Cats For Dummies 📙 3rd Edition ✍ Gina Spadafori, Lauren Demos, Paul D. Pion
Cats are the perfect pets; they’re relatively easy to care for, a blast to play with, and sure to win the heart of every member of your family with their loving nature, and sometimes sassy demeanor❕
Cats For Dummies is everything you need to take care of your feline friend.
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ABOUT THE BOOK
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Adding a cat (or two❕) to your household is a perfectly great idea, and this guide provides all the information you need to keep your new family member happy, healthy, and safe. First off, you'll discover lots of information you may not have known about cats, how to choose the right one for you, and how to prepare your house for the newcomer.
Learn to think like a cat, anticipate and resolve behavior problems, select the right vet, recognize common health issues, and even how care for an aging cat. You'll love keeping your cat safe and happy.
Inside the book, you will discover:
★ To buy or adopt❔
★ Kitten or adult cat❔
★ Helping your cat feel at home.
★ Deciphering cat body language.
★ Solving behavior problems.
★ Details about the diet.
★ Common cat myths debunked.
★ Provide proper health care and nutrition
★ Train your cat and learn how to read feline body language
★ Solve litter box and behavior problems
★ Discover how a cat helps make a house a home❕
Cats For Dummies gives you expert insight into everything from cat behavior to what makes each type of feline unique. With this easy-to-understand guide, you'll be able to tackle those tough cat-astrophes from dealing with their problem behaviors (like scratching the furniture and missing the litter box) and learn to understand what your cat is trying to tell you.
Whether you're looking to get your first kitten or adopt a senior cat, this book covers all the basics of feline cat care.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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Gina Spadafori:
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Gina Spadafori is the author or co-author of more than a dozen top-selling books on pets and their care, including Dogs For Dummies and Birds For Dummies.
She has been an award-winning nationally syndicated pet-care columnist, and she has written hundreds of articles for top national and international media outlets. She currently works as a veterinary medical writer.
Gina lives on agricultural land halfway between the California State Capitol and the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine. The latter is especially convenient, as she shares her life with more animals than many would consider sensible, including a small herd of Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats along with cats, dogs, chickens, and occasional visiting horses and ponies.
Lauren E. Demos:
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Lauren E. Demos, BVMS, Hons BSc, Diplomate, ABVP (Feline Practice) is a board-certified feline specialist who in 2017 was elected the youngest president of the American Association of Feline Practitioners.
She is a feline medicine consultant for the Veterinary Information Network, and is on the Fear Free Initiative advisory board, working to make going to the veterinarian a less stressful experience for cats and their owners.
Dr. Demos studied music for her undergraduate work before focusing on veterinary medicine. She attended veterinary school at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia, performing post-graduate research on feline papillomaviruses. She has lectured at major veterinary conferences, both in North America and internationally.
She works in clinical practice in Michigan, and she is passionate about promoting feline health and medicine through education. She enjoys the company of several cats, including Pancake, who accompanies her on her sailboat for adventures on the Great Lakes.
Dr. Paul D. Pion:
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Dr. Paul D. Pion holds a BS and a DVM from Cornell University. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Specialty of Cardiology). He interned at the Animal Medical Center in New York City, completed a residency in Cardiology at UC Davis, a post-doctorate in Pharmacology at Columbia University, and did the coursework and research toward his Ph.D. at UC Davis.
Dr. Pion cofounded Veterinary Information Network (VIN) in 1991. He is the Chief Executive Officer, President, and director of VIN. He was a full-time instructor and researcher at UC Davis where he was responsible for breakthrough research on nutrition and heart disease in cats.
While at UCD, he made an important research discovery that has touched the lives of every cat in the world: He proved that a deficiency of a single amino acid, taurine, was causing heart disease in cats.
His discovery was published as a cover article in SCIENCE, one of the most competitive and respected research journals, and more importantly, led to the reformulation of the world’s cat foods and the virtual eradication of a heart disease that once afflicted tens of thousands of cats.
Paul has been awarded :
★ A Small Animal Research Award by Purina.
★ The National Phi Zeta Award for one of the two most outstanding manuscripts in 1989.
★ A Special Recognition Award by the American Animal Hospital Association for innovations in the field of veterinary medicine.
He lives in Northern California with his wife, veterinarian Dr. Carla Pion, their children, and a houseful of pets.
BOOK CONTENTS
Part 1: Starting to Think Cat:
★ Chapter 2: Kitten or Adult❔ Boy or Girl❔ One Cat or More❔
★ Chapter 3: Mixes, Markings, and Pedigrees.
★ Chapter 4: The Wild Ones: Special Cats, Special Considerations.
Part 2: Getting Off to a Good Start:
★ Chapter 6: One Is Never Enough: The Multicat Household.
★ Chapter 7: Setting Your Cat up for Success.
★ Chapter 8: Think Like a Cat to Understand a Cat.
★ Chapter 9: Feline Friendly: From Cat Toys to Catios.
Part 3: Enjoying Life Together:
★ Chapter 11: Getting Good Litter Box Behavior.
★ Chapter 12: Out and About with Your Cat.
★ Chapter 13: Littering: Should Your Cat Become a Parent❔
★ Chapter 14: Home Care: Good Grooming and More.
★ Chapter 15: Feeding Your Cat.
Part 4: The Basics of Good Health:
★ Chapter 17: Common Cat Health Problems.
★ Chapter 18: Caring for an Older Cat.
Part 5: The Part of Tens:
★ Chapter 20: Ten Cool Cat-Related Places To Visit.
★ Chapter 21: Ten Common Household Dangers to Your Cat.
★ Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Help Your Cat in a Disaster.
★ Chapter 23: Ten Nonprofits Worthy of Your Donations.
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