| | | | | |  | Me-ow! Feline fanciers will be purring with pleasure when they see these playful, preening pussycats. They're all here, from tiny tabbies to the sophisticated Siamese, with chapters on different breeds, tips on taking care of a new kitten, and a special section on big cats--the domesticated cat's wild cousins! | | | | | | | | | | |  | Here is the perfect book for kitten owners and would-be kitten owners who want to know how to bring their kitten up to be a happy, well-behaved, friendly cat. This book gives you the latest behavioral information, emphasizing prevention. | | | | | | | | | | Author : Ellen H. Whiteley | |  | Of obsessive-compulsive disorder among cats, Whiteley ( Women in Veterinary Medicine: Profiles of Success ) writes, "MeeMee, a female Siamese looked around with a weird look in her eyes, swung her head to one side, and licked at her left paw in the sort of rhythm that you could set a metronome by. Nothing seemed to distract her when she entered one of her compulsive licking periods." The syndrome? "Displacement grooming"; Valium solved it. Whiteley gets to the point, too, on a range of other problems and issues in feline behavior--anorexia; the insatiable appetite for grass or houseplants; the challenges posed by air travel, w/owner or w/o; and the meaning of purring (cats are not necessarily happy, she says, when they do it). And she discusses training your pet, whether or not you believe it will work at the outset, maintaining that it really is possible to instruct cats in the arts of sitting, stopping, fetching, jumping, and in shaking hands/paws. They can also, she says, learn to ring the doorbell. (But, wait--is that really an advantage?) The proof is in trying all of this stuff out; meanwhile, it's amusing.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
| | | | | | | | | | |  | Help! Your feisty furball is into EVERYTHING! The American Veterinary Medical Association says that there are 64 million cat owners in the United States, and whether you share your home with a feline friend or a feline felon depends on how your cat spends the first year of its life.
Award-winning pet journalist Arden Moore offers hundreds of practical tips to help you raise an indoor cat without losing your sanity, and she presents them in a fun question-and-answer style. Includes advice from leading veterinarians, animal behaviorists, and shelter directors, plus success stories from cat owners.
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