The Cat Behavior Answer Book - Arden Moore [92]
bolting cats, 261–63
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 124
bones, cats vs. humans, 297
boredom vs. contentment, 6
bouncing and pouncing, 80–82
Boundary Spray, 195
bowls (feeding), 128
breeds, 44–47
bully cats, 92–94
bunting (head bonks), 20
Burmese, 15
Cabinets caution, 50
cackle, 69
Caesar, Julius, 124
calicos, 86, 87
calming cats with music, 133–35
car caution, 51
casein, 223
Cat-Book Poems, 56
Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA), 40, 44, 86, 162, 254–55, 302
Catnip magazine, 164, 257, 275
catnip (Nepeta cataria), 146–49
cat-proofing your house, 50–51, 138, 259, 276
Cats’ House, The (Walker and Mooney), 273
cat show (first), 288
cat shows, insights into, 40–43
“cat’s pajamas, the,” 80
cat-to-cat
communication, 76–77
mutual grooming, 121–22, 204–6
tail wrapping, 74
cat trees, 132–33, 140, 256–58, 274
cautious cats, 290
Championship classes, 41
Charles XI, 124
chatting with your cat, 61–116. See also chowing and grooming; feline, being; litter box issues; living with cats, ins and outs of; quirks
belly, touching, 87–88
biting (nipping) and petting, 90–92
body language, 63–64, 65, 77, 91, 93
bouncing and pouncing, 80–82
cackle, 69
cat-to-cat communication, 76–77
chirp, 68
color and personality, 86
dating and cats, 111–12
deafness, 82–84
dogs and, 92–94, 105–8
doorbell, dreaded, 97–99
feuding felines, 94–96
good-bye, knowing when, 115–16
Halloween pose, 74–75
healing power of purring, 70–71
hiss, 69
houseguests and cats, 108–10
howling, 69, 88–90, 100–101, 113, 114, 190–91
ignoring cats, attention from, 64–66
kids and cats, 102–5
kitten-garten (socialization), 78
marking domain, 29–30, 76, 79–80, 179–83
meow/mew, 68
moan, 69
purring, 66–67, 70–71, 309
rubbing against you, 79–80
senility, 112–15
soft-eyed winks, 20, 75–76
stress, signs of, 102
tail, mood barometer, 20, 72–74
talkative, degrees of, 63–64
talking to cats, 84–85
whiskers, 39
yowling, 69, 88–90, 100–101, 113, 114
cheetahs, 285
chewing on bones, 216–17
children and cats, 102–5
chirp, 68
choices of litter, 169–71
chowing and grooming, 201–44. See also chatting with your cat; feline, being; litter box issues; living with cats, ins and outs of; quirks
acne, 238–40
bathing, 210, 231–33
begging for food, 213–15
chewing on bones, 216–17
dead hair removal tip, 80, 105
falls, grooming after, 203–4
finicky eaters, 11, 218–20
food as toys, 274–75
free vs. scheduled feeding, 221–22
greens, eating, 60, 125, 217–18
hairballs, 60, 218, 224–25
longhaired cats, 206–10, 224–25
mats, 206–10
milk, 60, 228
mutual grooming, 204–6
nail trimming, 210–12
overgrooming, 226–27
overweight, 60, 221–22, 228–31
petting with purpose, 105, 241–44
pills, administering, 233–35, 238
plastic eating, 60, 125, 236–37
protein, power of, 215
Christmas tree, climbing, 136–38
Churchill, Sir Winston, 110
circles, massage, 243
claw trimming, 210–12
cleaning litter box, 169, 181, 185
clicker training, 276, 280–82
clowder, 264
cognitive dysfunction, 112–15
color and personality, 86
communication. See chatting with your cat
computers and cats, 150–52
contentment vs. boredom, 6
coordination, 34–35
cords, chewing, 51, 125
Cornish Rex, 11, 16, 303
countertop surfing, 130–33
crates for cats, 90
crepuscular, 88
crinkle-cat connection, 155
cross-country road trips, 304–7
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, 134
curious cats, 290
curtain climbing, 139–40
Dairy products, 223
dating and cats, 111–12
da Vinci, Leonardo, 110
dead “gifts,” 144–45
dead hair removal tip, 80, 105
deafness, 82–84
declawing, 254–55
deep sleep (non-REM sleep), 8, 9
dental problems, 127
deterrents, 125, 132, 139, 141, 195. See also specific behavior
Devon Rex, 11
diabetes, 190, 222, 229, 239
Dickens, Charles, 110
dignity, restoring, 203–4
dirt, rolling in, 145–46
disappearing cat, finding, 288–91
DISH (disorientation, interactions, sleep, housetraining), 113–14
dogs
cats and, 92–94, 105–8
eating litter, 179
domain marking, 29–30, 76, 79–80, 179–83
domestication of cats, 2, 47
domestic