Zee and Zoey’s Review and Giveaway for Purrk! Playful Cat Toys! #felinesilvervine
This post is sponsored by Vitakraft and the BlogPaws Professional Pet Blogger Network. I am being compensated for helping spread the word about Purrk! Playfuls, but Zee and Zoey’s Chronicle Connection only shares information we feel is relevant to our readers. Vitakraft is not responsible for the content of this article.
When I heard from BlogPaws that Vitakraft was looking for cat bloggers to review their Purrk! Playfuls line of toys, I have to admit I was hesitant to respond at first. After all, my gang already has mountains of toys, not to mention their perennial favorites such as wadded up balls of paper, human toes, and dead bugs. Was there really anything new on the market that could pique their interest?
The Purrk! Deep Sea Bug
After researching Vitakraft, a German based enterprise founded in 1837 that was the first company to introduce Feline Silvervine to the United States, I realized that maybe there was, because believe it or not, my cats had never tried Silvervine and I had always wondered what the hoopla was all about.
In case you don’t know about Silvervine, it’s a 100% all natural, non-toxic product that comes from the Silvervine plant found in Asia. It’s similar to catnip in concept, but, according to a recent study by the University of Illinois, it’s far more enticing to cats with results showing 3 out of 4 them preferring Silvervine over catnip and engaging with it 2.5 longer than they do with catnip!
Hmmm… I have 7 cats so I couldn’t wait to see how my cats would skew that study, but if the reaction I got from them the day their Purrk! Playfuls Deep Sea Bug toy arrived was any indication, those scholars were definitely on to something because I barely had the toy out of the packaging before they went bonkers and once I sprinkled it with the fresh Silvervine that is included with the toy, all I can tell you is that I have never seen anything like it with my cats before. Honestly, the reaction they had to the Silvervine was like having a front row seat at a 3-ring circus! Jazmine and Kizmet were wrestling in one ring, Peanut was doing full length body stretches in hers, and Zee was rolling around in another!
After sprinkling a small bit of the Silvervine on the floor, Kizmet and Jazmine react by spending at least fifteen minutes wrestling together while Peanut sniffs the Deep Sea Bug with great interest.
Kerplop! And just like that, Peanut is overcome with the happy effects of the Silvervine and rolls around on the floor playing with the toy!
When Peanut is finally done playing with the Deep Sea Bug, our senior cat, Zee, takes over the toy and enjoys the Silvervine sensation!
The playtime lasted far longer than any session I had seen with catnip and at one point Jazmine was so enthralled that she was completely rolling over like a well trained dog (see video to follow) and nearly a half hour later, playtime finally ended after Kizmet captured the Deep Sea Bug like some prized prey possession and proceeded to carry it to the couch – his favorite place to bring his kill!
So, all in all, I would absolutely recommend the Purrk! Deep Sea Bug toy enhanced with Silvervine and I love the fact that from my younger kitties, Jazmine and Kizmet, to my eldest Zee at 9, everyone enjoyed the Silvervine and had a wonderful time exercising, playing, and bonding together.
For Kizmet, of all the toys in the world, anything with a pom pom is his favorite, so he is thrilled that the furry Deep Sea Bug has a pom pom on the top of the toy! The Deep Sea Bug is constructed of a soft plush material in a spiral shape and is about 5″ long. After play, it expands to about 8″ and is a perfect size and weight for kitty to easily carry as Kizmet demonstrates!
Kizmet prepares to bring his kill to his liar, aka, the couch!
Like a proud hunter providing for his family, Kizmet drops the Deep Sea Bug onto the couch and presents it to his true love, Jazmine, for her praise and approval.
This is one happy kitty who gives the Purrk! Deep Sea Bug Toy 5 paws up for enrichment and enjoyment!
My only concern, I did not feel comfortable with the small bell that is adhered to the top of the toy. While it seems nearly impossible to come apart, my cats can be tough on toys – especially our chewer, Jazmine, and I fear she could ingest the bell and choke on it. So, when we play with this toy, it will be supervised, and when we are done, it will go somewhere safe that kitty cannot get to.
If you would like to try out the Purrk! Deep Sea Bug Toy (including a refill pack of Silverline) with your cat(s), the folks at Vitakraft have been kind enough to offer a *giveaway opportunity for one lucky reader! All you have to do is enter your email in the Rafflecopter and comment why you think your cat would like this pawsome toy.
Just a sampling of some of the great cat toys (all infused with Silvervine) available from Vitakraft – please be sure to visit their website to see the full lineup that includes the dangling Busy Bee and Bouncy Butterfly, the free-moving furry Deep Sea Bug and Desert Bug, and the plastic Marvy Mouse, Purrky Bird, and Frisky Fish.
Thank you to Vitakraft for this great giveaway – for more information on their full line of Purrk! Playful toys, please refer to these handy links:
*Contest Rules:
-Winners can only win once across all blogs participating
-No Purchase Necessary
-Void Where Prohibited
-Contest ends Sunday, December 28th, midnight EST, with winner to be announced Wednesday, December 31.
I have 6 cats. I know they would enjoy playing with this. Right now they take my fuzzy socks all over the house.
OMC Dat wuz a funny video. Weez wecently learned of silvervine and luv, luv, luv da stuffs. So we wuld no doubt luv this toy. and at 15, Lexi needs anyfin’ to keep hers activ.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
My kitties are fascinated with ‘da bird’ and the ‘cat dancer’ toys. The line up in the evening waiting for play time to begin, so I would love to see how they react to these. They could play with these on their time schedule, not ours. Plus, I love to see them happy.
So excited to see that all of your cats really love their new toy! Thank you for sharing the experience with a video. Thinking I need to go out and buy a toy or two for my parents cat Dora. She could care less about Catnip eve fresh growing in the garden maybe this would excite her and give her something to do when the weather gets really cold this winter.
Looks like a great cat toy!
I know my cat, Chester, would love this because he is just a big kitten. He loves to play! This would be great for him. He would have so much fun with it.
Great pictures of them playing!
Molly Mew isn’t one who plays with toys until we bought a little Dollar store pom ball for kitties and then the games began. All the toys that we have bought none have been played with like that little pom ball. When I seen you mention it had a pom ball at the end, I knew she would like it.
guys…thanx for sharin thiz link !!! we haz never had silvervine N we will knead ta chex
it out… with all de floor rollin, yur mom willna knead ta sweep fora while huh…..N .jazmine, we iz
crackin UP …when ewe tried ta fite yur momz leg round 15 …16 !!!! AWESUM 🙂 ♥
best fishes two everee one …theeze toys look grate ♥
we haven’t tried the vine yet either. mom says Tommy is a mean drunk on nip so she would be interested to see what this does to him
Thunder seems bored with catnip. I would like to give silvervine a try.
We are big fans of silvervine here too!
We love silverine, especially Pixie ! We loved to see you enjoying your toys ! Purrs
I enjoyed watching the video I especially enjoyed watching Jazmine doing her little flips!!
is it wrong I just want the silvevine.. 😉
Oh, do we need some of that around here. Those kitties looked like they were having FUN!
My almost 3 year old boy just loves, loves, loves catnips toys!
silvervine might put some life into my 7 senior kitties.thank you
my cats would love these to play with because they like new toys! they are very responsive to all types of toys and games and these would be no different!
Wow – Silvervine. Dat’s good stuff. I’m going to enter. M said she’s also going over to the web site to buy something. I usually don’t play much with toys as I like to make my humans work. But if it’s silvervine, I might like that. Thanks for the offer.