Know Your Cat
Understand How Your Cat Thinks and Behaves
Published on 29. September 2008
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-600-61706-8 (ISBN)
Description
Cats can seem mysterious to their owners. They sleep most of the day, are fiercely independent and yet can be playful and affectionate. With "Know Your Cat" you can finally unlock the mysteries of your pet's behaviour and truly get to know your feline friend. Learn how to read his expressions, tail flicks, purrs, hisses and meows. Understand why your cat grooms himself, rubs your leg, sprays and adores catnip. Solve his anti-social behaviour, such as clawing armchairs, running up curtains and drinking from the toilet. All of these secrets and more are reveled, along with features on the latest feline research and behavioral science.
Cats can seem mysterious to their owners. They sleep most of the day, are fiercely independent and yet can be playful and affectionate. With "Know Your Cat" you can finally unlock the mysteries of your pet's behaviour and truly get to know your feline friend. Learn how to read his expressions, tail flicks, purrs, hisses and meows. Understand why your cat grooms himself, rubs your leg, sprays and adores catnip. Solve his anti-social behaviour, such as clawing armchairs, running up curtains and drinking from the toilet. All of these secrets and more are reveled, along with features on the latest feline research and behavioral science.
Cats can seem mysterious to their owners. They sleep most of the day, are fiercely independent and yet can be playful and affectionate. With "Know Your Cat" you can finally unlock the mysteries of your pet's behaviour and truly get to know your feline friend. Learn how to read his expressions, tail flicks, purrs, hisses and meows. Understand why your cat grooms himself, rubs your leg, sprays and adores catnip. Solve his anti-social behaviour, such as clawing armchairs, running up curtains and drinking from the toilet. All of these secrets and more are reveled, along with features on the latest feline research and behavioral science.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Product notice
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
160 colour photographs
Dimensions
Height: 282 mm
Width: 225 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
970 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-600-61706-8 (9780600617068)
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Person
Francesca Riccomini is an animal behaviour counsellor and vet. She writes for many leading journals including a regular feature in Veterinary Times and The Cat. She is also a behaviour consultant for Your Cat, Britain's leading feline magazine.
Francesca Riccomini is an animal behaviour counsellor and vet. She writes for many leading journals including a regular feature in Veterinary Times and The Cat. She is also a behaviour consultant for Your Cat, Britain's leading feline magazine.
Francesca Riccomini is an animal behaviour counsellor and vet. She writes for many leading journals including a regular feature in Veterinary Times and The Cat. She is also a behaviour consultant for Your Cat, Britain's leading feline magazine.
Content
Introduction: Understand your cat: Anatomy; How cats think; Senses; The hunting instinct; Feral cats; Personality; Reading your cat: Recognizing anxiety and fear; Eye contact; Ear movements; Body posture; Tell-tail signs; Hiss, meow and purr; Other signals; Regular behaviour: Sleep; Grooming; Play; Hunting; Curiosity Climbing; Male and female behaviour; Pawing and kneading; Face rubbing; Dribbling; Kittenhood: A kitten's eye view; Weaning; Physical and sensory development; Imprinting; Climbing; Sharpening claws; Neutering and its effects; Play biting; Interactions: Rubbing your leg; Mealtime behaviour; Stroking; Sudden 'attacks'; With other cats; With other animals; Why cats don't submit; Cat responses: Being without you; Breed-specific behaviour; Catnip; Dietary effects; At the cattery; Moving house; At the vet; Antisocial behaviour: Spraying; Middening; Toilet problems; The bad traveller; Aggression; Chewing plants; Dominance; Bringing home 'presents'; Drinking from unusual places; Over-attachment; Attention seeking; Health: Warning signs; Medical and neurological problems; Mating; The pregnant dam; The aging cat; Index: