Did you ever wonder if cats love? Are you ever curious about their origin, about what they dream of, about the way they communicate?

“Cat Facts” by Marcus Schneck and Jill Caravan is a great book to answer these and more questions about cats, their history, their behavior, their care, and then some. Filled with interesting facts, anecdotes, and information, this is a great reference book for a pet lover’s collection.

This isn’t, by any means, the ultimate guide to caring for your cat. There are much better books on actual pet care on the market, and your vet would be the best person to recommend a good one. This book is meant to be fun and informational, to give you more of an insight into your cat’s breed, behavior, and background.

A fun book to flip through, the pages are filled with photos and color illustrations. Boxes on many pages present assorted cat care and cat watching tips as well as common myths and the truths behind them. What’s nice about this book is that it isn’t a book you need to devote a large chunk of time to in any one sitting. A minute here or there can provide you with entertaining tidbits and digestible chunks of information. There’s also an index in the back for quick reference, something I always find particularly useful in any reference book.

An entire section of the book is dedicated to detailing the individual breeds of cats. Though it doesn’t cover every single exotic breed that’s out there today, I particularly like this section. It’s informative, entertaining, and easy on the eye. For each breed, there are photos and/or illustrations, maps detailing where that particular breed originated, information about the breed’s characteristics and personality traits, special care for the bred, and other assorted information. In a short amount of space, there’s actually a wealth of information and it’s presented in a reader-friendly manner.

Though it’s obvious that this isn’t an expensive coffee-table book — there are obvious flaws in the book’s binding and the pages, though slightly glossy, have an odd feel to them — it’s still a fun piece to keep out for conversation with other pet lovers.

For a cat owner, or anyone interested in learning more about the world of cats, this book is a worthwhile purchase. Fun and filled with interesting bits of common and not-so-common knowledge about cats, it’s a great addition to any cat lover’s book collection.

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Everyone who has a cat needs to know some good basic information on cat healthcare. But please keep in mind that there is no substitute for good veterinary care. So if you ever have doubts at all about the health of your cat, consult with your vet as soon as possible.

Feline Vaccines

Why does my cat need to be vaccinated? For proper cat healthcare, you must know that vaccines help prepare your cat’s immune system to fend off invasion by disease. If your pet is vaccinated, the immune system will be prepared to prevent infection or reduce the severity of disease. You can also reduce your cat’s exposure to infected cats or contaminated environments. Some cats can have a mild reaction to a vaccine, but they usually last no more than a few days.

How to Tell If Your Cat Needs Vet Care

The best way to evaluate your cat healthcare is to give it a good exam from nose to tail. Take it to a veterinarian initially then establish your own routine and check out your animal from time to time using the same series of steps. Cats can hide illnesses so try to stay aware of your pet. Keep a checklist on your animal.

Check The Eyes

For great cat healthcare, your cat’s eyes should be clean. They should appear clear and bright. Your cat should respond to light and visual stimuli. If the eyes appear to be watery, red, flimy or cloudy, itchy, swollen or painful this is a warning sign and you should see the vet with your cat.

Check The Ears

Some good signs of cat healthcare are clean ears both inside and out. They should be pink and clean inside the inner ear. The cat should respond to noise. If your cat has crusty, discharge, red or inflamed , foul odor or painful, the animal should see a vet pronto.

Check The Nose

The nose should be clean and free of discharge for good cat care health. Some warning signs are scabbed, congested mucous, cracked or crusty. Please take your cat to a professional if these signs are there.

Check The Mouth

For optimal cat healthcare, the mouth should be free of odor, teeth clean, gums pink, animal appears to swallow normally. If the pet is drooling, or has trouble swallowing see your vet.

Check the Butt

When checking for great cat healthcare, if your animal has a clean butt free from discharge and the stool is normal that is good. Some warnings signs are: discharge, stool is watery or bloody, swellings, constipation.
Again, please refer to vet with these problems.

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1. Keep your pregnant cat indoors.
Don’t expose an expecting kitty to danger. But there are more reasons. Some queens go into heat even during pregnancy. Cats are capable of being pregnant of two different litters at the same time. And of course, a pregnant cat should not give birth in a cold place outside.

2. Give your kitty the right food.
It should be high on calcium and protein. Kitten food is specially designed to meet the need of pregnant and nursing felines. Vitamin supplements are recommended too.

3. Do not give any medication during pregnancy.
A pregnant cat should get medication only in emergency. The same goes for deworming products, or products against fleas. If she has worms or fleas, first consult your vet.

4. Make your cat a comfortable nest bed.
A box filled with newspaper usually does the trick. Put in a warm sheltered place, preferably a location your cat frequently visits. Make sure all is ready two weeks before birth.

5. Find a home for your kittens - before they are born.
It will give you peace of mind to know where the kittens will go. Finding a home for a kitty can be time consuming. You’ll have more time for that before they are born.

6. Use non-clumping litter for her box.
Sometimes cats give birth in the litter box. If a kitten is delivered in clumping litter, the mother kitty might refuse to clean her newborn off as the clump is all over the sac. And the baby drowns in its own fluid.

