Using the homemade raw recipe in this book, I have now worked with five cats with gasto-intestinal disorders (IBD) - two of them slated for euthanasia when conventional veterinary medicine could not help them - and ALL of them have made a 100% turn-around and are now symptom-free! I've also worked with seven diabetics and all have either gone off insulin entirely or needed much lower doses. I personally share the companionship of nine cats, the youngest of which is 10, the eldest 19, and they all do fantastic on Michelle's homemade diet.

The book is thorough, yet easy-to-read, and I know it will be one of my most treasured, and often referred to books.

Just let my kitten in from outdoors and once again admired his shining coat and excellent health...he is positively radiant! Why? Because he is being fed the diet that nature intended and it makes a huge difference. Even the Vet remarked about his health and coat...outstanding.

Not knowing how to go about making the right cat food for the new kitten, that just arrived in our yard at the age of four weeks old, I searched the internet for information. When I came upon Michelle Bernard's book I knew I had found the answers I was seeking. Her recipe is easy to follow and takes less than an hour every two weeks to make. She has directions in her book for everything you need and where to get it. She has done her research and the diet she recommends works very well.

When a cat is healthy, they have everything they need to stay that way and have a good long life. Read this book and be sure that you are doing your part to keep your cat in the best of health. Thank you Michelle!

That raw is the only way to feed felines and Michelle has written the most thought-out and intellient book on doing this. I have two cats in my house, both from Blakkatz. Mo, our most recent addition is 4th generation raw. He is unbelievable - his coat is exquisite. The difference in raw feed versus commercial is like night and day. I would urge any of you who are thinking about taking this path to go ahead and give it a try, the results you will see in your animals will be spectacular.

Michelle, thank you for such a great book and for sharing your knowledge with us.

Michelle's book was the only thing that saved my Nikoli two years ago when he had IBS since birth. I had been to the vet and had him on all types of steroids and tried ten different kinds of dry cat food. The first time he ate his first raw meal his IBS cleared up immediately. I was hesitant at first but I believed in what Michelle wrote, it all made sense. Our cats are healthy because of Michelle's wisdom and willingness to share her knowledge. Their fur coats are shiny, silky, and no dandruff. As long as I live I won't ever be able to repay Michelle for how her book has helped my cats. Thank-you, Michelle.

Michelle Bernard's painstaking work in the field of cat nutrition breaks ground that, frankly, should have been broken years ago by the mainstream veterinary community. On my informational website (www.catnutrition.org) I tell readers that this book is essential--and I mean it. Were it not for Michelle's hard work, detailed research, and amazing support for many years I am certain that my ailing cat would no longer be with me. I have followed her diet advice for years and my animals are beaming with good health.

The book's breezy, easy-to-read style style makes the concepts accessible, and arms you with the information you need to make informed decisions on what to feed your cat, absent the spin, scare tactics, pseudo-science, and misinformation that sadly characterize the information on animal nutrition that you'll get in most veterinary offices or on the so-called 'educational websites' of the major pet food companies.

Do yourself a favor. Do your cats an even bigger favor. Buy this book.

Michelle Bernard has written the definitive book on natural cat care! You really don't need any information about raising healthy cats that you cannot find in this book. It is my Bible for cat care. Margaret Park

This is the absolute 'best' book for anyone who feeds a raw diet, or who is planning to do so. It gives you all the understanding and basics of the diet, what is the best meat to feed, and how to care for your cats the way they are suppose to be. I could not put the book down initially, and I have been referring to it constantly ever since I got it. It is very easy to read and understand. Michelle has done all the research for us and makes our job easy. I wish I could give one to every kitten buyer who buys one of my kittens. I certainly recommend it to them, and to everyone else. A must for every cat owner!!

For those who have seen through the highly effective brainwashing that pet food companies have subjected us to, this book is a must-have. Cats, as obligate carnivores (meaning they MUST eat a raw meat based diet to be healthy), do very poorly on cooked grain-based foods. This book shows how to give them a proper diet based on raw meat and bone, which will result in lean, muscular, extremely healthy and beautiful animals who shed less, and leave a LOT less odor in the litter box. Cats fed this way are also more resistant to disease, and require fewer vet visits.

There are lots of other excellent books on how to feed a raw, species-appropriate diet to dogs and cats, but none of them are nearly as good on the CAT side. Michelle Bernard's book is best by far. She understands better than other authors how the dietary needs of cats and dogs differ. She also dispels the two most common fears people have about raw-feeding such as "Won't they get sick from the bacteria in raw meat?" and "Aren't bones dangerous?". I ask: What do you think they eat in the wild??? The truth is, the strong stomach acid of a cat will kill most excess bacteria, and what it misses passes through their short digestive tract so quickly that nothing has a chance to proliferate. As for bone, only COOKED bone splinters - raw bone does not. (And bone can be ground, for those who can't get over that worry.) In short, this is what they're MADE TO EAT! (Or at least as close as we can get, short of providing live prey.) Does it really make sense to feed COOKED GRAINS AND VEGETABLES to an animal that's designed to digest RAW MEAT AND BONE? Conventional pet foods couldn't BE more OPPOSITE to what cats need!

I could write a tome about how important this information is for cat owners, but I'll only say further that my own two kitties, who came to me as sickly 12-week old kittens, have been fed this way from the day I got them. They just had their 4th birthday, and aside from other raw-fed cats I have met, they are by far the most beautifully healthy cats I've ever seen!

If you're more than just a "casual" cat owner, please get this book! Feeding this diet does entail a bit more work than pouring a cup of kibble into a bowl, but the benefits make it worthwhile. Your kitties will LOVE you for it, and you'll feel very good about giving them REAL food!