Sea Biscuits --- Sailors and Cats!

Wellness signifies the state or condition of being  healthy in body and mind;  it is usually brought about by deliberate effort.   In my mind, wellness should integrate emotional, physical and spiritual well being -- and  should be a way of life.   With this in mind, watching my young cats snooze, the Tonkinese are now a year and a half, the himalayan kittens are eight months old and TheMaxx is a healthy eight, I could not help but try a new catfood by Wellness Pet Food.

Although Wellness started out as Old Mother Hubbard in 1926 making dog biscuits, the company's roots go back even further to a bakery called A. Hubbard and Sons in Gloucester Massachusetts that made hard tack sea biscuits for the fishermen of the fierce North Atlantic. The story goes that one day, a sailor threw one of the biscuits to his four legged friend and the dog gobbled it up in a flash... and the rest as they say is history!  In  1961 the company was purchased by Jim Scott Jr., a professional in animal nutrition with a commitment to developing highly nutritious products for pets.  Fast forward to the year 2000 when Wellness added "cat recipes" to their already successful repertoire.

Wellness Cat Food is grain free, it contains no wheat or wheat gluten, no corn or soy and no artificial colors. Interestingly, the food contains vegetables such as sweet potatoes and carrots that are natural sources of  antioxidant nutrients like blueberries and cranberries that help maintain proper urinary tract health, taurine for healthy hearts and vision and flax seeds that help maintain a healthy coat.  Word on the "street"  says that this cat food does not use meat that has hormones or steroids added to them... a five star plus for me.  Another major plus of this food has to do with water -- the wellness healthy indulgence entree is a healthy and yummy way for cats to increase their water intake.

I decided to try the  Wellness Morsels Healthy Indulgence with Turkey and Duck in a savory sauce  that I received from chewy.com and I am glad I did.  The sauce is rich and thick and has bite sized pieces of  turkey and duck in a thick healthy sauce.  My cats seem to like the taste and definitely like the sauce  -- it keeps them healthy and hydrated with tons of great nutrients.

And, yes,  Zoey is gulping this cat food down... she really loves it... I  think she is a  DIVA!  She has managed to  splash it all  over her face and whiskers and is digging in... regardless!

 Speaking of  Gloucester, it reminds me of  Cape Cod and the most amazing cat,  Willie, that  enjoyed exploring the sandbars on Cape Cod... he really was the coolest cat  and greatly missed... and was 18 in this photo.... and really wet and  full of mud... he loved it !

And..... willie was one of a kind....