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How much do cat owners really know about their feline friends? Do our pampered pets truly want all that food and affection or is that insistent miaow trying to communicate something more complex?
Many cats and their owners co-exist in an atmosphere of polite misunderstanding, with each party blissfully unaware of the wishes of the other. The cat 'says' one thing and the owner hears another, but somehow it works. Until, that is, something goes wrong. Renowned cat counsellor Vicky Halls has helped hundreds of owners and their problem cats. Why do they soil in the house, fight with next door's cat, behave aggressively towards people or pull out their own fur? CAT CONFIDENTIAL answers these questions and many more, and will enable all cat owners to reach a far better understanding with their feline companions.
Fascinating, funny, heart-warming and occasionally tear-jerking, CAT CONFIDENTIAL explores the hidden workings of the unique bond that people have with their cats. In a book filled with case studies, amazing facts, amusing anecdotes and practical advice, Vicky Halls has finally revealed the innermost secrets of the feline psyche.
Many cats and their owners co-exist in an atmosphere of polite misunderstanding, with each party blissfully unaware of the wishes of the other. The cat 'says' one thing and the owner hears another, but somehow it works. Until, that is, something goes wrong. Renowned cat counsellor Vicky Halls has helped hundreds of owners and their problem cats. Why do they soil in the house, fight with next door's cat, behave aggressively towards people or pull out their own fur? CAT CONFIDENTIAL answers these questions and many more, and will enable all cat owners to reach a far better understanding with their feline companions.
Fascinating, funny, heart-warming and occasionally tear-jerking, CAT CONFIDENTIAL explores the hidden workings of the unique bond that people have with their cats. In a book filled with case studies, amazing facts, amusing anecdotes and practical advice, Vicky Halls has finally revealed the innermost secrets of the feline psyche.
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- 1: Introduction
- 1: The New Kitten
- 1: Hand-rearing kittens
- 2: Early development
- 3: The development of a cat's personality
- 4: A new kitten - food for thought
- 5: Daisy and Puff - toilet training
- 6: A new kitten - making the decision
- 7: Choosing the right cat for you
- 8: Planning ahead
- 9: Boris and Chivers - introducing a kitten to an established cat
- 2: The Scaredy Cat
- 1: Joey and Jessie - the nervous kittens
- 2: Cats and 'psychological warfare'
- 3: Lola and Issie - anxiety and the bladder
- 4: Smokey - sudden-onset fear
- 5: Useful aids
- 3: The Agressive Cat
- 1: Monty - play and aggression
- 2: Emotionally incompetent neutered male cats
- 3: Hercules - territorial aggression
- 4: Tallulah - redirected aggression
- 5: Rover - the assertively aggressive cat
- 6: Predatory 'aggression'
- 7: Muffin - pain-induced aggression
- 4: The Indoor Cat
- 1: Keeping cats indoors
- 2: Molly - the 'stir crazy' cat
- 3: Activity budgets - assessing your cat's lifestyle
- 4: Stimulating the indoor cat
- 5: Behvioural problems in the indoor cat
- 6: Ying and Yang - the destructive Siamese
- 7: Harness walking
- 8: Outdoor enclosures
- 9: Barnabas - the benefits of an outside enclosure
- 5: The Multi-Cat Household
- 1: The pitfalls of the multi-cat household
- 2: The social structure of the domestic cat
- 3: The 'Feline Felons' survey
- 4: Urine spraying
- 5: Floss - bed-wetting in the multi-cat household
- 6: Household soiling - urine
- 7: The litter tray of your cat's dreams
- 8: Inter-cat aggression in the multi-cat household
- 9: Tinker and Sinbad - sibling rivalry
- 10: Stress and the multi-cat household
- 11: Flora - a simple case
- 6: The Weird Cat
- 1: Zebedee - the wool eating Siamese
- 2: Dennis and the DM boot
- 3: Lily - the self-mutilating Persian
- 4: 'Kitty Prozac'
- 5: Nip - the penis-sucking cat
- 6: Baldrick - the masturbating cat
- 7: Ceefor - the tail-chasing cat
- 7: The Human-Cat Bond
- 1: Chester - the attention-seeking cat
- 2: Billy - the over-attached cat
- 3: George - the under-attached cat
- 4: Twinkle - a distressing case
- 5: The positive side
- 8: The Elderly and Disabled Cat
- 1: Mary Stewart - the cat with two and a half legs
- 2: The Elderly Cat Survey
- 3: Nutrition
- 4: Sleep
- 5: Territorial and outside activities
- 6: Cat companionship
- 7: The owner-cat relationship
- 8: Night-time vocalization
- 9: Play
- 10: Grooming
- 11: Toilet habits
- 12: Percy - house-soiling in the elderly cat
- 13: Senility
- 14: Milly - the senile cat
- 15: Age-related illness
- 16: Living with an elderly cat
- 17: Caring for the elderly cat
- 9: Coping with Bereavement
- 1: Pain and suffeirng
- 2: Bereavement and grief
- 3: Grief
- 4: The expression of grief
- 10: Me and My Pedigrees
- 11: Things Your Cat Would Want You to Know
- 2: Epilogue
- 3: Acknowledgements
ISBN: 9781448110650
ISBN-10: 1448110653
Published: 30th November 2011
Format: ePUB
Language: English
Number of Pages: 352
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Transworld
























