The Domestic Cat: The Biology of its Behaviour
The Domestic Cat: The Biology of its Behaviour Books
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Humans have lived with cats for thousands of years, and there are now more cats kept in Western households than any other animal. Cherished as companions and valued as rodent catchers, their enigmatic behavior has intrigued and bewildered us for generations. Even as accepting the comforts of human homes, cats do seem to “walk by themselves.” Although loved for their independence and self-reliance, myths and fables surround them, leaving them open to persecution and misunderstanding. Covering all types of cats from pampered pets to feral hunters, this absolutely revised new edition of The Domestic Cat shows how cats live and behave in a variety of circumstances and surroundings. With new chapters on welfare issues, and cat-cat communication, this volume penetrates the enigma that is Felis catus, sorting fact from fiction, and helping both the general reader and the specialist in animal behavior or veterinary science to know cats as they really are.
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The title of this book is misleading. This book isn’t about the pet cat you keep at home. It’s about wild domestic cats and how they relate to each other in the field. There are no recent photographs, only drawing from the early 1900’s that all look the same. The citations used in the book to back up the author’s claims are also outdated- there surely must have been some recent veterinary studies on domestic cats so why are we relying on quotes from the 1930’s??? Don’t waste your money.
Rating: 1 / 5
Incredible book!! I loved it! This book goes into so much detail about everything. This can be a challenging book for some readers though. The book includes a lot of statistics and numbers.
Rating: 4 / 5
If you like to read science and evidence based data including grafts then you will learn a that this book is for you. Fascinating.
Rating: 5 / 5
If you want a book that investigates the biological behavior of feral and tame domesticated cats I urge this book. There are a lot cat books out there on the market, I have read near all of them (99% of them are repetitive drivel). There rest are mnostly diluted dumbed down versions of this one. Previous reviewers observably did not really read or know this book or how research and it’s processes work.
This book was written by people that have really done research in the field of animal behavior (recent), and on domestic cats (e.g. Dennis Turner did behavioural research on domestic cats). In order to know and effectively help a cat you really need to know it’s feral and tame counterparts. Current behavioural research on felines is limited, and in the early to mid part of the last century there was a lot of valuable research was done. Research on the domestic is now not seen as alluring, but I have a certain feeling that that will exchange in the next link of years, as research now being conducted comes to light and will exchange certain people perceptions of their feline companions and why they do what they do. I am really an animal behavioural ecologist/cognitive therapist, specializing in wild and domestic felids. This book helped me get up to speed when I was starting my MSc and PhD research a few years back. Contracted it was not written with Fluffy and Trixie exclusively in mind–it is looking at the domesticated cat (feral and otherwise). It is slightly basic for those doing more advanced research on domestic felines–post graduate level–and I personally take exception to the research methods (outside this publication) of one particular contributor to this work (Bradshaw=sloppy), but it’s a excellent starter book for anyone that wants to know domesticated felines and why they do what they do.
This is really one the books that I urge to interested clients that want to know cats as a species followed by Bonnie Beaver’s feline behavior book for veterinarians.
Rating: 4 / 5