Why Is My Cat Doing That?

by Heath, Sarah

• ISBN13: 9781607100300
• ISBN10: 1607100304
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-10
• Publisher: Thunder Bay Press

Summary

Wouldn't you like to understand what your cat is thinking when she does those things you find strange or annoying?

Author Biography

Sarah Heath BVSc., MRCVS is a veterinary surgeon and pet behaviour counsellor who writes regularly on behavioural topics for veterinary and popular magazines. She is Veterinary Officer to the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors and runs her own pet behaviour referral practice. Sarah has written several books on cat and kitten behaviour and and has done both television and radio work on the subject. Sarah is also President of the European Society for Veterinary Clinical Ethology and in 2002 became a Founding Diplomat of the European College of Veterinary Behavioural Medicine (Companion Animals) and she is a Past President of that College. She lectures extensively at home and abroad on behavioural topics.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Independent spirits	p. 8
Cats' eyes and more	p. 26
Feline affection	p. 32
Emotional responses	p. 36
Toileting behavior	p. 46
Marking	p. 50
Threats to security	p. 58
Sociability	p. 64
At rest and play	p. 74
Home and garden	p. 82
The odd and old	p. 88
Index	p. 94
Acknowledgments	p. 96
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