Lisa Shiroff - Purr-Fect Recipes for a Healthy Cat: 101 Natural Cat Food &Treat Recipes to Make Your Cat Happy

Purr-fect Recipes for a Healthy Cat: 101 Natural Cat Food & Treat Recipes to Make Your Cat Happy

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Shiroff, Lisa, 1968-

Purr-fect recipes for a healthy cat : 101 natural cat food & treat recipes to make your cat happy / by Lisa Shiroff.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-60138-398-3 (alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-60138-398-3 (alk. paper)

1. Cats--Nutrition. 2. Cats--Food--Recipes. I. Title.

SF447.6.S55 2010

636.8085--dc22

2010039585

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to my husband for his unconditional love and tolerance of my impulsiveness.

Introduction

Hello, cat owner! Luna was a beautiful seal-point Siamese cat. Originally, my mother named her after the Roman goddess of the moon. But after she developed some rather peculiar eating habits, my father dropped the divine connection and started telling people that her name was shortened from Lunatic-People-Own-Her. Why? Because she refused to eat cat food and my mother catered to her very discriminating tastes. Luna would turn up her nose at anything that came from a commercially sealed container. Regardless of how promising the aroma coming from the can was, oblivious to the expense of the kibble rattling into her crystal dish, she would allow herself only the smallest of nibbles before sauntering off with nary a glance at the humans standing by muttering: Now what are we going to feed her?

Eventually my family noticed how affectionate Luna became when we would eat our own meals around the dinner table. She would purr and rub herself against our legs and weave about the chairs. She would make eye contact with us every time her head peaked out from beneath the tabletop. Finally, we understood her behavior. We realized what she was trying to tell us: She wanted some of our food. Mom tested the waters by feeding her some baked chicken taken from the casserole dish on the stove, and forever after, Luna ate what we humans in the house ate.