Catsmart: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding, Caring For, and Living with Your Cat

by Myrna M. Milani

From choosing the "right" cat for a particular household to formulating and maintaining a feline health care plan, this guide addresses the real-life needs of of the millions of cat owners who want to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809230240
• ISBN13: 9780809230242
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: NTC Business Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Food for thought for first-time cat caretakers

Although Milani's book seems to be more focused on purebred cats than shelter cats, the questions she asks are just as useful for people considering the adoption of a cat from the shelter or a kid at the grocery store parking lot. Adopting a cat is a commitment that can last up to 20 years or more, and Milani gives potential cat caretakers a chance to realistically assess how prepared they are for this commitment. A good read.

Addresses more than the physical well-being of your cat.

Ms. Milani uses humor and numerous anecdotes to address the total health of companion cats. She does an excellent job of listing questions every owner or perspective owner should ask themselves regarding the responsibilities and expectations of that come from sharing one's life with a cat or cats. Cat lovers of any experience level should find this a helpful and informative book. My only criticism, if it can be taken as such, is her almost-exclusive focus on purebreed cats. I share my home with twenty mixed-breed cats and volunteer at the local animal shelter, and would have enjoyed this book much more had the author not limited her comments to cats of established breeds. Since the vast majority of companion cats are of mixed or uncertain parentage, I felt this was a major oversight that may leave those who got their cat from the parking lot at the grocery store feeling second-class.