Your Cat by Hodgkins, Elizabeth M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Table of Contents FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE PART 1 - A Twenty-first-Century View of the Cat

1 - The Predator Among Us

The Cat Is Not a Small Dog Not All Livers Are Alike Out of Africa The Predator Lifestyle Living with a Predator

2 - The Life of Today’s Cats

The Indoor Life: Benefits and Risks Feline Nutrition: A Cat Is What It Eats Bad Cat? How Living Indoors Affects Feline Behavior Be Proactive!

3 - The Real Problem with Commercial Pet Foods

A Cat Is Not a Small Dog Pet Food Is an Unregulated Industry Pet Food Is So Very Profitable Your Cat Is an “Experimental Animal”

PART 2 - Starting Over in the Twenty-first Century: A Kitten’s Story

4 - A New Cat in the House!

Before You Bring Your New Pet Home The Baby’s Room Taming the Shy or Aggressive Kitten

5 - What to Feed, What to Feed?

A Dizzying Array If Not Dry Food, Then What?

6 - Indoors or Out? Where Should Your Cat Live?

Aren’t Cats Naturally Outdoor Animals? How Can an “Unnatural” Lifestyle Be Best? When Can I Take My Cat Outdoors? The Microchip: A Better Way to Safeguard Your Cat

7 - Does Your Kitten Have Parasites?

What Are Parasites? How Do I Know If My Kitten Has Parasites? Internal Parasites (Endoparasites) External Parasites (Ectoparasites)

8 - Can My Kitten Get a Cold or the Flu?

Feline Herpesvirus (Rhinotracheitis) Feline Calicivirus Chlamydia Feline Bordatella Feline Panleukopenia Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) Rabies

9 - FIP—An Enigma Wrapped in a Riddle

Feline Infectious Peritonitis What Are the Signs of FIP? How Do We Diagnose FIP? Is There a Treatment? How Do We Prevent FIP?

10 - Which Vaccines, and When?

The Benefits of Vaccinating Your Cat Vaccination Is Not Without Risk

11 - Litter-Box Training for Perfect Habits

Off to a Good Start The Other Causes of Poor Litter-Box Habits

12 - Should I Spay or Neuter My Kitten?

The Importance of Altering Your Kitten Your Most Important Responsibility Preventing Obesity in the Altered Cat

13 - Help … My Kitten Is Clawing the Furniture!

To Declaw or Not to Declaw?

14 - Toys and Treats—Spoil Your Kitten in a Good Way

Making Life a Cabaret for Your Kitten What About “Candy” for Kittens?

15 - What If Your Kitten Becomes Sick or Injured?

Is My Kitten Really Sick? JUST A LITTLE “HEAD COLD”? Serious Respiratory Disease Poisoning Injuries

16 - I Found an Orphaned Kitten—What Do I Do Now?

Where Do I Start? Cleaning Up

PART 3 - The Glorious Years of Young Adulthood

17 - Your Cat’s an Adult—What to Feed It Now?

The Fallacy in the Life-Stage Concept So, What Do I Feed My Adult Cat?

18 - The Annual Health Checkup—Dos and Don‘ts

What to Look for in a Veterinarian for Your Cat Talk About Vaccines Talk About Your Cat’s Teeth and Gums The Weight Check Assessment of Your Cat’s Heart Health During the Routine Exam Evaluating Your Cat’s Abdomen What About Routine Bood Tests for Cats at the Annual Health Checkup?

19 - Feline Dental Health—Your Cat Can Keep Those Pearly Whites!

The Importance of Your Cat’s Oral Health What About Dental Scaling and Cleaning Without Anesthesia? What About a “Dental” Diet? Remember …

20 - Obesity—The Silent Epidemic

The Problem of Obesity Why Are So Many of Our Cats Fat? Why Are Dry Cat Foods Nutritionally Upside Down? A Lesson in Pet Food Technology Carbohydrates: The Culprit in the Feline Obesity Epidemic Why Should We Be Concerned About Overweight Cats? How Have Unhealthful Foods Gained Such Wide Acceptance? Why “Weight-Loss” Pet Foods Don’t Help Your Cat Lose Weight How to Know If Your Cat Is Overweight Are There No Scientific Studies About Feline Obesity and Its Cause? How to Help Your Cat Lose That Health-Damaging Excess Weight How to Switch Your Cat from Dry Cat Food to Wet Cat Foods

