Listening to Catnip

by Sigmund F. Winnicat and Camille Smith

Noted cat psychiatrist Dr. Sigmund F. Winnicat offers his expertise on the controversial subject of feline psychopharmacology through four intriguing cases in which he successfully treats his patients with doses of the wonder herb.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786703571
• ISBN13: 9780786703579
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 105 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

This book is a break through for cat lovers!

I think it is adorable how Dr. Winnicat tells of his fellow felines and the problems that occur through the course of a cat's life. It leaves the mind boggled after reading because so many possibilities are seen in cats. It's a must read for cat lovers and a window to the magination.

A great book!

This small book is simply adorable, funny and full of imagination. I found a close-out copy of it at a local bookstore and almost didn't buy it. Now I am very glad that I did!

This book is Great!

The best way to write a book about animals is to try to do it from their point of view. I would have to say that aside from Black Beauty this would have to be one of the finest examples. Camille Smith takes what housecats do naturally and places it in the sense as if cats were actually human. The way Dr. Sigmund F. Winnicat keeps his humans in the dark about his buisness is clever and it sets you to wonder about the cat by your side. The references are truly a work of genius inside a work of genius. This is a perfect book for catlovers and cathaters alike.

Anyone who likes cat humor books will love this one.

This wonderful parody of "Listening to Prozac" will have you laughing out loud! Dr. Winnicat, a cat psychiatrist (that is, a feline psychiatrist, not a human one) tells anecdotes about his "patients" and his therapeutic use of catnip to treat their neuroses. He uses all the standard psychiatric jargon (including witty scholarly footnotes), but manages to sound just like a cat at the same time. The stories about his various patients are wonderful, and he reveals a little-known fact about cats: they know how to use e-mail