This book is a great resource for understanding and implementing good health practices for your feline friend. I highly recommend this book.
This book has fabulous information on caring for cats. She gives exquisite explanations of what to do, how to it, problems you might have doing it, etc. She includes helpful diagrams as well. Recently one of my kitty clients would not eat and all - including his 2 veterinarians who thought he was at death's door. I made the high protein chicken broth described in this book, and the dear kitty has pulled through and is getting stronger and stronger every day! This book was also a godsend that saved my precious Victoria kitty when she was horribly ill. Whenever I have a problem with any kitties in my life, this is one of the first books I pull from my shelf. Recipes for non-commercial diets are included. I highly recommend this book to all my cat clients.
Some good advice, some bad
There is some very good regular health and care advice here; for example, her pill-giving technique is all but foolproof.
But I must take issue with some of her dietary and home-healthcare advice. She has among the treats/"bribe foods" a homemade "delicious garlic condiment" consisting of mashed garlic, tamari (wheat-free soy sauce), and water. Like onion, garlic is toxic to cats in any but the most minute quantities -- her 1/8 teaspoon (half of which is garlic) is way too much to be safe, especially on a regular basis, as it destroys red blood cells and can cause anemia. Likewise, she recommends garlic pills for some health conditions, inadvisable for the same reasons.
Aside from that, she puts rather more stock in homeopathy than I do -- yes, a drug should be diluted to some degree (and usually is even in commercial treatments) to make it easier to absorb, but there's such a thing as dilution past the point of effectiveness.
