Review by Library Journal Review
More cat care titles! The difference here is that while Cats focuses mainly on adult cats, Kitten is devoted to young cat care. British veterinarian Sands (Care and Behaviour of the German Shepherd Dog) provides information in a Q&A format arranged in ten sections, including breeds, feeding, health, and fact and fiction. His insights regarding cat behavior are the most interesting. For example, there are more left-pawed cats than left-handed humans; cats don't like food that's been kept in the fridge because they prefer food to be "kill warm." The wonderful color photographs and the British terminology, such as cat flap (door) and cardigan (sweater), contextualized and illustrated to avoid confusing American readers, make this a charming title. Siegal (Cat Fancier's Complete Cat Book; Cornell Book of Cat Care) focuses on the challenges of raising a healthy kitten, giving commonsense advice on preparing the home for a kitten and kitten grooming and proper feeding. Step-by-step instructions are given on training the kitten to use the litter box properly and to follow basic commands like coming when called. The information on various cat breeds is useful for those considering a pedigreed cat, but the book suffers from a lack of photographs. Amy D. Shojai's Kitten Care and Training contains much of the same information in an attractive layout with lots of photographs. Both titles are recommended for public libraries, but if your library already owns Shojai, you need not purchase Siegal.-Eva Lautemann, Georgia Perimeter Coll., Clarkston (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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