This updated, revised version of the award-winning book provides all the must-knows of caring for your mature feline. The original print version won the Merial Human-Animal Bond Award, and the Hartz Senior Cat Award, and the latest edition expands on this theme with the latest health and behavior information. The aging process is defined, with great advice about how to manage dimming senses, and understand while making accomodations for your cat's physical changes.
Step-by-step home care advice (pilling, fluid therapy, massage and more), insurance options, and help explaining to children the end-of-life issues are offered. The most common "old cat" issues (arthritis to cancer, deafness to heart and kidney failure, thyroid and obesity to reversing kitty senility) cover details about diagnosis, drug/nutritional/natural treatment options, and specialists to help owners are provided.
Unique to the Kindle edition, though, is an incredible value-added in the form of click-able "hot links" to online sources of cat care products, information, and the experts who were interviewed for the book. Me-wow! My cat edited this book and gives it five paws up!
Title says it all
I share a home with two aging cats that I adore and this book is a tresure of information. If you love your cats you'll want to keep this book handy. Sometimes it's not easy to read because there are issues we'd rather not think of -but- we have to and it's best to be informed. Kitties deserve to have smart humans.
An amazing resource
I highly recommend this wonderful book for owners of adult cats of any age. The information is very well presented, complete, and useful to any cat owner. I would definitely recommend that a cat owner have this knowledge BEFORE their cat is old so they can be informed and prepared what to look for in their cat and get proper supportive care before the cat is too ill.
I also think it's fascinating to know that there are certain conditions found in specific breeds. This would help anyone who would want to acquire a cat in the future to be informed about everything they would need to know about the breed they're considering.
Huge kudos to Amy Shojai for writing "Caring For Your Aging Cat."
Laura Speirs
The Kitty Sitter
Beaverton, Oregon
A must read!
Cats are living longer and there's more advanced care available for them. This book clearly talks about all the issues related to the older cat. It has something for everyone in that it give details about complicated information (such as cellular aging) which will be read with interest by those who have some knowledge about cats....but it also explaine things in simpler language for the lay-person.
This book is a must read for all people who cherish their cats and want to make their cats' golden years more comfortable.
Both practical and heartfelt...a real boon to cat lovers...
Amy Shojai has written perhaps her best work with this book--a touching, caring, hopeful tribute to the aging pet. We who are pet lovers have to face that there will be an end to our beloved pets' lives, but Shojai's book combines practical advice and emotional support to help ensure your aging cat lives out the rest of her days in comfort and happiness. Including chapters on nutrition, exercise, play, and that last sad choice we are sometimes forced to make--euthanasia--Complete Care for Your Aging Cat is a vital addition to any pet lover's bookshelf.
Amy Shojai is an author with a heart, as well as a brain. Her books reflect her love and passion for the animals in our lives, while giving us the advice we need to keep them healthy and happy.
