Natural Balance Catatouille #ChewyInfluencer

Meowllo everypawdy, hope you’re all havin’ a great week. Me told ya’ in me’s last posty dat we’s honored to be pawrt of da Chewy.com blogging family; and dat we receive some great purroducts every month to try out and tell you all ‘bout. And me also told ya’ dat mommy had chosen our items based on what she thought each of us would like. Me knows sis Lexi isn’t here anymore, but she did get to try a great food this month dat me needs to tell ya’ ‘bout. As ya’ know sissy had gotten really picky this last year and mommy was always tryin’ to find somethin’ she would eat and dat was good fur her. So mommy chose da Natural Balance Delectable Delights Catatouille Stew Wet Grain-Free cat food fur sissy in purrticular and me to try. Now let me tell ya’ a little ‘bout these noms.

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‘Course they are wet and come in a 2.5 ounce plastic tub; 12 to a case. They also come in a multitude of flavors and either stew or pate. Ifin kitty likes gravy, then da stews are da way to go. Most of da formulas are fishy. Mommy chose da Catatouille cuz we’s don’t really eat much fish here. Fur health reasons mommy doesn’t like us to eat fish, so we never really developed a taste fur it. Here’s what’s in da Catatouille: 

Ingredients

Chicken Broth, Chicken, Chicken Liver, Dried Spinach, Natural Flavor, Modified Tapioca Starch, Green Beans, Carrots, Dried Egg, Pea Protein, Sunflower Oil, Tricalcium Phosphate, Calcium Sulfate, Choline Chloride, Tuna Oil, Salt, Guar Gum, Potassium Chloride, Taurine, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Folic Acid, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex – source of vitamin K activity), Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Sodium Selenite, Potassium Iodide), Magnesium Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Thiamine Mononitrate).

 

Case of Natural Balance Catatouille

It doesn’t have any carrageenan, so dat’s a plus, and it’s grain free. Sissy luvved da Catatouille. She liked it so well, me never got to try it. At da end it was all mommy kuld get sissy to eat, so me gladly gave her me’s tubs. She wuld be givin’ these an all four paws up. They are full of gravy so fur those of ya’ dat add water to kitties meals fur medical reasons, it’s purrobably not needed here. These meals are complete and balanced fur an adult cat. So what did mommy think ‘bout them you ask?

 

Plate of Natural Balance Catatouille Stew

 

Lexi eating Natural Balance Catatouille
Mommy had to edit out the mess on the table, thus the painted parts.

Well Dezi, I like that they are grain free and full of gravy. The pieces are small but there was plenty of chicken in each tub. They did contain a lot of vegetables as well, but as we said in your last review, that’s pretty normal in most cat foods these days. I was thrilled that Lexi liked them so much and would eat everything on her plate. They don’t contain carrageenan, but they do have tuna oil and guar gum. All in all, I would give these a thumb up. Even the ever pickier Lexi ate them up and I didn’t have to add water to make more gravy.

Well there ya’ go, a fumm up from mommy and four paws up from sissy. Me did get a good whiff of them and they smelled delishus. Altho’ all of our tubs were well blended, there were some kitties who received other formulas dat sed da dried spinach was bunched on da top of da food. So just be aware dat you may get a tub with a green glob on top. It’s not mold, it’s spinach. Just mix it in with da rest of da food or as one kitty did, throw it in da trash. We kitties don’t really need spinach so either way is fine.

 Dezi with the Natural Balance Catatouille

You can get your own Natural Balance Delectable Delights at Chewy.com. All of da furmulas are on sale right now fur $10.32 a case. You can save even more by setting up or adding them to your auto ship which you can edit, skip, cancel or delay at any time. And as always, Chewy ships super fast and free fur all orders of $49.00 or more and a low flat rate on all orders under. Chewy has a great selection of purroducts to meet your furry furmily members needs, and A+ Customer Service reps. You’re never stuck paying fur somethin’ your anipal won’t eat or use, so you can shop with confidence. So while you’re there pickin’ up some Natural Balance Catatouille, check out all da other pawsum things Chewy has. Me’s linkin’ up to da Chewy Review blog hop hosted by da Golden Woofs. You can check out all da purroducts dat #ChewyInfluencers reviewed this month.

