The Cat Behavior Answer Book: Practical Insights & Proven Solutions for Your Feline Questions
by Arden Moore
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Author: Arden MooreEdition: Flexibound
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-22
ISBN: 1580176747
Number of pages: 326
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Book Reviews of The Cat Behavior Answer Book: Practical Insights & Proven Solutions for Your Feline Questions
Book Review: The owner's manual for your cat
Summary: 5 Stars
This compact, readable book is the owner's manual for your cat. Arden Moore is a life-long cat lover and the editor of the excellent _Catnip_ newsletter. She combines her feelings for cats and her technical expertise in this book.
The focus of the book is on behavior-related issues that can cause cat owners-- and, of course, cats-- major problems if they are not appropriately dealt with. As the author points out, cats are not only mysterious, they are masters at concealing their true states of being and at manipulating the humans around them. This means that a cat can be having serious-- even life-threatening-- problems without exhibiting any signs that might indicate what's happening.
The book is arranged very clearly as sets of questions and answers that deal with all aspects of cat ownership and care, including feeding, litter box issues, healthy care, appropriate toys, etc. Many answers deal with safe and effective ways to break cats of habits that are natural to them, but annoying or destructive to us.
The book's organization makes it possible to read cover to cover, to search for specific information, or to simply browse. The tone is just right: technical enough to be informative and authoritative, yet informal enough to avoid being intimidating.
This is a book for cat owners who want to make sure that their cats are healthy and happy-- and that that they aren't driven crazy by their cat's behavior. I recommend it most highly.
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Summary of The Cat Behavior Answer Book: Practical Insights & Proven Solutions for Your Feline Questions
Cats can be difficult to understand. They often seem secretive, aloof, and maddeningly independent. But they also earn deep love and devotion from millions of cat owners who cherish that incomparable feline spirit. For cat lovers everywhere, pet expert Arden Moore explores cat behavior in an inviting, browsable Q&A format. She answers the questions that come up again and again among devoted cat owners, opening an intriguing window on the feline brain and physiology.How, for example, can a cat in deep sleep three rooms away from the kitchen come zooming in within seconds of the refrigerator door opening? It's not just instinct. Cats really do have amazing hearing. Their ears are perfectly designed to pick up more sound vibrations and at higher frequencies than either humans or even dogs. And what does it mean when a cat's tail swishes slowly from side to side? That cat is probably getting ready to pounce on a mouse?either a toy or the real thing. Tail swishing is part of the cat's predatory positioning.
In addition to explaining why cats do what they do, Moore shows readers how to prevent many common feline problems. Her practical advice and workable solutions help cat owners work with their pets to banish bad litter box habits, nighttime howling, and destructive clawing. Even finicky eaters can become feline gourmands with a little gentle encouragement.
There are hundreds of tiny quirks and kooky habits that make a cat a cat. This sturdy, fun-to-read handbook explains those catticisms and opens every cat lover's eyes to the complexity of feline behavior. To know them is to love them!
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