Whole Health for Happy Cats: A Guide to Keeping Your Cat Naturally Healthy, Happy, and Well-fed (Quarry Book S.)

by Sandy Arora

Regina Scwabe (Foreword)

If it were a simple choice, many people would choose to treat and care for their pets with natural therapies. Unfortunately, most cat care-givers find the expectations and requirements of natural pet health care fairly imposing and outside their reality in regards to cat care. Unlike the other resources on the subject, "Whole Health for Happy Cats" provides readers with the basic information to enable them to ask the right questions as well as find the right answers for their cat and their lifestyle. Although the book's approach is organic, it also presents well-documented health facts and research so that cat owners can make the very best decisions for their cat's lifelong health and well-being. Subjects include basic care and supplies, choosing a health care professional, understanding and implementing natural remedies, understanding the issues related to traditional veterinary care, and relationships with other animals.

• ISBN10: 1592532667
• ISBN13: 9781592532667
• Publish Date: 1 October 2006
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 20 July 2011
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Rockport Publishers Inc.
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 184
• Language: English

Reviews

[nannah]

Okay, so I'll admit: I don't have a cat. I got this book on a recommendation from the Holistic Ferret Forum, because a lot of the homeopathy methods can work on ferrets too.

This book really focuses on holistic cat care, and it's a very interesting read (even though ... as I said above, I don't own a cat). I LOVE that it talks about raw feeding and the importance of real food -- and why dry commercial pet food just doesn't cut it. It even has a few recipes if you want to get into raw feeding, and if you don't, why wet commercial food is better than dry.

The part that is relevant to me as a ferret owner is where it gets into homeopathy (alternative medicine), which the book advises you to use WITH allopathic medicine, aka conventional Western medicine. There are a lot of holistic vets too, which the book says you can use together with allopathic vets. It's something I never considered! (Of course, if you live in a tiny rural area like I do, it's not always possible, but still: something to consider.)

The back says they translate the hard-to-understand language of homeopathy into layman's terms, but in those couple of chapters I still found things hard to understand. I'll have to read them over a couple times to understand. But don't get me wrong! The information is incredibly valuable, and I'm so glad I have this resource on hand. Essential oils aren't good for cats (or ferrets!), and I'm glad there are now options like flower essences and others out there. This book tells you how to use them--even if at first it seems a bit daunting.

There were a lot of annoying typos though, and I'm wondering if this is a bit of an indie? But I wish I could contact them and just "PLEASE LET ME EDIT FOR YOU", because ... there were just so many typos.

They also have a "Whole Health for Happy Dogs" book I believe ... maybe they'll make one for ferrets?

Anyway, so while there wasn't a TON of info that I could use, I still consider it a useful and valuable buy.