Complete Care for Your Aging Cat [Kindle Edition]

Amy Shojai (Author)

Book Description

PRAISE for COMPLETE CARE FOR YOUR AGING CAT!

"Guaranteed to help your beloved pet live a happier, healthier, fuller life. While this comprehensive and groundbreaking book presents cutting edge medical information, Shojai makes sure that it's proven and practical. Captivating true storeis of 'successful agers' will motivate you to make sure you give your pets the best care possible." --Dr. Marty Becker, resident veterinarian on Good Morning America and best-selling author

"Once again Amy has done it! VERY important, useful and valuable information in a concise, easy to read work. Our pets are living longer--and with this interesting and complete book--healthier lives. If you have a middle aged to older pet, this book is a Must Have!" --DR. JIM HUMPHRIES, Contributing Editor to CBS's The Early Show

"What a read! Complete Care for Your Aging Cat provides a practical, easy-to-read guide about health care for the aging cat. If you have an aging cat, this is a 'must have' book. It provides simple question-and-answer treatment of essentials of aging cats." --Dr. Johnny D. Hoskins, Internist for older dogs and cats

Award Winning Book Keeps Your Aging Cat Loving Longer, Living Better!

As cats age, elderly cats deserve and require special cat health care to prevent cat problems. COMPLETE CARE FOR YOUR AGING CAT explains how old do cats live, how old is a “senior cat,” and old cats health and behavior changes. You’ll find all the must know information about old cats, cats illness and cat symptoms, with veterinary advice for keeping your old cat healthy and treating your sick cat if necessary.

Advances in veterinary medicine have nearly tripled the average cat life span. But mature cats have special needs and require additional emotional support, special cat nutrition help, and senior cat medical care. A longer life means old cats suffer age-related conditions such as cat kidney failure, kitty diabetes, and feline arthritis, all of which can be successfully managed with your loving assistance.

Complete Care for Your Aging Cat contains the answers you need to care for your mature cat. Pet expert Amy Shojai explains:

• How to entice your older cat into getting more exercise
• What changes to expect as your cat ages--and which changes are natural and which are warning signs that should send you to the veterinarian
• Which pet-specific over-the-counter cat medications every owner should keep on hand
• How to use the L.O.V.E. Program to keep your cat loving longer and living better
• Tips on everything from choosing the right products and cat foods for your aging cat
• How to offer old cats nursing care at home for common old cat conditions
• Information about cat symptoms and feline treatments for cat kidney disease, hyperthyroidism in cats, cat urinary tract infection, cats and diabetes, blind cat, deaf cat, cat stroke, feline diarrhea, cat constipation, old cats not eating, litter box problems and more.

Filled with heartwarming stories of successful senior citizen cats, the latest developments in treating feline illnesses in old cats, age-defying tips, and comprehensive reference material, this is the definitive guide to turning back the clock on aging--and keeping senior cats vital, happy, and active throughout their golden years.


Amy Shojai is a certified animal behavior consultant, and appears on Animal Planet's CATS 101 and DOGS 101. She is the author of two-dozen award winning pet care books including COMPLETE CARE FOR YOUR AGING DOG, and is a columnist for cats.About.com, the Puppies Guide for puppies.About.com and hosts the popular CAT CRAZY radio show on RADIO PET LADY NETWORK.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Amy D. Shojai is a nationally known authority on pet care and behavior, a spokesperson for Purina, and the award-winning author of more than a dozen nonfiction pet books. She frequently speaks to groups on pet-related issues, and appears regularly on national radio as well as television.

Product Details

• File Size: 2277 KB
• Print Length: 304 pages
• Publisher: New American Library/FurryMuse Publications; second edition (June 25, 2010); second edition (June 25, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003U4WVOG
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #333,443 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #37 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Professional & Technical > Medical eBooks > Veterinary Medicine > Small Animal Medicine

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing resource September 15, 2005

By Laura Speirs

Format:Paperback

I highly recommend this wonderful book for owners of adult cats of any age. The information is very well presented, complete, and useful to any cat owner. I would definitely recommend that a cat owner have this knowledge BEFORE their cat is old so they can be informed and prepared what to look for in their cat and get proper supportive care before the cat is too ill.

