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Everyone who owns a cat or who is adopting a cat should have a copy of It’s A Cat’s World. . .You Just Live In It by Justine A. Lee, DVM. Dr. Lee answers many questions that owners and owner wannabes have about cats – behavior, nature, care and feeding. Questions include (but are not limited to):
* How many kitty litter boxes do I need?
* Does my cat have an inner clock, and how do I turn it off?
* How do I exercise my fat, indoor cat?
* How many vaccines does my cat really need?
* Why does my cat like NASCAR?
Even though I consider myself a veteran cat owner, I learned a lot It’s A Cat’s World. . .You Just Live In It. For example, I learned that those neat glow sticks that some restaurants give out are not kitty friendly. If bitten by kitty, said glow stick will leave (among other things) an incredibly bad taste in his or her mouth. I immediately went on a seek and destroy mission: Operation Glowstick. I haven’t found it, so I think I have thrown it out, but I’m still keeping an eye out for it. In addition to Operation Glowstick, Dr. Lee’s book inspired me to get off the couch and perform a kitty proofing security check. This check ensured that I had:
* Safely disposed of all used hearing aid batteries.
* Safely disposed of all used dry bricks for conditioning my hearing aids. I suddenly realized that dry bricks make potentially cool chew toys.
* Safely stored the plastic cleaning wires for my hearing aids (great toys for batting around and chasing.)
And of course, I double checked many other things around my home. As I continued to read Dr. Lee’s book, I continued to feel inspired to be an awesome pet parent.
Dr. Lee’s advice comes not only from her experience as a veterinarian, but also as an owner of two cats: Seamus and Echo. She relates her own lessons learned as a cat owner and her experiences as an emergency and critical care veterinarian. She provides these experiences through a straightforward writing style and plenty of humor. In the beginning, her parenthetical style of humor became irritating as Lee often compares changing male cat behavior (in particular) to changing behavior in one’s boyfriend or husband. However, as I continued to read It’s A Cat’s World. . .You Just Live In It, Dr. Lee abandons this comparison and her humor becomes themed to general cat owner humor.
I enjoyed this book and I believe every cat owner should have this book on his or her shelf. I will be keeping this book on my shelf not because of the humor, not because of the absolutely adorable cover, but because of the quality of information, advice, and resources provided. Dr. Lee includes a resource section in the back of the book complete with email addresses.
For you dog owners out there, Dr. Lee also owns a dog and she has written It’s A Dog’s Life. . .But It’s Your Carpet.