Reviews for Your Cat: Simple New Secrets to a Longer, Stronger Life

The average rating for Your Cat: Simple New Secrets to a Longer, Stronger Life based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-12-31 00:00:00 Roberto Gonzalez This is such an important read if you have a cat and want to see it live its full lifespan. I had no idea that cats cannot eat carbs of any sort. And that for them to do so leads to numerous, often fatal, diseases. Your cat should only be eating protein! Dry cat food will kill your cat prematurely. All those diseases that most house cats succumb to when they're 10 years old or younger? Totally preventable. And caused by their dry food diet (or even wet food that has too much vegetable content.) Cat food is essentially small dog food. Pet food makers never bothered to learn about cat nutrition, so when cats started becoming popular as pets, they thought they could just make dog food smaller and sell it as cat food. And because the damage is long-term rather than immediate, there's no real outcry or incentive to make proper cat food. Also, there's no real oversight or regulation in the pet food industry. Cats' digestive systems are completely different from dogs. Dogs are omnivores. Cats are obligate carnivores, meaning they must have protein. No exceptions. Their bodies are not made to digest carbohydrates. Any diet that is padded with carbohydrates is robbing them (especially their brains) of the protein they need seriously need. While wreaking havoc on their internal chemistry and causing issues like diabetes, obesity, dehydration, and kidney failure. Halfway through reading this book, I threw out the bag of dry cat food I had and switched immediately to a raw meat cat food. That was a year ago and my cat even looks healthier. Has a more cat-like musculature. Bigger, healthier pee clumps. Is more alert and generally more...cat, somehow.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-10-11 00:00:00 Vakara Meyer Karre If you have a cat, READ THIS BOOK NOW! Dr. Elizabeth M. Hodgkins explains the most common health issues facing cats today and what to do to insure your cats' lives are as long and healthy a life as possible. First and foremost, stop feeding your cat hard food! Cats are not supposed to eat carbs and hard food is loaded with it. Instead you need to feed wet food with a high percentage of protein. Dr. Hodgkins explains how to compare cat food brands as the labeling does not accurately give you the percent protein. And those expensive wet foods advertising blueberries and the like are not necessarily the best. This book has been invaluable for two cats in my life. First, my own who nearly died from IBS and was given steroids which later resulted in her becoming diabetic. I was frightened to take her off the prescription food for her IBS but was shocked at what a low quality food it was despite being prescribed by my vet! Once she was put on a high protein wet food, her health has resumed and the diabetes is in remission. The second cat, owned by a family member, has a similar story. Rescued from the outdoors, she had sustained a major injury in the wild. It left her with incontinence, recurrent UTIs and urinary stones. Likewise she was put on a prescription diet but it offered no relief. Finally put on a high protein diet, her UTIs and stones have completely resolved. Please read this book! (NOTE: Do not feed your cat a homemade meat only diet without extensive research.)