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I have a book at home that may be what you want. It was given to me
for my birthday as I was a new kitty owner.
It has a chapter on each: cat types, cat habits, breeding, kittening, anatomy
and an appendix on cat emergency care. It tells the owner how to
determine illness and some charts the say which symptoms merrit your
attention, vet attention, and emergency vet attention.
I found a couple of funny things in this book. Apparently, it was
originally written in England and the metrics for pounds and
temperatures were re-written for Americans. There some mistakes here.
It says, "A cat's adult weight is about 12 pounds and at birth they are
four pounds". Then it talks about cooking something for a cat and it
says, "Set you oven to 372 degrees".
I'll get the name and publisher tonight when I go home.
aud...
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| You can do a "show key/full books" at the notes prompt to list all the
topics in this conference that talk about cat books. There are several
discussions that mention cat health books if I remember correctly.
One book that I have found to be very complete is the Cornell Book of
Cats, edited by Mordecai Siegal. It has detailed chapters on interal
organs, anatomy, respiratory, circulatory systems, etc. and lists
diseases that can affect each. It also has a chapter on how to tell
when your cat is sick, poisonous substances for cats, and how to care
for an aging cat. All this plus the usual "how to choose a cat" and
cat breeds chapters. Great book. Cost was about $24 two years ago
when I bought my copy. This is a hard back book.
I have a quick reference emergency guide book at home that is a
paperback and probably cost about $10 when I bought it. Will have to
look up the name and get back to you.
Jo
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