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Essential Cat

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A comprehensive, richly illustrated guide for cat owners provides authoritative information on everything one needs to know when selecting or caring for a feline pet, with step-by-step instructions and photographs that cover such topics as feeding, grooming, discipline, training, health checks, and more. 10,000 first printing.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

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518 reviews2 followers
November 28, 2024
En meget praktisk guide til alt om katten. Jeg havde håbet på at der var lidt mere om kattens udviklingstrin, men det må jeg finde et andet sted.
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16 reviews14 followers
December 25, 2007
I have been a cat owner for only a small fraction of my life, and would not consider myself an expert by any means. That being said, I cannot think of one thing that has been left out of this book. It has all the information one could need to raise a cat from birth until the end of its life, including advice on training, dealing with health emergencies, reproduction, socializing, and on and on. Also worth mentioning are the photographs, which are spectacular.
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121 reviews
August 18, 2024
'Alt om Katten' af Caroline Davis er en praktisk guide til pasning af katte. Bogen er tidløs og vel redigeret, nemt at læse og meget informative.

Bogen er delt af sy kapitler:
-Vælg af katten
-Kattens adfærd
-Pasning og pleje
-Sundhed
-Opdræt af katte
-Førstehjælp og sygdom
-Pasning af gamle kat og sorg ved afdød.

I løbet af den tid jeg har læst bogen har jeg opdaget mange ting omkring pasning af katte. Jeg har selv adopteret en kat for lidt over en måned siden, og bogen har hjulpet mig meget at forstå nogle af kattens adfærdsmønstre i vores første tid sammen.

Derudover at lære hvordan kan jeg passe min kat, er der i slutting af bogen en guide om førstehjælp og typiske sygdom.

Jeg er meget taknemmelig over for Caroline Davis for at have skrevet den fremragende guide og for at dele hendes viden med mig gennem bogen.

Må det være en god begyndelse til katten og mig i vores fælles liv sammen <3
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64 reviews
January 18, 2025
Don’t mind me just reading to become a better cat mother

De fleste ting vidste jeg fra fra at vokse op med en kat og observere den så her er de få ting som chokerede mig:

Killinger taber deres mælketænder når de er 6 måneder gamle: “Hvor bliver de af?” tænkte jeg - svar: De spiser dem😦

Katte kan på ingen måde forstå verbal straf eller at de gør noget forkert (kender mange mennesker som er på samme måde lol) Forklarer pludselig de mange gange jeg har sagt NEJ når min kat har prøvet at spise planter og han bare har kigget på mig sådan wut do you mean!!



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14 reviews1 follower
August 2, 2007
A must read for cat lovers, even if you don't own a cat :D
love the pics and brief infos located at almost every page.
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20 reviews3 followers
July 25, 2009
Readers give this book good reviews. But I LOVE the cover! Kitty is all intent on his prey, winding up his rump-tocks so he can make a powerful LEAP!
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