Cat Care

INTRODUCTION
General Overview | Adopting the Right Cat for You | Shopping List for New Cat Owners | Bringing Home a New Cat | Welcome Home, Kitty Introducing a New Cat | New Cat Introductions

FOOD
Diet and Food | So What Should Kitty Eat? | Pet Food Shopping
What to Feed | The No No’s of Cat Nutrition | Obscene Cuisine

LITTER BOXES
Litter & Litter Box | Recommended Litters | Litter Training | What to Do If Your Cat Goes Outside the Box

BEHAVIOR
Kitten Care: Biting and Scratching | Guidelines for Optimal Kitten Socialization and Development | Improving Feline Socialization | Resolving Feline Aggression - Part I | Resolving Feline Aggression - Part II | Resolving Feline Aggression - Part III | Channeling Predatory Play Aggression | Dealing with Nighttime Troublemakers | Resolving Household Destruction | Resolving Feline Spraying | Transitioning an Outdoor Cat to Indoors | Preparing the Cat for a New Baby | Simple Solutions for Behavior Problems

SAFETY
Safety | How to Kitten-Proof Your Home | Safe Toy Selection for Your Feline A Look at Indoor/Outdoor Issues | Feline High-Rise Syndrome

MULTIPLE PETS
Two Cats Are Better Than One | Living with More Than One Cat | Living Peaceably with Cats and Dogs

VACCINATIONS
Cats and Vaccinations

MEDICAL CARE AT HOME
Administering a Pill to Your Cat | Administering Liquid Medication to Your Cat | Caring for Just-Born/Orphaned Kittens | Gentle Techniques to Help the Medicine Go Down More Easily | Administering Ophthalmic (Eye) Medications | Follow-Up Care for Spayed/Neutered Cats

DECLAWING, RISKS AND ALTERNATIVES
Controlling the Damage | You Can’t Declaw with Love | The Risks | Instead of Declawing | Soft Paws: An Excellent Alternative | A Good Scratching Post Clipping a Cat’s Toenails

VETERINARIANS

Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Locations | Recommended Veterinarians

MYTHS
Myths About Cats | Myths About Adopting an Adult Cat

TOXIC
Toxic Substances | Plants | Toxic Plants

FINDING A LOST CAT
What to Do If Kitty Gets Lost | What Do I Do If I Find a Cat?

RESOURCES
Surfing the Net: Cat-Related Web Sites | Health/Medically Related | Catalog Shopping for Kitty | Magazines and Newsletters | Recommended Books

MISCELLANEOUS
Feral Cats | Toxoplasmosis | A Cat by Any Other Name | Commandments From a Human’s Point of View | Commandments from a Cat’s Point of View