Product Description

Does your cat scratch your carpets? Or soil in the house? Or perhaps your cat's behaviour has changed recently - becoming withdrawn or aggressive towards you or another member of your family? Or perhaps you would just like to understand the way your cat thinks? In this comprehensive guide, cat counsellor Vicky Hall helps cat owners identify what is causing their cat's behaviour and provides a clear step-by-step solution to tackling behavioural problems. Fascinating case studies drawn from Vicky's personal and professional experiences are included. Each study is both informative and entertaining and will undoubtedly help cat owners understand their cat's behaviour much better. This is essential reading for all cat lovers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26659 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

Review
'Vicky Halls has the Moggy Midas Touch. If you have any wish to try and understand the devious, mercurial, prissy, eternally lovable thing that is feline nature, you need to read her.'
--Tom Cox, author of Under The Paw: Confessions Of A Cat Man

Review
'Vicky Halls has the Moggy Midas Touch. If you have any wish to try and understand the devious, mercurial, prissy, eternally lovable thing that is feline nature, you need to read her.'

From the Inside Flap
Does your cat scratch your carpets? Or soil in the house? Has your cat's behaviour changed recently – becoming withdrawn or aggressive towards you or another member of your family? Or maybe you would just like to understand the way your cat thinks?

In this comprehensive guide, renowned cat counsellor Vicky Halls helps owners identify the causes of their cats’ behaviour and provides clear steps to tackling problems. Fascinating case studies drawn from Vicky's personal and professional experiences are included. Each study is both informative and entertaining and will undoubtedly improve cat owners’ understanding of their cats’ needs. This is essential reading for all cat lovers.

Customer Reviews

A must for any cat owner.
Too often we think of our furry feline friends as simple creatures (especially when they fall out of trees or run into walls. Don't laugh, they meant to do that!) whose lives are laid-back and as carefree as their food bowl is full.

This, as this book so skillfully points out, is usually not the case.

This book covers many common unpleasant issues that cat owners run into (house soiling, for example) and provides stories of cats that the author Vicky Halls has treated over the years for these problems. The strategy employed to try and rectify the problem is detailed in a bullet-point list so that readers of the book can take note in case they are dealing with similiar issues.

The chapters are dedicated to different issues and there is excellent and clear advice within, such as how to keep an indoor cat from going berserk from lack of environmental stimulation and how to save your feet from the five pointy ends of a rambunctious kitten. There is also a personality guide so you can see what your cat's personality type is.

Although this book is indeed wonderful and a must-read for everyone who owns or has ever considered owning a cat, it must not be used as an alternative for veterinary treatment. There is no feline first aid included within, as the book almost solely deals with behavioural issues and how to tackle them (although the symptoms of medical problems that can often be behind beahvioural problems are listed). If your cat is suffering, don't raid the bookshelf. See to it that your cat recieves professional medical care.

Whether your cat's a tried and true Heinz 57 moggie or a pedigree Bengal whose beauty is known far and wide, you cannot miss out on this book!

Your cat(s) will thank you for reading this book!
I would thoroughly recommend this book (and its prequel) to ANY and ALL cat lovers, particularly those who are experiencing problems or whose cats don't seem completely contented.

My 12-year-old female cat had a sudden bout of cystitis just after Christmas - necessitating an emergency visit to the vet - and we have, of course, been concerned that it would recur. However, this book gives CLEAR, REASSURING, PRACTICAL pointers on how to (hopefully) prevent cystitis - and also explains why it can often be caused by stress. (It also covers several other problem areas too.)

I now feel, since reading this book, that I have a much better idea of what actually causes stress in cats - not just the obvious things, but things that we would probably never consider. (I've also found that I play more with my cat now, not just when she starts playing on her own. I actually initiate play and she seems to have learned the times when I might play now and is ready and waiting!)

Do read this book. It's WELL worth it, and I'm sure your cat(s) will thank you!

A "Must Read" for all Cat Owners
"Cat Detective" along with its predecessor "Cat Confidential" are an absolute must for everyone who loves, owns or has anything to do with caring for cats. Vicky Halls has a real insight to the feline world, and she makes the psychological perspective very easy to understand.

Now that cats have become the most popular pet in the UK, it won't be long before these books will have pride of place in virtually every household. You never know when you will need them, and I guarantee you will refer back to them time and time again - brilliant!