(see how Pandora gives mum the 'treat-demanding' look?)

We received some samples of the new Taste of the Wild food, called Canyon River feline. It is only fish proteins with trout, salmon and sweet potatoes and is grain-free. It also has lower protein and fat than the Rocky Mountain Feline.

As we don't eat dry food, mum gave us some of this food as treats! And you know how we love treats. We sure do love these treats. (I think that Pandora would like to eat them all the time, but mum says she can't.)

This might be a good food to rotate into a regular diet if you are a kitteh that eats kibbles, or it would be good as treats if you are a kitteh that doesn't eat kibbles.



Now, we have a small contest for our readers, thanks to the folks at Taste of the Wild. One commenter (drawn via a random number sampler) will win three sample bags of the new dry formula, a $30 gift card to HarlosHealthypets.com and a Bergan TurboScratcher Cat Toy, thanks to the generous folks at Taste of the Wild.

We will take comments until 12AM Monday December 6 (that's late night on Sunday), and then do the draw on Monday. Make sure to leave your email address (or make sure your email is in your blogger profile) so mum can get in touch if you are the winner!

**Update! Our winner is William!**

But it is still mostly Zowie's. That's okay though, because I have the snuggly cat cup bed (even if mum hasn't put the heating pad back in it yet.)

We got to review this awesome desktop cat bed from AllPetFurniture.com! We do have one little oopsie though: Mum did not read the details very well (or measure her desks/tables) so we do not have any tables that have enough of a lip to hold the bed onto the edge. (It needs a 2" lip, and most of mum's tables are antiques and don't have that.)

So, until mum gets a new table (she's going to get a nice kitchen table that she'll set it up on, because us cats LOVE watching from up high in the kitchen), we have been using the bed as an extra spot on the floor. I will tell you right now that I have not had very much time in the bed! It is all Zowie's bed, nearly all of the time. She LOVES it. I am hoping that she will be sisterly and let me spend some time in it. (It is supposed to even be able to hold a very mancatly cat like me in it, as it can manage up to 20lbs.)


Here is Zowie saying "No way, this is MY bed!"


We really like this bed so far. We think it'll be even better once mum puts it onto her new kitchen table (and we will have photos when that happens!) If mum had a desk with her computer on it, she says she'd definitely use it there, to keep us cats off the keyboard.

We apologize for the lateness of our review! Mum didn't even unpack this awesome bed until after we moved! So we didn't get to try it out until just this past week.

We were sent a sample of a new cat toy on the market to test and review. They are called Skinneeez (that's two Ns and three Es), and are cat toys that don't have any cotton stuffing in them, just catnip. The packaging says it makes them more like real animals, though personally I wish that real animals did have a tasty catnip smell! Our toy was a squirrel. Now, I have seen bigger squirrels in my day, but for an indoor squirrel, perhaps small is best.


Pandora got first dibs on the toy because that's just the way we roll. (Well, and she sometimes will give the smacky-paw to anyone who gets in her way.) But we all got a chance at it. We like it! Zowie likes to carry it around in her mouth (but she wouldn't let mum get a photo! silly Zowie.) However, pretty soon afterwards, it ended up where all the best toys do: under the sofa.

Here are a couple of video clips of us playing with the Skinneeez toy:






Our verdict? We like this toy! We only wish that mum would move the sofa more often so that it wouldn't be missing as much!

Mum says this toy is available at all sorts of pet stores, so make sure your beans keep a lookout for one!

We got this great toy from the folks at CSN, who run the AllPetFurniture.com website. In return, we said we'd do a review. So read on to see what we think of this cool toy.


As you can see, Pandora couldn't wait to try out the top of the bunkbed - even before mum got to put the cushion on top! The bed also came in this great box, and while mum was putting it together (she says it was really easy), we checked out the box.

I quite like the two dangly toys on the side - the one with the strings is my favourite. Mum isn't sure if she'll be able to get replacement toys once we wear these ones out, but she thinks that she won't have to worry about that for awhile.


Part of the great thing about this toy is that there is a hidey hole! And even a big mancat like me can fit into it, though as you'll see below, my tail sticks out. Oops. But it works really well for my sisters.


For Pandora and Zowie, the toy really lives up to its 'Bunk Bed' name. Zowie usually prefers the hidey hole in the lower bit, as you can see, but if there are sun puddles, she likes to sleep on top. (mum doesn't have any pictures of that yet, but she will soon.) Pandora always has to be on top though, as she doesn't like hiding in things. I haven't tried out the top yet, because it's too small for me to stretch out on.

We think this is a pretty cool toy! Mum is impressed by the quality. She says the panels are solid wood, and the toys look like they'll stand up to a fair bit of use. She also thinks the price was not too bad, as she hasn't seen anything similarly cool in the stores here.

In the mail on Friday we received this delightful cat pillow! It's from a seller called NipNaps on Etsy.


The one we got is the smaller one (their medium size), and while it is a little small for me, it is the perfect size for my sisters!

Mum likes it already because she says it is the perfect size to put on her kitchen chairs to keep the cat furs off them (but us cats personally think that the chairs need furs on them, silly mum!) She also likes it because it is very well priced, and the shipping is reasonable.


When mum opened the parcel, she saw that it came very nicely wrapped. That's also a big bonus for us cats, because not only did we get a new pillow, but we also got some great paper and ribbon to play with!


I had lots of fun rolling around on the pillow and enjoying its delightful catnip scent. Nipnaps uses organic catnip in their pillows, and boy, is it delicious! We all had a turn drooling and licking the pillow (and it did become a bit wet.)


Zowie had a good roll on the pillow too, and after that, it was Pandora's turn. As she is the head cat of our house, she does get to spend more time on it than I do.


Mum also took a quick video of me with the pillow. You can see that I am having fun licking it and playing with it: