How did you celebrate National Cat Day

Two days ago, October 29 was National Cat Day established in 2005 to celebrate our love for cats, worldwide as well as to raise awareness of cats that need to be rescued.  Cats lower blood pressure, offer unconditional love and of course, make us laugh with their antics. In my opinion the establishment of National Cat Day is long overdue...even though "cat day" is everyday in my house!

To celebrate the day and in honor of Halloween as well, I was sent a special treat from www.chewy.com called Raw Boost Mixers by Nature's Variety Instinct. This is like getting two treats in one in terms of the way you can "serve" your cats this kibble!  My cats like it both ways.  One is to use it as a topper on their favorite wet food to add an extra healthy boost to it and the other way is to serve the kibble as is as a treat...my cats really love it this way.

To mix up their diet I decided to try the Instinct Raw Boost Rabbit Formula Mixers and they loved it... and why wouldn't they as it is made  to mirror a cat's ancestral diet!  This formula has lots of protein, rabbit, pork liver, pork heart, for lean muscles and strong bones plus natural oils such as salmon and rosemary to keep their coats and skins healthy, pumpkin seeds for good digestion and montmorillonite clay, that has become increasingly popular with veterinarians because it works as a detoxifier.  The mixers are also grain free and free from "fillers".

Best of all, these mixers are easy to serve.  I sometimes crumble it up and sprinkle it on their wet food or give it to the cats as a morning treat or bedtime snack.  When they hear the rattle of the bag, they come running!  A 6 oz. bag of boosters is 24 1/8 cup servings.... a perfect start and finish to the day! Mocha and Sabu, looking like a pair of bookends, are ready to pounce on the treats!

About Nature's Variety
Nature's Variety is an independent pet food company based in St. Louis Missouri with manufacturing operations in Lincoln, Nebraska. The company produces pet food through two brands, Instinct, the leader in raw pet food and Prairie, a holistic line of pet food.

Travel Tip - Mark Twain House

It is well known that famous author, Mark Twain loved cats....He once said,  "I simply can't resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent  things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course."

If you are a fan of  Mark Twain, don't miss a visit to his 25 room house in Hartford Connecticut that was built in 1874 in the Gothic style.  Mark Twain and his family enjoyed what the author would later call the happiest and most productive years of his life in his Hartford home.  It was here that Twain wrote: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper and a CT Yankee in King Arthur's Court.   National Geographic has named it one of the ten best historic homes in the world.