Celeste Yarnall’s time-tested natural and holistic expertise gives cat owners insight into natural alternatives in food, medication, alternative therapies, and healing practices, improving the lives of feline friends and well as their caregivers. With Dr. Jean Hofve, the esteemed holistic veterinarian, she explores nutrition as preventative medicine, vitamin and mineral supplements, herbal remedies, homeopathic treatments, and groundbreaking anti-aging modalities never before published in a pet care guide. The Complete Guide to Holistic Cat Care also includes a complete bibliography and a list of suppliers of holistic remedies and services. As with all other pet health guides, it is a comprehensive resource intended to complement veterinary care, not replace it.
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The Complete Guide to Holistic Cat Care is as beautiful as it is informative: photographs of sleek, healthy cats and adorable, fuzzy kittens accompany the most up-to-date information on holistic cat care. Even those who have been privileged to live with a cat for many years are sure to learn something new from why it is suggested that a new cat brought into the household be isolated (it has to do with the ‘anti-social’ nature of the feline immune system) and how mother cats ‘name’ their kittens, to why it’s so important to ‘cat-proof’ your house (a cat’s tongue has backward-facing barbs that make it unable to expel and object it has begun to ingest). You’ll learn why a raw food diet is best suited to a cat’s needs, the psychology and sociology of the litter box in multiple cat homes, the use of herbs in healing, the benefits of homeopathy in getting to and healing the root cause of cat’s illness. - Spirituality & Health Magazine, April 2010
In addition to being chock full of well-researched and well-presented information on holistic cat care, the book is beautifully laid out and illustrated with stunning cat photographs. This guide is a valuable resource for every cat owner interested in holistic health and a beautiful addition to your cat care library. - Examiner
This beautifully illustrated and reader-friendly review of feline health care, disease prevention and integrative treatments will be a welcome addition to the libraries of cat breeders, owners and caregivers. Unlike many recent books on cat care, this one contains more stuff than fluff and is an excellent introduction to alternative human and veterinary medicine. - Dr. Michael Fox, United Features Syndicate
About the Author
Celeste Yarnall's first book, Cat Care Naturally, was published in 1995. Celeste is also the author of Natural Dog Care. Between 1993 and 2009, Celeste and her breeding partners have bred and raised 11 generations of Tonkinese championship show cats on the basic holistic principals outlined in her books, an unprecedented achievement. A lifetime interest in nutritional supplementation inspired Celeste to create a line of all-natural whole food supplements with holistic veterinarian, Dr. Russell Swift. In 2000, Celeste and long time friend, Imelda Lopez-Casper, formed a partnership, Celestial Pets, in order to market these products.
Dr. Jean Hofve earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. Dr. Jean practiced holistic and conventional medicine in Denver, Colorado, and was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association from 2004–2007. She has extensive training in homeopathy and homotoxicology, and in 1995 founded Spirit Essences, then and still the only veterinarian-formulated line of flower essences for animals. Dr. Jean lives in Denver, Colorado
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This book, conversational in tone, thorough, and exceptionally well written, is not a quick fix, however. I was excited to start feeding my cats a better diet but felt my excitement wane as I read what's involved in converting to a raw-food diet. However, as someone who has slowly gone vegetarian then almost-vegan over the years, I recognize (as do the authors) that a full-steam ahead approach is probably not the answer. Burnout or frustration would be the result. Instead, I'll use this book to implement step-by-step changes and work my up to the "biggee" issues.
The book offers a list of resources from cat litter to supplements and whole food products to nontoxic cleaning and pest control products. It also offers an important perspective on vaccines and how often they're really necessary. I enjoyed the section on play and training and the pictures of the kitten demonstrating agility leaps over a fence are priceless (although greeted with disdain by my cats when I showed them the photos).
The authors warn upfront that some of their ideas may seem "out there" but balance that with urging cat owners to seek guided medical assistance, either traditional or alternative, when necessary.
This is not a book to be shelved. Instead, it should be left out for easy access and treated as a reference book.... Read more ›
This is one of the few books I haven't been disappointed in purchasing, and find it a great place for beginners looking to learn more about many of the homeopathic choices available. Certain topics are in fact brief and limited to several pages, but the fact they are mentioned gives us readers an opportunity to learn about them and look into them further if we so desire. This comes highly recommended.
