Displaying 1 of 1 2005 Format: Book Author: Halls, Vicky. Title: Cat confidential / Vicky Halls. Publisher, Date: New York : Gotham Books, [2005] Description: xii, 256 pages ; 21 cm Summary: A behavioral guide for feline aficionados offers insight into cat psychology, counseling owners on how to address such challenges as aggressive behavior, over-grooming, and destructiveness. Subjects: 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. LCCN: 2005046235 ISBN: 9781592401680 1592401686 Other Number: 59879755 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 168495 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 636.80887 Halls Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
