A Book in Review – Cat Talk

Cat Talk by: Suzanne Smither
Non-fiction: pet care, 95 pages copyright 2001

This book is a HORRIBLE book on cat care, if only for the food advice alone. Although it does state not to feed your cat onions (more deadly then chocolate to them) It does say cats like shrimps in garlic sauce, even though, garlic as a member of the onion family, is also deadly to cats, even in small amounts. Also it advocated feeding cats carbs such as pasta when carbs are bad for cats, in fact the carbs in most dry foods are often problematic for cats and cat diabetes is on the rise for the carbs that they are getting already. Furthermore, it said cats like dairy foods like ice cream and yogurt (more carbs!!!) with out pointing out that most adult cats are lactose intolerant and one should slowly and carefully introduce dairy to cats and check for signs for lactose intolerance. (Changes in behavior, appearing sick, diarrhea.)
Along with this possible deadly advice it also wastes a whole chapter on compatibility between your astrological sign and your cat’s. Which in such a short book is way too much space, as even if you’re into astrology, cats signs and connected personalities are the exactly the same as peoples! In short, I’m glad this was such a short booklet as it was a big waste of time!