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Author:

Halls, Vicky.

Title:

Cat confidential / Vicky Halls.

Publisher:

Gotham Books,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xii, 256 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Cats--Behavior.
Cats--Psychology.
Cats--Behavior therapy.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Bantam Press, 2004.

Contents:

Choosing the right kitten -- Kitten litter training -- Introducing a new kitten to the household -- Holidays and catteries -- Personality development -- Nervous and timid cats -- Physical effects of anxiety -- Sudden-onset fear -- The aggressive cat: Play aggression -- Territorial aggression -- Assertive aggression -- The indoor cat: The "stir crazy" phenomenon -- Stimulating the indoor cat -- The destructive results of idle paws -- The multi-cat household: pitfalls -- Indoor soiling -- Urine spraying indoors -- Cat flaps -- Interpreting feline social behavior -- The weird cat: Bizarre and unusual behavior -- Shoe eating cats and other stories -- Self-mutilation and overgrooming -- "Kitty prozac" -- The human/cat bond: Over-attachment -- Unsociable cats -- Munchausen syndrome by proxy -- The elderly and disabled cat: Special needs -- Night-calling senility -- Coping with bereavement: identifying pain and suffering -- How pain can affect behavior -- Getting the timing right for euthanasia.

ISBN:

9781592401680
1592401686

LCCN:

2005046235

Locations:

CKPA482 -- Amana School-Community Library (Amana) — 636.8 HAL

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

ZLPD437 -- Missouri Valley Public Library (Missouri Valley)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)