Droopy Half Closed Eyelids 54 Meet Dr Gary Veterinarian and Cat Expert 6 For Your Safety 7 What Is a Cat aaaaaaaaaaan 8 Cats All in the Family 10 Cats vs Dogs Cat Talk Quiz 14 Staring 56 Perked Ears 58 Flattened Ears 60 Twitchy Ears 62 Ears Turned Sideways 64 Whiskers Pointing Sideways 66 Whiskers Pointing Backward 68 Whiskers Pointing Forward 70 What Is This Cat Saying 72 Training Tips Here Kitty Kitty 73 Body Talk 16 King of the Hill 18 Wait and Watch 20 Stalking awan 22 Pouncing 24 Telling Tails 74 The Fluffed Out Tail 76 Game On 26 Hiding 28 Headbutting and Body Rubbing 30 The Wagging Tail annon 78 The Twitching Tail 80 Gift iving The Thrashing Tail 82 Hair Care 34 36 Licking Social Roll 38 Rubbing Noses The Straight up Tail 84 The Wrapped Around Tail 86 The Curved Upward Tail 88 Twining Tails 90 What Is This Cat Saying 92 Training Tips Jumping From Chair to Chair 93 Slumber Party What Is This Cat Saying 44 Training Tips High Five How to Raise a Cool Cat 45 94 Cat Chat Chattering Hissing and Spitting Yowling Meowing Read My Face 46 Slow Blinking Wide Eyed Stare 50 Pupils Like Slits 52 96 m 98 100 102
Purring 104 What Is This Cat Saying 106 Training Tips For Safety s sake 107 A Meet and Greet 154 Cat Myths Busted 156 We Them We Them Not A History of Humans On Again Off Again Love Affair with Cats 158 Soft Furry Cats Even Cats That Have No Hair 162 Trouble Talk 108 Biting 110 Spraying 112 Refusing to use the Litter Box 14 Scratching the Furniture 116 Bullying an 118 Hunger Games 120 Coat of Many Colors 166 Fun and Games 168 Paws Look Listen Quiz 170 Resources na 172 Index 174 Disappearing Act 122 Antisocial Kitty 124 Picky Eater 126 Illustration Credits 175 Credits 176 What Is This Cat Saying 128 Training Tips Scritch Scratch 129 Burmese Feline Feelings 130 Alert Happy 134 Playful 136 Bored 138 Depressed or Grief stricken 140 Anxious Frustrated 144 Scared 146 Angry or Aggressive 148 On the Hunt 150 What Is This Cat Saying 152 Training Tips Inside Outside or Open Sesame 153
MEET DR GARY VETERINARIAN AND CAT EXPERT A CAT CAN BE your very best friend I can tell you exactly what they re It can be your muse your protector saying And in some cases it can even your little hunter or your guide Cats save lives can be predictable mysterious or've known many cats through just plain crazy But to get the most out my career In fact at the Humane out of your relationship you need to Society we have a kitten nursery ded be able to communicate Our furry icated to saving the lives of orphaned felines already speak at least a little kittens from all over San Diego Last human Now it s time for us to catch year we saved more than 1 500 kittens up to them and learn to speak cat in one summer alone Ihope every sin My name is Dr Gary Weitzman gle one of them is teaching their new and T m going to be your guide families how to speak and understand throughout this book've been a cat fluently veterinarian and animal rescuer for Throughout this book rl let you more than 20 years'm currently the in on different tips and strategies for president of the San Diego Humane communicating effectively and accu Society and SPCA in California rately with your cat your neighbor s U S A I spend a lot of time making cat or a stray that comes up to your sure animals are well cared for have door wanting food or shelter or com homes and receive medical care and pany You ll learn where cats come attention Taking care of animals from how to read cat body language goes a whole lot further when you and so much more Most import understand what they need Learning ant you ll also learn how to help cats to read their body language see into read you Cats are complex But once their eyes and listen to their sounds we know what to expect from them
and how to understand what they're saying a lot of the mystery goes away Today FOR YOUR SAFETY scientists are learning so much more about how animals think Animals are more like us than we ever thought So we shouldn t be surprised to learn that cats often our closest compan ions are trying to talk to us every sin gle day using their voices eyes ears and even tails They understand us so much better than we understand them It s time to set the record straight all animals communicate with each other with their young with predators and their prey and with us In the nearly 3 500 years since the first cats came to live with humans in ancient Egypt they ve learned how to communicate with us It's time for us to learn how to talk back So keep reading to learn about the wonderful language of cats They ll be grateful that you know how to speak to them as well as they have learned how to speak to us While National Geographic has worked to make sure the following training tips scenarios and interpreta tions of cat behavior come from the most accurate and up to date sources you should know that cats like all animals can be unpredictable No matter how careful you are no matter how many rules you follow bad stuff can happen Also much of the advice and guid ance in this book requires close observation of cats there may be nuances of behavior that the observer can miss So even though this book is packed with advice from the experts there no guarantee that such advice will work in any specific situation Always be cautious with cats that are strangers to you and careful with cats with whom you are familiar All content and information published in this book is provided to the reader as and without any warranties The situations and activities described carry inherent risks and hazards The reader must evaluate and bear all risks associated with the use of the information provided in this book including those risks associated with rel ance on the accuracy thoroughness utility or appropriateness of the information for any particular situation The authors and publisher specifically dif all responsi bility for any liability loss or risk personal or otherwise that is incurred as a conse quence of the application any contents in this book Unless otherwise labeled the cats pictured throughout this book are American or domestic shorthairs with various color patterns such as tabby or calico
