Understanding Your Cat

By Michael W. Fox

Book Overview

-What makes cats purr? -Is declawing the safest and most humane way to save your furniture? -How can you make your animal companion an ideal house guest? Prominent veterinarian and animal behavior expert Dr. Michael W. Fox answers these questions and many more in this practical and informative guided to owning and caring for your feline companion. Unveiling the mysteries of the feline world, he analyzes every aspect of the cat, from the nest instincts in newborn kittens to the psychological and emotional impact of neutering and declawing adolescent cats. Understanding Your Cat is an imaginative and thoroughly knowledgeable approach to choosing and training your cat.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0698106032
• ISBN13: 9780698106031
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Complete owner's manual for a cat

If you have a cat, especially a siamese or purebred one, you need this book. Some people own a cat for years and still don't know the first thing about them or how to properly take care of them. This book gives you a luminous insight into their super-selfish but predictable behavior, such as why they seem to turn around and try to get back in a door when you let them out. The many photos are great too, as is the history of where our domestic cats come from. All in all, "America's best known animal psychologist" is not an understatement. Dr. Michael Fox rocks!