Think Like a Cat: How to Raise a Well-Adjusted Cat–Not a Sour Puss

Review by Meg Brunner for Think Like a Cat: How to Raise a Well-Adjusted Cat–Not a Sour Puss
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I just got my first cat (she’s 6 months old) and have been searching around desperately ever since for a good, solid reference book full of everything I need to know to keep my cat healthy and happy. A kind of “Our Bodies, Our Selves” for my pet, you could say. But most of the books I found were all pictures, no substance.I stumbled across this one when I found it on a sale table. I thought it was just going to be a handbook on cat psychology, but it turns out it’s much, much more!This book has information on just about everything you would ever need to know about taking care of your kitty. It’s got a chapter on every subject I had a question about, plus informational lists (like, of which houseplants are poisonous), very detailed and easy-to-follow instructions (like, on how to do CPR on your cat), and extremely innovative ideas and solutions to common problems (like, how to keep your cat off your kitchen counters).I heartily recommend this book to everybody who has a cat or is thinking about getting one. It’s terrific!

Review by Casey Greenfield for Think Like a Cat: How to Raise a Well-Adjusted Cat–Not a Sour Puss
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I checked out this book at the library, and I am now buying it. Don’t think that this is a book for someone who JUST bought a cat! I have owned a cat for 5 years and I still found all the information in this book helpful. Pam explains everything in clear, concise words, so you don’t get caught of in the middle of the book thinking “What the heck is a cytoplamatic inherited gene?” I strongly urge you to buy this book whether you are about to buy your first kitten or if you have been a cat owner for 20 years.

Review by Giorgia Villa for Think Like a Cat: How to Raise a Well-Adjusted Cat–Not a Sour Puss
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This is a very useful book, especially if like me, you end up adopting two adult cats from a shelter, both traumatized and unsocialised (and one of them a Maine Coon !).

This book has provided me with a lot of insight in their behaviour, tips on how to ease their fears, socialise them and make them, less than two months later, the two happy, sure. sleek cats that are purring now on my coach, near my dog, that, thanks to another helpful section of the book, survived quite unscathed this process. This book made me also avoid costly mistakes with litters, foods etc. (while I disagree with the author on the enclosed litter trays, as my cats like them and they do limit sand spills) and how to make my existing furniture cat frendly, with some unexpensive and easy additions and modifications.

So, really well worth reading, well written and quite pleasing to read.