell in love with this product the first time I saw it a while ago!
Another product I am interested in is the Rainbow in my Room. It would be very cool to have in my classroom!

Ohhhh!! I LOVE this site!! All the neat goodies. My son is OBSESSED with space, so I would have to go with the Solar System In My Room™
Motorized Planets with Light-up Sun

How cool would that be for him! I could FINALLY get him OUT of MY bed and into his!!! THanks!

To complement the Pet’s Eye View (offering an unusual view of the world), I’d pick the MegaView TV Microscope. It’s a launching point for so many discussions about the natural (and man-made) world.

I think the starscope would be a huge hit with my grandson.

my daughter would love the moon in my room.she loves the solar system.

What a neat camera for the pets! I would love to own one! I just looked at the site and think the ROBOT IN MY ROOM is very cool.
Thanks for the wonderful Giveaway!

Lolly

I love the megaview TV Microscope. I am so surprised that it is for ages 8 and up. I can think of hundreds of uses for exploration for my 4 year old Granddaughter and me to do together. I guess the key word here is together. JeansandTs@hotmail.com

Wow! This is so cool. We also like the Night Sky Navigator.

I like the Digital World Camera. It is easy to use and take photos at night.

I like the giant ant farm. would be a great gift for my nephew.

Uncle Milton has a lot of neat items, but I like the MegaView TV Microscope the most.

The NIGHTSKY NAVIGATOR sounds like it would be a lot and fun and help in looking at the stars at night.

I think my sons would like the Indiana Jones giant RC ant.

the giant RC ant would be a big hit in my house

THIS IS SO NEAT! COUNT ME IN!

Robot in My Room would be my pick. My daughter helped me pick this fun little guy!
TRigell at aol dot com

I really like the 3d adventure projector. I think my kids would too.

I think the featured camera is super cool – we have a dog who would get shots from everywhere & a cat who would get shots from the back of the couch & the food dish!
Also the Digital World Cam™
Kids Digital Camera with Stealth Shot looks really neat.
jamaisew[at]gmail.com

i love the Solar System In My Room!! It would be awesome in my son’s room.

I like the shadow magic and glow screen. What an utterly cool site this is!

madamerkf at aol dot com

I like the Robot In My Room. I would love to win this camera, to be able to see what the pets are up to.
angelacisco at rocketmail.com

The Giant Ant Farm would make my sons happy, but probably freak out my daughters. lol

Wow, hard to pick. I love most of their stuff. I guess my first pick would be Solar System In My Room.

My grandson would go nuts for the Digital World Cam™ Kids Digital Camera with Stealth Shot. It actually has night vision. How cool is that for a child’s camera? Thanks very much for the great giveaway opportunity. I’d love to see what my dogs see during their alone time.

Really cool stuff! I’d choose the Robot In My Room™, my boys would be all over this! Thanks for the giveaway!

I like the Giant Ant Farm

Thanks for the giveaway.
kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com

OMG, the rolly polly playground would be PERFECT for my kids. They love harassing/playing with rolly pollies.
offthespaceship at myway dot com

The Shark Reef Live Fish Aquarium looks totally fun. Thanks.
Heidi
sweet_soul_sistermi@yahoo.com

Pretty neat stuff. I think the RC Skunk would be great to buy to tease our dog with. Though I think he would rip it apart long before I could cause serious long term mental damage with my teasing! Seriously, I am kidding, but Irwin, our dog, would love to chase that skunk around, however, the skunk’s days would surely be numbered. The stuffed sheep Santa brought him for Christmas lasted, oh I don’t know, HALF a day. Thanks for the great giveaway.

I think the MegaView TV Microscope would be cool!

Shark Reef Live Fish Aquarium looks great

Rainbow in my room sounds nice.

The Remote Controlled Skunk would be a ton of family fun!

The Crystal Skull adventure Projector would be a fun toy to share with other friends…entertaining for the kiddos!
Let it snow and chill outside, this will be a hit indoors!

Illuminated Ant Farm® Gel Colony®
Live ant habitat would be perfect for the boys. They would love it. I would love the pet camera, it would be fun to see the world from my dog’s point of view.

it is all so cool! I think the ant farm would be the most fun for my daughters!

I like the Vintage Ant Farm, my daughter has been pestering me to buy her one for the past two years!!!

Thanks! foxsquirrelrabbit at gmail dot com

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The ant farms are great! I have used them in my classroom before and they are always a big hit.

my daughter would love the Rainbow projector for her room and she also mentioned the ant farm-she wants the illuminated ones with gel… as long as they don’t escape I think it’d be neat!

micaela6955 at msn dot com

I would love to play with this Pet’s eye view camera. I bet you had fun with it lol I’d like to find out where my cat hides all the time when we can’t find her and this just may tell the
story Not to mention I kind of like your husband idea of thinking outside the box. I would love to attach this to my hat while four wheeling with friends. We might just catch some good footage or hook it to one of the horses. That site is so cool~! My nephew actually got 2 creepy creatures the Snake and Tarantula RC’s and we had a blast playing with them. The dog didn’t like them to much though and the Tarantula looked to real for me!!! But I liked the 3-D Adventure Projector™
With “Journey into Space” Adventure Pack and the In my room Rainbow. I could actually pick half a dozen more I thought was cool since I just electronic gadgets.Thanks for Sharing

My kids would LOVE the Solar System In My Room™
Motorized Planets with Light-up Sun. It looks very cool! I might even like it in my room! LOL!

I think the Ant Farms are really neat…how fun would that be!

These Pet Cam’s are hilarious…I have 3 cats (one of whom is into EVERYTHING!!). I would be interested to see what he gets into when I’m not looking…or maybe I don’t want to know!

Oh my, this is too neat! I also love the Rainbow in my Room. Thanks for a great giveaway

Right now my daughter is OBSESSED with teh moon, so the Moon In My Room™
Light-up Moon with 12 Lunar Phases would be cool! I would LOVE to win the Pet’s Eye View camera to verify that my dog really DOES sleep ALL DAY LONG! LOL
Thanks for the chance!

Keilann

I like the remote control skunk. I think I could have lots of fun with it.

That camera looks like lots of fun-I could find out where Miss Priss hides out all day when I can’t find her. Judie

First off – What an awesome idea – have have 2 1/2 acres and two dogs – I often wonder what the heck they do all day.

I think my family would love the RC Skunk!

My children would love this for our Peanut.

Oh, the StarScope telescope would be a definite hit at my house! We all love astronomy. BTW, this PetCam is the most hilarious thing I’ve seen in ages — what a hoot to get a dog’s-eye-view peek at life (and also end all that speculation about what mischief he gets into all day!).

I’m a sucker for ant farms!

I’ve been wanting an Uncle Milton’s Ant Farm since I was five!! 20-odd years later and I still don’t have one But I’d love this pet cam too- I’d love to monitor where the cat goes when he dashes outside!

My daughters own the Ant Farm (as did I as a child). Uncle Milton products are very high quality. We have a puppy that we would LOVE to try this pet cam out on. Hope to win!!

the indiana jones room boody traps would be fun!!

the 3-D Adventure Projector™ With “Journey into Space” Adventure Pack looks so much fun, anything having to do with space is welcome in this house!

My kids would love the Megaview TV microscope!

We have 2 cats and I would LOVE to win this…what a fun products!! The Starscope also looks really cool.

Thanks!!

The Lost City Archaeology Dig looks like it would be a ton of fun for my daughter. We would love to win this camera because we are getting a new puppy in a few months and it would be cool to see from her perspective.

the rainbow projector is super cool

This is a fantastic prize.

I soooo love the Ladybug Playground! So adorably cute!

Thanks so much for this fabulous give~away! : )))

leahita[at]gmail[dot]com

Okay call me a sucker for older traditional items but I love the Live Ant Habitat. I have always thought they were so cool and now instead of sand they have a gel, or an illuminated gel. So Cool. The Solar Robots are also amazing. Uncle Milton makes fascinating and unique products. Thanks for the chance to win this super cool cam =)

My daughter is into ants so I know she would get a kick out of the Giant Ant Farm. Thanks!

Wow! I like the Solar System In My Room™
Motorized Planets with Light-up Sun. I hope I win. I’d love to see what the heck my cats do all day. haha!

This is such a unique giveaway. I would love to win it since I have a cat and have always wondered how she sees the world. Another item I think I would enjoy is the Deluxe Aquasars. They look very interesting. This is a great giveaway once again. Thanks.

The StarScope would be fun and educational.I love the camera,it takes
nice pictures.Please enter me and thanks for the giveaway

I am 11 and have looked around the web and only found one bad review for this, anyway, i’m definitely saving up!

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