The Cat Bible: Everything Your Cat Expects You to Know (Paperback)

by Tracie Hotchner (Author) "Before we run through all the ways and places you can find a cat, the responsible thing to do is ask yourself some hard questions..." (more)
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Product Description
The only fully comprehensive guide to “all things feline,” from the host of Cat Chat on Martha Stewart Living Radio.

Finally, a definitive book that delivers many unknown facts about every aspect of caring for and sharing your life with a cat, ranging from proper nutrition and strange behavior to medical care and multi-cat households, to grooming and geriatrics. The Cat Bible explains the mysteries of feline behavior to owners who are devoted to their cats without being able to fully understand them. It offers straightforward solutions to the problems that cause people to give up their cats, many of which are preventable, including litter box avoidance, furniture scratching, and physical ailments.

There are more than 90 million American households that count cats as family members, but they are a vastly underserved population, devoted to their kitties, yet bereft of all the public attention, programming, and print devoted to dogs. Now, bestselling author and investigative journalist Tracie Hotchner offers them The Cat Bible, with straightforward, fact-filled solutions to health and behavior problems, based on years of research into the real reasons behind these issues. In the same warm, straightforward style that attracts devoted listeners to her radio shows, Tracie tackles controversial topics such as the truth about commercial dry pet foods and their dangers, bringing readers the latest facts on every topic that affects a feline’s well-being.

About the Author
Tracie Hotchner is the author of The Dog Bible: Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know (Gotham Books, 2005) and the million-copy bestseller Pregnancy & Childbirth, for which she appeared on national talk shows ranging from Today to Oprah. Tracie’s two areas of pet expertise have made her a national radio personality twice over, and she hosts two live, weekly call-in shows: Cat Chat on Martha Stewart Living Radio and Dog Talk, her own NPR show, produced by WLIU.FM at Southampton College.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Gotham; 1 edition (October 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592403255
• ISBN-13: 978-1592403257
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,894 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ulimate Parenting Book for Cat Owners, October 28, 2007

By	Kenn (Michigan) - See all my reviews

Tracie Hotchner has once again provided pet owners with the ultimate guide to owning and caring for their pet!

The Cat Bible contains information that is essential for a happy healthy life for both the cat owner as well as the cat. With detailed information on wise food choices and insight into those interesting cat behaviors, The Cat Bible is a resource and reference that owners will return to time and time again.

Tracie Hotchner shares her expertise in a way that is easy to read, and keeps you turning page after page. This book is nothing short of FANTASTIC! I highly recommend it to seasoned cat owners or those thinking of adopting a new kitten into their home. Hotchner is the "Dr. Spock" for pet owners!

35 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars apparently author is a dog person, July 18, 2008

By	kmw (southeast) - See all my reviews

Whoa. I am a cat lover. In fact, I am a lover of all animals. Anyone who "gives away" their animals, as far as I'm concerned, might as well be abandoning their children. And that's why I cannot recommend this book.
On page 252, Hotchner blithely discusses giving away 2 cats, Bert and Ernie, after acquiring a third dog. Huh? This is the same woman who chides the reader for not understanding that a cat is a 10 to 20 year commitment? I don't get it.
Well, apparently she acquired a puppy, which then created a pack mentality among the dogs. "So I gave the cats to a friend."
She was about as emotional as discussing discarding day-old bread.
So the cats had been living happily with your two dogs before you brought a new puppy into the home? Wouldn't it make sense to find the relatively emotionally unattached puppy a new home rather than destroying the lives of your two devoted cats?
Bottom line: I wonder if the DVM who endorsed this book thoroughly digested that heartbreaking nugget...ditto the humane society endorser.
The subhead of this book should be altered to read: Everything your Cat Expects You to Know: Please don't Abandon Me. I will Bond to You. I need to Know You are There for Me forever.
If someone writes a "Cat Bible" it would help if 1) they actually had credentials in the veterinary field and b) they actually liked cats.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have Resource for Cat Lovers, March 29, 2008

By	Susan (Sun City, California) - See all my reviews

After adopting a stray cat as my first pet, I felt I needed to learn as much as I could about caring for her. This book was perfect! It covers everything you could think to ask and is written in such a delightfully readable style that you won't want to miss a word. The section on wet vs dry food is a real eye opener. Don't believe the cat food manufacturer's endorsements; learn what they don't want you to know about cat nutrition and why many brands are harming our felines. Also includes litterbox issues, visiting the vet, bathing and much, much more. I'm buying extra copies for friends. Thanks to the author for an excellent reference.