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    TT's Tips on Cats
    TT's Tips on Cats
    TT's Tips on Cats
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    TT's Tips on Cats

    By Tim Talbot

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    Cats are very popular pets. They have been the companions of royalty and ordinary folk for centuries. They have had good and bad publicity, the latter owing to their fabled association with witches. This book explains why cats make good pets and just what they bring to the relationship with their owners. Cats are always very much the senior partners in the owner/pet arrangement. Requirements for their care, their diseases and problems and possible resolution of difficulties are discussed. The important matter of just how to obtain a cat is also described. Issues of grooming, groomers, veterinary services and medical insurance are also dealt with. Any prospective cat owner needs to read this book.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLes Johns
    Release dateApr 19, 2015
    ISBN9781311868817
    TT's Tips on Cats
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    Tim Talbot

    Tim has travelled extensively and lived longer than many. He likes to pass on his experience in many fields to others. Tim has tried many hobbies and the books he writes are intended to help new entrants to these past-times. Occasionally even someone experienced in the hobby may learn a new wrinkle. The books are intentionally fairly short although hopefully not lacking in the information provided. There is no intention to produce exhaustive details of the subject matter. The books are intended to provide initial interest for those who may have only thought about trying the activity. Encouragement is the objective.

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      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1 ..... Why Pets?

      Chapter 2 ..... Why Cats?

      Chapter 3 ..... Where Do Cats Come From?

      Chapter 4 ..... The Cat's Priority

      Chapter 5 ..... Grooming

      Chapter 6 ..... Grooming Specialities

      Chapter 7 ..... General Health

      Chapter 8 ..... Insurance

      Chapter 9 ..... Training Cats and People

      Chapter 1

      Why Pets?

      Keeping pets is a major undertaking and a great responsibility. Some pets are easier to care for than are others but all are totally dependent upon their owners for their well-being. Pets have little or no control over their environment, their health, their exercise, their food or their general contentment. Although some learn limited comprehension of their owners' communications they cannot respond directly to their owners. Some pets can indicate when they are uncomfortably hot or cold, when they are not feeling well, when they need exercise, when they are hungry and when they are mostly satisfied with their existence. Unfortunately there will be very little that is specific in such attempts by pets to tell their owners something of their life and living conditions. It is essential that owners recognize the indications so that anything which is amiss can be corrected.

      There are a lot of misconceptions about pet communications. Cats purr. But this is a natural phenomenon and not an indisputable indication of happiness. Dogs wag their tails but this, like the purring of a cat, should not be taken as an expression of total contentment. Birds whistle their song or chatter but will do so whatever the state of their life. Fish swim sometimes because they must.

      A contented cat will not only purr but will nuzzle his owner and make affectionate contact with the owner's legs. It will allow itself to be stroked and handled by the owner and may even respond appropriately to the owner's verbal commands. An indication of completely relaxed contentment is that the cat will sleep without being on guard. An unhappy cat may bite or even scratch his owner and may make disturbing howling and growling noises most unlike a usual meow.

      A dog will demonstrate unhappiness by moping and being generally unresponsive to commands. Teeth baring and snapping my also occur in addition to growling and barking threateningly. In happy conditions a dog will try to take part in its owners life in every possible way. On a walk it will lead, take an interest in everything it finds and sniff all items and bound to and from every point of attraction.

      A bird will often groom itself and companions if it has others of its kind with it when satisfied with its life. Some birds will feed each other and seem to chatter to each other. If a bird is bored or otherwise unhappy it may demonstrate this by destroying parts of its accommodation, especially wooden perches and roosting boxes. It may also self harm itself by plucking out its own feathers.

      Fish behavior may be difficult to interpret but in addition to just swimming it

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