The Complete Book of Questions Cat Owners Ask their Vet & Answers / by Dr. Susan McDonough, with Bryna Lawson ; illustration by Suzanne Clee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDonough, Susan.

Lawson, Bryna, author.

Contributor:

Clee, Suzanne, illustrator.

Becker, Alida, 1948- editor.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cats--Miscellanea.

Cats.

Cats--Diseases.

Miscellanea.

Cats--Diseases--Miscellanea.

Genre:

Trivia and miscellanea.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

126, [2] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Complete book of questions and answers cat owners ask their vet

Questions cat owners ask their vet and answers

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Running Press, [1980]

Contents:

Part I. Caring for Your Cat. Choosing a Cat; Caring for a Kitten; Feeding; The Litter Pan; Handling, Training, and Toys; Grooming; Caring for Claws, Ears, and Teeth; Travel and Boarding; The Older Cat

Part II. Understanding Your Cat. Cat Facts: Popular Beliefs, Common Behavior; Sociability: You and Your Cat; Feline Communication; Behavior Problems; The Cat's Body and How It Works

Part III. General Medical Care. Preventive Medicine: Supplies, Symptoms; Giving Medicine and Taking Samples; Spaying and Neutering; Declawing

Part IV. Breeding. Mating and Reproduction; Pregnancy and Birth; Caring for a Queen and Her Kittens

Part V. Accidents and Ailments. First Aid; Common Conditions; Potential Problems; Skin Diseases; External Parasites; Internal Parasites

Part VI. Serious Illnesses. Panleukopenia (Distemper); Respiratory Viruses; Feline Urinary Syndrome (Cystitis); Cancer (Including Leukemia); Feline Infectious Peritonitis; Rabies; Other Serious Illnesses; Euthanasia

Appendix.

Notes:

"Special Emergency First-Aid Information"--Cover.

"Editor: Alida Becker. Cover art direction: James Wizard Wilson. Front cover photography: Carl Waltzer. Back cover photography: Kas Schlots. Interior design: Peter John Dorman. Typography: Caledonia, with Tiffany, by Type & Stat House, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-112) and index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy is "1" printing.

ISBN:

0894710745

0894710737 (paper) :

OCLC:

5333623