Product Description

You probably feel like you know everything about your cat and his needs, but chances are there's a lot you aren't aware of. For example, did you know that the food you feed him every day has nowhere near enough nutritional value, or that he may have chronic tooth decay? Have you ever been told that the essence of the flower holly can help him be less jealous, or that a massage can lessen his arthritis pains?

The Veterinarians' Guide to Natural Remedies for Cats is an introduction and a guide to the vast world of natural methods, treatments, and foods that are now available for cats. Veterinarians from around the country offer information and opinions to help you determine what's best for your cat. In addition to showing you how to develop a healthy diet for your pet, these doctors will tell you about alternative treatments such as homeopathy, acupuncture, chiropractic care, massage, and herbal medicine.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #69609 in Books
• Published on: 2000-01-25
• Released on: 2000-01-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

About the Author
MARTIN ZUCKER has been writing about alternative medicine and health issues for twenty years. His expertise and the input of holistic practitioners and licensed veterinarians such as Norman Ralston combine to bring you the most comprehensive and insightful book on maximizing your cat's health through alternative medicine.

Customer Reviews

Disappointing!
Of the dozens of books I've purchased online, this book has the distinction of being the first one I've ever returned. Having read the comments of other reviewers, I expected this to be a cutting-edge remedy and nutrition guide. Instead, I found it to be a haphazard collation of miscellaneous remedies offered by a number of different vets. These remedies lack adequate detail on indications, contraindications, preparation, dosage and treatment, and at least one of the remedies I looked up was simply a promotion of the vet's own product. Homeopathic medicines were suggested as blanket remedies for things such as intestinal parasites, with no consideration for the complexities of homeopathic prescribing.

In this book, garlic is suggested as a flea remedy; garlic ought never to be given to cats as it (and onions, shallots etc.) can cause potentially fatal hemolytic anemia. Here is one of many internet sources for this information: http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/garlic.php

There was at least one remedy for dogs in this book. Is this not a book for cats? Cats and dogs have very different needs and tolerances; for instance, dogs can tolerate garlic and cats cannot.

If you love your cat you need to buy this book.
This book should be called Feline Nutritional Education for Dummies, because if you are feeding your pet cat food you definitely need this knowledge.

In brief, this book gives case studies of sick felines and how through nutritional healing they became well. This was achieved through feeding a diet of human grade ingredients along with nutritional supplements. The cheapest place by far to purchase supplements online is "iherb".

The holistic veterinarians that give information in this book are the finest in the United States.
Many of these veterinarians give recipes for a cooked homemade diet. However, the ultimate diet is raw, but in order for one to eventually transition their feline there, you first need to build a strong foundation, that this book gives you.

You will become motivated to change by understanding what is in pet food, then you will get the knowledge building blocks on how to make the nutritional transition to a true feline species appropriate diet.

Moreover, this book gets right to the point and may be difficult for many people to accept.
Many individuals are in denial that pet food just cannot be bad for their pet, if you are a person that is convinced through deductive argument based on scientific facts then this book is for you.

Outstanding book- a must for people who love their cat
I can not say enough good things about this book. I refer to it more times a day than I can count. It contains vital information that all pet lovers should know, from the quality of foods we feed them to the treatments for illnesses they get. I unfortunatly got this book after I lost my beautiful Ragdoll cat to fatty liver disease. Had I gotten it while he was alive I believe there could have been hope to save him. I still have three other cats though and this book is my "Bible" when it comes to their care. My other Ragdoll was on a "prescription" diet that was supposed to be good for her. After 4 months of diarrhea (that the vet kept giving pills for which did no good), I found this book. I changed her diet, gave her milk thistle, some probiotics (for one week), and she made a 100 percent turn around. This book also contains many telephone numbers where you can order herbs if you aren't lucky enough to live in an area where pet health stores (or people health stores) are available. I highly recommed this book. It is informative, thorough and will really open your eyes to your pets health.