Basepaws Pet Test Kits Are Half Off Right Now (2025)
Even if you have To take the ancestry part of an at-home pet DNA testing kit with a grain of salt, these tests can be useful for practical things like determining blood type, oral health, and the likelihood that the pet is predisposed to genetic mutations, diseases, or potentially dangerous abnormalities.
They’re less invasive, expensive, or stressful than a trip to the vet, and now they’re even cheaper with Black Friday discounts. You can get valuable information about your pet’s health with a 47-50% discount between now and December 1st.
Check out our roundup of the best Black Friday deals and our Black Friday live blog to find more great deals this sales weekend.
Basepaws offers a breed and health test for cats, which identifies up to 21 breeds, 64 genetic health markers, 50 genetic trait markers, blood type and oral health; and one for dogs, which identifies more than 330 breeds, more than 280 genetic health markers, and more than 30 genetic trait markers.
All you have to do is register your kit, create an account and your pet’s profile, swab your pet’s mouth, return it in the self-addressed package, and in about five weeks the results will appear in your email and online account. Then, and perhaps better yet, you can send them to your veterinarian so they can access your pet’s data to ensure they have the most up-to-date health information for the next vet visit or (dog forbidden!) emergency trip.
I compared Basepaws to Wisdom Panel, the other most popular home testing kit for pets, and while I liked Wisdom Panel’s interface a little more, Basepaws had a lot more health information. This is especially the case for cats: Basepaws was able to tell me my cat’s blood type and transfusion risk – very useful information for my veterinarian, especially in case of emergency or surgery. I also found the oral health report extremely helpful: both of my cats suffer from halitosis and are at risk of dental disease. With these results, I asked my veterinarian to examine my cats’ dental health and she recognized that they had mild plaque. We quickly began a routine of regular tooth brushing.
These kits are consistently outside of my usual price range, but are 47-50% off through December 1st, making them a great gift for your pet parent or your own fur baby. Not only is it fun and educational to obtain information and compare breeds, but indicators of cats’ genetic predispositions, blood type, transfusion risk and oral health could potentially save lives.
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