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Do you (or your furry) like pate or gravy style meals?

Disclaimer: We received a case of food in exchange for our honest opinion. Neither Chewy or Natural Balance are respawnsible fur da content of this posty. As always we only bring purroducts we use or have tried and think would be of innerest to you our furiends and readers.

Till da next time…………………………….Be Blest!!!

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi 

Holistic Blend First Impressions #ChewyInfluencer

Well we told you in our last posty dat we were puttin’ Buddy thru a 30 day challenge with some new noms. It’s called Holistic Blend. And we innerduced you to da handsum Buddy so dat even our new furiends wuld know him. We’ll be writin’ a 3 post series durin’ da month of March, startin’ with this one. As we told ya’ in our last posty we received da noms fur Buddy free of charge as part of da Chewy Blogger Program.

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Disclaimer: This post is a sponsored post. We received free product in exchange for our honest opinion. That does not affect our views, and as always all opinions are our own and truthful. Chewy is not responsible for the content of our post and we only bring products we think would be of interest to you our readers and friends.

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So our furst posty in this series is posed to be about our furst impressions of da food. So, even afur receivin’ da bag, mommy checked out da Holistic Blend web site and Chewy’s infurmation on it. They have kibble furmulas fur doggies and kitties. Naturally we chose da kitty furmula fur Buddy. It’s called All Life Stages Chicken and Salmon Formula and comes in two sizes, 3 lbs. and 10 lbs.. Well ifin you kuldn’t tell by da fotos, Buddy like sis Lexi and me is a big kitty boy so we got da 10 lb. bag as he usually eats 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 pounds a month. Aside from Buddy getting’ it fur meals, mommy thought we kuld keep a little fur maybe sum treats.

Holistic Blend Cat Food

So when da bag arrived from Chewy mommy kuldn’t wait to check it out. Da bag is quite sturdy and has a resealable opening to help keep it fresh. When mommy was settin’ it up fur fotos, me was really innersted in checkin’ it out fur meself. Right on da front of da bag they list da “good” ingredients inside and what’s not in it. It contains Chicken meal as da furst ingredient, millet, wild salmon, cranberries, apples and cinnamon. It does not have corn, beet pulp, wheat, BHT, BHA or Ethoxyquin. It also does not contain carageenan or da gums. Mommy’s not crazy ‘bout “meal” bein’ da furst ingredient, but was happy to see dat it didn’t have da other controversial ingredients.

Buddy licking lips

Da next step was to open da bag and check it out. It’s been a while since we’s had any kibble in da house so mommy furgot ‘bout how strong they can smell. It doesn’t stink, but it does have a very strong attracting odor. Me can attest to dat. Me was stickin’ me’s nose as close to da bag as mommy wuld let me. Da kibble itself is small and shaped kind of like a solid triangle. So mommy took a little out and put it in a treat baggy fur later and then took da big bag up to Buddy fur more fotos. And of course so he kuld start da challenge. Me will let Buddy tell ya’ what his furst impressions were now.

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Buddy:  Y thank ya’ Dezi. Ya’ know my pops usually keeps my foods in da bottom cabinet so it was purretty strange to see da bag in da middle of da floor. But I was sure interested in checkin’ it out. Since your mommy had opened it, I kuld smell it purrmeatin’ thru da bag. I may not have as good of manners as you and Lexi, but even when your mommy opened da bag I didn’t immediately jump in. But when your mommy took a few pieces out and put ‘em down fur me I kuldn’t gobble ‘em up fast enuff, flashy box or not. After those few pieces, pops put da bag away and said I’d start da challenge da next meownin’ at breakfast. I really kuldn’t wait. So all in all, I’d say my furst impressions was all paws up.