21 - Feline Diabetes—A Man-made Killer

Feline Diabetes—How Can Such a Common Disease Be So Misunderstood? Necessity Is the Mother of Invention What Causes Diabetes in the Cat? Why Are Dry-Food-Fed Diabetics So Prone to Hypoglycemia? Why Do Low-Carbohydrate Foods Work So Well in Diabetic Cats? What About Insulin? The Good News Feline Diabetes: What to Look For What to Do If Your Cat Is Diabetic What to Do If Your Cat Is Not Diabetic … Yet

22 - Hepatic Lipidosis and Pancreatitis—More Dietary Diseases

Hepatic Lipidosis Diagnosing Hepatic Lipidosis Feline Pancreatitis

23 - Feline Bladder Problems—Never Again!

Why Do Cats Develop Urinary Tract Problems? So, Where Are We Now? How Do Plant-Based Cat Foods Cause Urinary Tract Disease?

24 - Inflammatory Bowel Disease—Disease of the Decade

What Is IBD? How Is IBD Treated?

25 - Feeding Raw Meat to Your Cat—Is It Safe and Sensible?

What About Contamination? What About Nutritional Adequacy of Raw Meat Diets? IBD Is an Allergic Reaction Cats That Need Drug Therapy Along with Diet Therapy

26 - Your Cat Has Allergies—What Now?

Allergic Skin Disease Allergic Otitis (Ear Inflammation with or Without Infection) Allergic Stomatitis (Allergic Gums and Mouth) Feline Asthma (Allergic Respiratory Disease)

27 - Cancer in Cats—An Ounce of Prevention Is a Pound of Cure

Even Young Adult Cats Can Get Cancer What Can Cat Owners Do to Safeguard Their Cats?

PART 4 - The Truly Golden Senior Years

28 - The Older Cat and Preventive Nutrition

How to Feed Your Older Cat

29 - Kidney Disease—A Modern Approach to an Old Enemy

What Is CRD? The History of Protein-Restricted Diets in CRD What’s Wrong with Protein-Restricted Diets for Cats? What Nutrient Restrictions Are Indicated for the Cat with CRD? BUN Levels Are Higher in Cats on Higher-Protein Diets. Is This a Problem? What About Dry Cat Foods for Cats with CRD? New, Improved Methods for Managing CRD Cats What About Fluids for the CRD Cat? What About Antibiotics? What If Your Cat Has Anemia? What About a Kidney Transplant? CRD Management

30 - Hyperthyroidism—Keys to Early Diagnosis and Treatment

What Are the Signs of Feline Hyperthyroidism? How Is Feline Hyperthyroidism Diagnosed? How Do We Treat Hyperthyroidism in the Cat? Complications in the Hyperthyroid Patient

31 - Heart Disease and the Cat—Know It When You See It

Feline Cardiomyopathy Acquired Heart Disease Feline Heartworm

32 - Vaccines for the Senior—A New Perspective 33 - Arthritis in Cats—Making the Pain Go Away

The Limping or Painful Cat What If My Cat Has Arthritis?

PART 5 - Ten Myths of Cat Care

MYTH #1: Pets Are Living Longer Today Because of Commercial Pet Food MYTH #2: Dry Food Is the Best Form of Food for Cats MYTH #3: Dry Cat Foods Are More Economical than Canned Foods MYTH #4: Dry Cat Food Cleans a Cat’s Teeth MYTH #5: AAFCO Feeding Trials Prove Pet Foods Are Safe for Continual Feeding MYTH #6: By-Products in Pet Foods Are Bad MYTH #7: Raw Meat Is Bad for Cats MYTH #8: Cats Tolerate Corticosteroids Without Side Effects MYTH #9: All Cats Should Be Vaccinated Every Year MYTH #10: Female Cats Should Have a Litter of Kittens

APPENDIX I - How to Read a Pet Food Label APPENDIX II - Food Analyses APPENDIX III - Protocol for Success in Managing Feline Diabetes INDEX Notes Copyright Page

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