Full Description
Sleeping, playing, hunting, stretching purring, hissing, meowing, washing, ears pinned back, tail pointing forwards - but why?! To have a better understanding of your cat is to have a better relationship with her, and here are 100 ways to help you do just that. Revealing essential and fascinating aspects of feline physiology, behaviour, communication, problems and needs, all the information you are looking for is easily accessible and clearly presented. From their well-known curiosity, fussy eating habits and lengthy cat naps to their range of meows, grooming habits and 'gifts' from the garden, everything you need to know and understand about cats is here. Whether you already own a cat and would like to get to know her better, or are planning to adopt a cat and want to find out how you can best fit into her life, this the essential handbook.
Contents
Introduction 1 - 16 How Cats Work Including, movement, teeth and claws, the senses, brain, nervous system, genetics, learning Feature spreads: from nose to tail in detail, a cat's intellect 17 - 27 A Cat's Life Including: territories and marking, hunting, sleeping, grooming, stretching Feature spreads: the search for food, cats and prey 28 - 39 Cat Families Including: reproductive systems, courtship and mating, birth, caring for kittens Feature spreads: the cat as a fertility symbol, kitten development 40 - 57 Cat Behaviour and Communication Including: play, facial expressions, signals, fighting, meowing, chirping and trilling, purring and hissing, eye contact Feature spreads: relationships between cats, scrapping 58 - 80 Keeping Cats Including: why keep cats, characteristics, breed v. moggy, feeding, cat flaps, neutering Feature spreads: why do cats like us?, breed characteristics 81 - 100 Cat Troubles Including: fleas, excessive grooming, fouling and spraying indoors, rough play, fat cats, roaming Feature spreads: moggies make great pets, cats and the supernatural Index