Buddy sniffing Holistic Blend cat food bag

 

Buddy waits for a bite from the open Holistic Blend cat food bag

Thanks Buddy, we sure hope yous enjoyin’ ‘em. Mommy will be checkin’ in with you and mr. W thru out da month to see how it’s goin’. So there ya’ have it folks. Furst impressions are dat Buddy is fur sure innerested in eatin’ ‘em and da resealable bag fur freshness is always welkum. As me sed earlier, we’ll keep ya’ posted on how it’s goin’. As always, check out Chewy fur all your pets needs. They have great prices, speedy and free over $49.00 shipping and pawsum customer service peeps. Now me’s gunna go see ifin mommy will give me a kupple to try out.

 

Have you heard of Holistic Blend before? 

 

Till da next time……………………………………………Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi with Buddy

Can You Tell What’s In The Can

Well it’s another miserable Monday and we’re all still here. We kinda went AWOL this weekend cuz sis Lexi wasn’t duin’ so good. Late last night she finally pulled out of it a bit and wanted to eat. We was so happy. Me dusn’t really unnerstand what’s goin’ on when sissy be havin’ a bad time so mommy not only has to take care of sissy, she also has to comfurt me. She duz a gweat job but it leaves her totally exhausted. Anyways back to sis Lexi’s eatin’.

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As #ChewyInfluencer’s we received a gweat variety pack of Tiki Cat Gourmet Carnivore canned cat food this month free of charge in exchange fur our honest opinion. As ya’ know, free or not, we always tell it like it is. We’s only ever tried da chicken and duck so we were excited to get to try more flavors. We got a 12 pack of 2.8 ounce cans. Da chicken and duck we like so much was included along with beef, turkey and fishies includin’ tuna. Furst let me tell ya’ dat when you open a can of Tiki Cat, you wuld never know you be lookin’ at cat food. Inside each can is shredded, cut and/or sliced pieces of real meat in juices or a consommé and no stinky smell. Meat is da furst ingredient in every can and there’s no carrageenan. So since sissy hadn’t really eaten all weekend, mommy gave her a can of da Tiki Cat fur dinner last night. Me was purrpared to let her have me’s can too cuz me wanted her to get full and me had a can at breakfast.

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Now let me tell ya’ a little more ‘bout da Tiki Cat foods afur we get to da tastin’. All da foods we tried are grain and gluten free. Carbohydrate, starch and flour free as well. They are made with whole meats and be 55 % protein, 35 % fat and 0 % Carbs. Of course it contains da extra vitamins and minerals required to meet da nutritional needs of all cats and kittens. So on with da taste test. What did sis Lexi think ‘bout her dinner?

 

I luvved it Dezi. I really like da chicken and duck but I have also luvved every flavor we got in our variety pack. And it tazted even better lazt night when I waz soooooo hungry. So I give da Tiki Cat 4 pawz up. Did you like da one you had fur brekky?

 

Mmmmmmmm Thiz iz gooooood.
Mmmmmmmm Thiz iz gooooood.

Me sure did Lexi. Me also gives Tiki Cat 4 paws up. And mommy sed cuz of da gweat ingredients, and lack of da bad and controversial ones, she luvs it too. And she gives it 2 fumms up. And since we both like it and lick da plate clean me magines dat’s another reason mommy likes it. You can get your own Tiki Cat at Chewy.com fur $11.77 – $17.17. And while you’re there check out all da other pawsum supplies Chewy has. They offer free Fed Ex shipping on all orders of $49.00 and over and flat rate on any purchase unner dat. You can also schedule automatic shipments of your pets favorite foods and supplies so you never run out. And don’t worry, you can cancel, skip, delay and/or edit your auto ship anytime. Chewy has gweat Customer Service peeps available 24/7 so you’re never stuck payin’ fur sumfin’ your anipal won’t eat. So what are ya’ waitin’ fur? Head on over and check it out now. There’s a new Chewy blog hop sponsored by da Golden Woofs and Oz the Terrier on da 3rd Tuesday of each month where you can check out all da other blog reviews of da months Chewy offerings. We will be linkin’ up tomorrow when it goes live. And ya’ might wanna check it out. We can’t review everythin’ ourselves and you never know what else you might find dat ya’ wanna pick up fur your anipals.

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Me’s gunna wrap it up fur now and see ifin me can get mommy to give us sum of da treats we’s gunna be tellin’ ya’ ‘bout in another posty.

 

Is recognizing the food you feed to kitty/doggy purrtant to you?

 

Till da next time……………………………………………Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi   

Pure Taste

OMC Da year 2015 is almost over. Me can’t hardly believe it. So much has happened this past year, most of it good. And one of those things is dat we became part of da Chewy Blogging Furmily. We luv Chewy. We told ya’ when we started bloggin’ fur ‘em dat we had been shoppin’ there fur quite sum time, and we still do. Those of ya’ dat be a little older will member da sayin’ “Da customer is always right”. Unfurtunately lots of businesses have furgotten this, but not Chewy. Chewy has pawsum customer service peeps and they still believe da customer’s always right. Ifin you haven’t guessed, it’s time fur our last Chewy review of da year. So let’s get on with it.

Dezi rubs the package of Canidae pure treats

 

 

Dezi rubs the package of Canidae Pure treats

We received a package of da Canidae Grain Free Pure Taste Treats. Mommy chose da game bird recipe fur us to try cuz we kinda like da duck, goose, quail and such. These treats are made with limited ingredients. Da ingredient list fur our treats is: duck, turkey meal, quail meal, peas, potatoes, canola oil, sweet potatoes, natural flavors and mixed tocopherals (a source of vitamin E). They’re little heart shaped kibbles fur just da right size kitty bite. They come in a 3 oz packet and are available in 4 flavors, chicken, salmon, trout and da game bird recipe dat we got. So what did we think ‘bout ‘em you ask?

Dezi sniffs the bag of Canidae Pure treats

Me ate 3 pieces da minute mommy opened da package. So she got out a few more pieces fur me, to which me purromptly turned up meez nose at. Sis Lexi munched down on quite a few pieces afur walkin’ away. A few days later mommy offered them to me again. Me sniffed at them and turned up meez nose yet again. Sissy gobbled them down again and again. So me has to give these treats 3 paws down. Me gives them one paw up cuz sissy likes ‘em and me luvs anythin’ dat sissy will eat. Me must tell ya’ dat since changin’ meez noms from kibble and canned to fureeze dried raw and canned, these have been da furst kibbley bites mommy has offered to me. And altho’ these treats be good quality mommy was impurressed dat me didn’t want ‘em.

Dezi tries a Canidae Pure treat

Well you might not have liked ‘em Dezi but I fawt they waz grayt. As a lot of ya’ know I don’t have a lot of teefies left, and these little bite size treats are small enuff fur minez few teef to krunch ‘em up afur swallowin’. And I luv, luv, luv me sum duck. So I give them 4 paws up. 

Lexi smells the Canidae Pure treats in mommy's hand

Meez so glad you like ‘em sissy. So what did mommy think? Well she was very happy dat protein in da furm of a meat was da furst ingredient but wuld have spected no less from Canidae. Because of meez recent bout with da cystits, mommy wasn’t so happy ‘bout all da starch; not one type of potato but 2 are listed. And as ya’ know starch turns to sugar in da body and taxes da liver and kidneys. But as a treat dat gets fed in small purrtions and only occasionally she gave them a fumm up. Also cuz sis Lexi wuld eat them and findin’ things she likes these days gets harder and harder. So there ya’ have it, 1 fumm and 5 paws up fur da Canidae Grain Free Pure Taste cat treats.

Lexi tries a heart shaped Canidae pure treat

As with all our Chewy reviews we got no money fur this review but did receive da treats to try fur furee. And we only bring ya’ things we think you might be innerested in dat we use or have tried ourselves. And we always tell ya’ like it is, good, bad or otherwise.

Dezi in a frame with the New Years clock at almost midnight

Chewy has lots of pawsum purroducts fur all da furries in your life; and a flat rate shippin’ fur all orders unner $49.00 and furee ifin over. They have customer service reps available 24/7 and a money back guarantee on everything. So you can shop with confidence. And you can even save sum green papers ifin you set up an autoship so you never run out of your furries favorites. So check ‘em out. Just click on any of da links in red. 

 

Till da next time…………………………………………Be Blest!!! 

Dezi = Blue 

Lexi = Green

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi