Mini antos or mini mini antos?

[Pebbles82]

I wonder why there are two different styles still on the go.

[AlfredHam]

Probably just excess old stock - which would explain the deal. My towns quite small so I was pretty surprised when p@h opened here, although it is useful for emergency pet supplies as the independent one is badly stocked and overpriced (not so good for my bank balance though!). They moved the display next to the till recently so it's very likely it's old stock they're trying to get rid of!

[Scarlett Empress]

I think saw when I was looking for the tiny chews on eBay that they are now making the chews gluten free, so I was wondering if perhaps they changed the design so you could tell which were gluten free and which weren't?

[Pebbles82]

That's a thought Scarlett Empress. On their website they only show the style I got. The white algae ones

Algae Toothbrush Small (11cm) - Antos - 100% Natural Dog Treats & Chews since 2004

And the Cerea vegetable based ones

Cerea Archives - Antos - 100% Natural Dog Treats & Chews since 2004

I know Charlie doesn't like the white algae ones! Although confusingly there seem to be some white ones in the mix with the Cerea ones.

So I guess they are the latest style. It doesn't say anything about gluten free.

I had a look at the Whimzees website too! That seems to explain the two different styles. The Whimzees are gluten free and look like the ones I had before.

MEET THE WHIMZEES FAMILY | WHIMZEES | Natural Dog Treats

So I'm guessing that sellers like Amazon and Viovet list them as Antos but sometimes you get sent Antos ones, and sometimes Whimzees ones!

Anyway that has sorted it for me The Antos toothbrushes are the style I got this time and the old style are the Whimzee gluten free toothbrushes. Although they are probably all gluten free anyway if they're vegetable based.

[Pebbles82]

I wonder if there are some copycat ones as well - these came up under "Antos toothbrushes" and seem different altogether!

https://www.shanklinpetstores.co.uk/...-toothbrushes/

I think I'll order Whimzees next time.

[cypher]

Never seen those ones at the last link before & I've been buying antos chews for years now! It says wheat starch there & all the others are potato starch as far as I remember.
Still not sure about the difference between a whimzee & an antos chew either as the ones I've bought, both style of toothbrush, have been sold as antos chews.
It used to be so simple lol!

ETA It gets stranger, I just checked ratrations which has always said potato starch in the ingredients & now says wheat starch so it looks as though they are now no longer gluten free rather than the other way around which seem very odd to me!

[Pebbles82]

I remember someone on here recently saying their toothbrushes looked different and had white bristles like that. Maybe they're an Irish version! (It's an Irish store on the link).

I always assumed Antos and Whimzees were the same company but one US and one Uk - because the products looked the same. But actually the products don't look the same lol - I think some sellers just call them all Antos or all Whimzees.