I also think it's fascinating to know that there are certain conditions found in specific breeds. This would help anyone who would want to acquire a cat in the future to be informed about everything they would need to know about the breed they're considering.

Huge kudos to Amy Shojai for writing "Caring For Your Aging Cat."

Laura Speirs

The Kitty Sitter

Beaverton, Oregon

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read! July 17, 2003

By Kari Winters

Format:Paperback

Cats are living longer and there's more advanced care available for them. This book clearly talks about all the issues related to the older cat. It has something for everyone in that it give details about complicated information (such as cellular aging) which will be read with interest by those who have some knowledge about cats....but it also explaine things in simpler language for the lay-person.

This book is a must read for all people who cherish their cats and want to make their cats' golden years more comfortable.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Both practical and heartfelt...a real boon to cat lovers... July 7, 2003

By Yasmine F. Galenorn

Format:Paperback

Amy Shojai has written perhaps her best work with this book--a touching, caring, hopeful tribute to the aging pet. We who are pet lovers have to face that there will be an end to our beloved pets' lives, but Shojai's book combines practical advice and emotional support to help ensure your aging cat lives out the rest of her days in comfort and happiness. Including chapters on nutrition, exercise, play, and that last sad choice we are sometimes forced to make--euthanasia--Complete Care for Your Aging Cat is a vital addition to any pet lover's bookshelf.

Amy Shojai is an author with a heart, as well as a brain. Her books reflect her love and passion for the animals in our lives, while giving us the advice we need to keep them healthy and happy.

More About the Author

Amy Shojai, CABC a nationally known authority on pet care and behavior, is a certified animal behavior consultant, a spokesperson for the pet products industry, and the author of 26 nonfiction pet books. She is also the author of the dog-centric thriller LOST AND FOUND and writes THRILLERS WITH BITE. Her award-winning work appears in the Herald Democrat newspaper, http://www.puppies.About.com and cats.About.com and she's published several thousand articles and columns during her career. She appears twice-monthly on the "Pet Talk" segment at KXII-CBS, and hosts the weekly "Pet Peeves" at PetLifeRadio.com and is an expert on Animal Planet DOGS 101 and CATS 101.

Ms. Shojai addresses a wide range of fun-to-serious issues in her work, covering dog and cat training, behavior, natural and allopathic health care, nutrition, first aid, aging pets, "the bond" and cutting-edge medical topics. Her work has been honored with over three dozen writing awards and she is a two-time recipient of the "Friskies Writer of the Year" award.

Ms. Shojai's work empowers pet lovers by providing the information they need to make informed decisions for their cats and dogs. The former veterinary technician specializes in translating "medicalese" into easily understood jargon-free language, making it accessible to all pet lovers.

Ms. Shojai has been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and in USA Weekend, The New York Times, Washington Post, Reader's Digest, Woman's Day, Family Circle, Woman's World, and many other leading newspapers and magazines. She has also been a featured pet care expert on Animal Planet Dogs 101, Cats 101, Petsburgh USA/Disney Channel program, Good Day New York, Fox News: Pet News, NBC Today Show, WGN-Chicago "Pet Central" and "Animal Planet Radio" and many others.

Ms. Shojai is a certified member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, founder and Past President of the Cat Writers' Association, a member of the Dog Writers Association of America, and Past President and Honorary Lifetime Member of Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. She frequently speaks to groups on a variety of pet-related and writing issues, lectures at veterinary and writer conferences, and conducts training and behavior demonstrations around the country.

She and her husband live with Seren(dipity) the Siamese wannabe, Magic the German Shepherd, and other assorted critters at Rosemont, their thirteen-acre "spread" in north Texas. Find more information about her work at www.shojai.com.