Understanding Your Cat: Practical Answers to All Your Behavior Questions

by Arden Moore, Matt Ambre, Nancy Peterson

Ever wonder why your cat digs her claws into your lap while she's cuddling? Or perhaps you want to know what the deal is with hairballs, bringing home dead birds, and using your pillow instead of her litter box? Lovable and funny, cats can also be puzzling and perplexing. If you only understood what elicits the purrs and provokes the hisses! Trust cat expert Arden Moore to explain the mysteries behind feline thoughts and actions. She explains the finer points of glow in the dark eyes, the tail as a mood barometer, new house problems, nail know-how, obesity, and other complexities of feline behavior.

Genres: Cats

326 pages, Paperback

First published November 29, 2010

About the author

Arden Moore is an animal behavior consultant and the author of 20 books on cats and dogs, including What Dogs Want. She has appeared on The Today Show, Fox News, CNN Headline News, HGTV's "Smart Solution," Martha Stewart Living Radio, NPR and hundreds of other programs. She has been the editor of Fido Friendly and Catnip magazines, and host of "Oh Behave!" weekly radio show on Pet Life Radio.com.