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Cat Care Naturally

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This is another one of my "bibles" for cat care. Her chapters on "Nutrition" are well written, easy to understand and very helpful, as are her chapters on "Natural remedies" and other "Healing Approaches", to name a few. I was first drawn to this book by the title "Never Microwave Anything!" listed in the contents section, (pg 59). It told of the dangers of microwaving your cats food and what it did to the blood. I had been microwaving my cats food to take the chill off of it and it appeared that her blood levels were affected. I stopped immediately after reading this chapter and her blood levels did appear a little better. She was a very sick cat and this book helped me a great deal, with her care. I recommend it to anyone as a helpful guide to caring for your cat, naturally.

Celeste had figured out a way to keep cats well through preventive medicine--good natural nutrition, herbs, and supplements. Sometimes, all that is needed for your cat to become healthy is for you to start on your own by changing the diet and supplements. Cat Care, Naturally has been checked by several holistic veterinarians for accuracy. The book includes where to contact holistic veterinarians, suppliers of herbs, nutritional supplements, and homeopathic remedies and other modes of treatment and prevention for your cat and dog.

This is the book that convinced me to start making my own cat food. Her recipie is so easy to make and all of my cats love it (they each have foods they will and will not eat though). I don't always have time to make the food so I feed some high quality cat foods such as sensible choice, Iams and Whysong wet foods, and inova (the best but harder to find). sometimes I mix half and half. I also realy enjoyed her chapter on cat astrology. The information for each of my cats was right on.

For The Love Of God, Make Her Stop!!, February 8, 2004
Reviewer: A reader from USA
I can't get past the first couple chapters. The book is scattered, hard to read and basically unenjoyable. A complete waste of time and money. Plus the foundation of this pseudo-doctor's feeding regime is the Pottenger Cat Study. This is an antequated study from the 1930's that had no controls. Reading it, any nutritionist worth their salt would know the diet Pottenger fed lacked taurine which caused his problems. Why doesn't Dr. Yarnall? Now, we have that and much more in today's food. How else can generations of cats reproducing year after year and living long heathly lives on commercial diets. This book is just one big long scare tactic to sell her product.

But, it has one pratical use. It's a great sleep aid.

Dr. Yarnall may have been a beauty queen and actress at one time. However, that does not diminsh the work she has devoted her life to, and that is the health and well being of cats and dogs. This book has served as a great reference to me over the years, as has the updated version, Natural Cat Care. I also have her book, Natural Dog Care, as I found much of the information in both books to be interchangeable between the species. Some of the information has even helped me with my human family members! I'm very excited about her latest book, The Complete Guide To Holistic Cat Care. I have a kitty from Dr. Yarnall's breeding program, and I follow the recommendations she makes for my kitty's feeding and care. She's a super healthy, beautiful, and affectionate 9 year old girl, and I'm lucky to have her, as I understand Dr. Yarnall has discontinued her breeding program. If I ever have any more cats (or even dogs), I will feed them the supplemented raw recipe and care for them naturally, as I have learned from reading Dr. Yarnall's books. I've seen the wonderful results it produces (especially compared to the condition of the animals of even family and friends fed commercial pet food), so there's no way I'd ever stop!