Cómo cuidar a tu gatito / How to Look After Your Kitten

by Helen Piers, Kate Sutton (Illustrator)

How do you choose a kitten? What sort of basket should you get it? What food will it like, and how much? How do you train it and keep it happy? What should you do if your cat looks ill?

Find answers to all your questions in this guide to cat care written specially for young pet owners. With illustrations that are simple and fresh, cute and funny accompanied by informative texs from well-known animal writer, Helen Piers, this book has everything you need to join the Pet Cadet Club.

Genres: Animals

31 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2015

Reviews

[River Green (Neko Libritos) · Rating 5 out of 5]

No sé si alguno supo, pero me encontré unos gatitos huerfanos, y la verdad es que no tenía ni idea de como cuidarlos porque nunca había tenido uno de mascota y esto me funcionó mucho. Junto con todo lo que el libro menciona y con práctica y paciencia estoy segura de que todo irá bien; no puedo quedármelos, pero estoy buscándoles un hogar, por ahora solo queda educarlos y darles mucho amor.
Pronto estaré leyendo la versión sobre los perros~

[Lagobond · Rating 1 out of 5]

A useless collection of boring platitudes such as "cats are very clean" (yawn!) and "you can't train them to do tricks or take them for walks." (Utter nonsense, have a look at Adventure Cats or the charming Gary The Cat if you don't believe me. YouTube is full of cats doing tricks.)

If you like to take advice from people who are stuck in the 1950s, go ahead and get this book. You can then have a lonely cat, because as this silly book advises, "A cat can be left on its own without getting too lonely during the day." (Or, you know, you could make sure your cat has companionship, because yes, cats are social creatures who love to snuggle and who absolutely do get bored and lonely by themselves.)

This book was originally published in the UK, which is why it is filled with damaging advice to let cats roam and breed. If you live in the US, I hope you are aware that millions of cats are killed each year, both in animal shelters (a result of too many unwanted cats being born) and by outdoor dangers such as cars and predators. On the other side of the coin, cats do incredible amounts of damage to our wildlife populations. Please do not let your pet cats roam free. Please get them spayed & neutered. And may I suggest you don't buy this awful book.

[Sushie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The info was good, but the presentation leaves something to be desired. The illustrations are cute and the design is very stylish but puts this book firmly in middle-grade or young teen reader territory imo. The information is dense and same-looking in its presentation. Would make a good reference text, but not primer.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Digital illustrations celebrating the world of cats accompany engaging but simple text about how to bring a cat into the home. Readers will learn about how to feed and care for the kitten and how to choose the right kitten. The basic tips provided in the book provide plenty of food for thoughts for young readers as they try to decide whether they have the time to take care of a new kitten. There is plenty of good advice here, including information about how often to feed a kitten and acclimating it to its new home. A couple of things I might quibble with the author about, though: She doesn't express too much concern about cats that live indoors and outdoors and also says that it is impossible to take cats on walks.