7. Keep other cats away from her.
You have more than one kitty? Your pregnant cat wants privacy. She doesn’t like the company of other cats during this period, even if she knows these cats very well.

8. Buy enough food for your kitty… and you.
You should have no reason to leave your kitty alone on the days before and after birth.

9. Check which vet is available.
Have a piece of paper with the phone number of the closest emergency veterinary clinic. If there’s no such clinic in your area, find out which vet is available for emergency care. One phone call to a local vet is usually enough.

10. Get the right information about cat pregnancy.
Only if you understand what you see and hear, you will be able to recognize complications. Plus… there are many problems you can solve yourself, if you know how. So, do not panic. Get the right information instead.

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So you have made a preliminary list of cat breeders to start with. How do you decide which is the best cat breeder for your requirements?
If you are set on a particular breed, then a quick phone call to each will eliminate those that offer other breeds.
Ask other cat owners for their recommendations and experiences, both positive and negative.
Once you have your shortlist, you need to visit each cat breeder and ask questions. Reputable cat breeders should be happy to answer your questions and show you around their premises. If not, you have to ask yourself if they are hiding something. Most, however are passionate about cats, will love talking about them and will want their kittens to go to a good suitable home.

Recommended Questions;

Does the breed have any congenital defects to watch for? If so, how do they avoid breeding them into their stock. If the answer is that the breed is perfect, with no congenital defects, be wary! No breed is perfect and a reputable breeder should tell you about any possible faults.

Do they offer a health guarantee if the kitten turns out to be in bad health?

Does the breeder give adequate care and attention to the kittens? Ask for a tour to see the kittens’ living conditions. Are they handled so they are used to humans?

How long have they been breeding cats? How many breeds do they have? Do they show their cats? The answers to these questions should give some indication of their expertise. Concentrating on a couple of breeds, along with showing the cats, means that they are more likely to be careful about the bloodlines than those breeding lots of different breeds.

How large is their breeding business. Try to avoid someone who is overwhelmed and stressed by trying to breed too many cats at one time, or who is just in it for the money and so uses mass-production.

Have the cats been tested for infectious diseases? A reputable breeder should have records to support his answers. Any cat can become ill but it is how the breeder deals with it that is important. Sick cats should be separated from the healthy ones.

Asking these questions should give you an idea of the honesty and integrity of the cat breeders and help you with your choice.
When you have made your choice of breeder and kitten, it is a good idea to ask an independent vet to give the kitten a health check before buying. A breeder with nothing to hide should not object - especially if you are paying!

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Most people have owned cats all their lives, with childhood memories of various cats and their character, and they usually feel that home is not complete without a resident furry ‘frfiend’. To some others, owning a cat can be a pleasure discovered much later in life. It is quite well known that we do not really ‘adopt’ a cat, but are ‘adopted’ by them, as have been demonstrated so many times in my own family and as well as neigbours of ours when they ended up having a couple of strays wondering into their lives, and subsequently becoming part of their families.

Mention that you have a cat, and most people will envisage a non-pedigree type. As a matter of fact, only about 10-15 percent of ‘adopted’ cats as pets are pedigree animals. In general, though there are many people who can easily name a wide variety of dog breeds, they remain quite unaware of the extensive range of cat breeds that are available. There are perhaps several reasons for this. The first being that cats a very personal pets, they are not taken out for walks, or for trips in cars like dogs usually are, so we may not see very many breeds unless we come across them whilst visiting friends or relatives who happen to have cats in their households. Then some cat breeds have only recently been discovered or developed. Even when we come across new breeds, we may not notice the more subtle differences between them, as most are roughly the same size and have the same general shape and look. In this, cats are also quite different from their canine cousins, which vary from being smaller than cats to the size of small ponies.
Another reason why we may not be so well aware of cat breeds is the way we sometimes acquire our kittens, many of which are given us by friends/relatives whose ‘mummy’ cats have ‘accidentally’ given birth to 1 litter too many; through magazines and newspapers advertising ‘free’ kittens; or from animal shelters. These are perhaps the more common methods in which we acquire our kittens.

When you do decide to have a kitten, it is a great deal of fun to have 2, instead of 1, and you will see much more of their feline behavioural repertoire as they play. Kittens enact the whole gamut of body language in their daily frolics, and this provides a wonderful opportunity to see just how much they can contort their agile bodies, or erect their fur on various parts of their bodies in their play fights. It does mean that kittens do often shoot around the house, and sometimes up the curtains together, and this is so pleasureable to watch, but they will also soon grow out of this phase when they become bigger and heavier.

Having 2 kittens keep them busy, and of course, its companionship for themselves when you are not home. Obtaining 2 kittens form the same litter makes life fairly simple, but, if you would like to own one of the pedigree breeds yet cannot afford twice the cost, you can consider getting a non-pedigree cat to go with it.

So enjoy their ‘youth’.

The writer has 7 cats in his household, all of whom were rescued from the street, some of whom whose eyes were not even open at the time. Through nurturing and taking care of them from kittenhood, the writer has learned a lot in cat care from reading resources on cats, and having interviewed several veterianians in cat care and health issues related to cats.

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