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DO NOT BUY THIS BOOKAugust 23, 2007 4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Having bought this book to understand whether an owner can really ensure that an indoor cat has the best possible quality of life I instead found myself reading about such unnatural and cruel ideas as training your cat to use the human toilet, putting your cat in nappies and declawing (Actually illegal in the UK due to the distress and damage it causes)as a sensible practice to protect your furniture.
If your only desire in reading this book is to understand how best to drive normal behaviours out of your pet in order to better fit in with your life then this is the read for you. If, like me you are an animal lover first and foremost and geniunely concerned about the welfare of your cat then I would leave well alone.
Great book for owners of house bound catsAugust 14, 2006 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have owned cats all my life and all have been allowed to roam freely outside, until last year when my 8 month old kitten went out one day and never returned. We found no trace of him, after extensive searching of local roads and vets, leaflets were also posted in all houses around the area where we lived. So after 3 months we realised he was gone, possibly stolen. I was heart broken and realised I couldn't live without a cat, so 6 months after loosing our kitten, I took on 2 five week old kittens, who were brother and sister. I decided to rear them and keep them as indoor cats, with each other for company. This book helped me to adapt the house and my thoughts on how to keep cats happy indoors. The cats have been allowed into our back garden on occassions but always supervised, but apart from that as they have not had any great exposure to the outside, the don't know any different world than the inside of our house. The great benefit from not allowing them outside as the book stresses is that they don't pick up as many problems, like fleas or worms from catching birds etc and there isn't the possibility of them being hit by a car or caught in a tree. I'd recommend this book to anyone thinking of keeping a cat indoors, but I recommend keeping them in from a very early age.
