Understanding Cats

1995
Understanding Cats

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EP1 Understanding Your Cat Dec 11, 1995

Amazing that we live with cats and dogs yet both so different. The cat's more solitary world bonded by affection, while dog's pack hierarchy works by aggression. The secret to understanding your cat is to realise its design and lifestyle is that of a woodland hunter.

EP2 Choosing Your Cat Dec 12, 1995

More people are owning cats, including single parent families, pedigrees, moggies, longhairs and shorthairs. How to choose a kitten, what to look for and what age. How to introduce your new kitten, or cat, to its new home.

EP3 Kittens Learning About the World Dec 13, 1995

Sex and the single cat. The stages that kittens grow through. Learning for adult life. Playing with prey.

EP4 The Territorial Cat Dec 14, 1995

Your cat's own patch, where it goes, its territory. How cats see us as part of their group. Signposting with scent, chinning, rubbing and spraying, clawing trees and snoozing spots.

EP5 Communicating in Cat Dec 15, 1995

Voice and body language - it's reciprocal. Tail and face expressions and their meanings. How and why cats purr - the gentle bond. Play - mutual expression, juvenile behaviour for us too.

EP6 Breaking Bad Habits Dec 19, 1995

The key problems and how to tackle them, fouling, spraying, aggression. Confined cats and quality time with a cat gym and toys.

EP7 Cat Care Dec 20, 1995

Food in the life of the cat, the whole menu. The very special needs of the cat, high protein grants sleep, gives longevity, but at a high price. The grooming ritual, licking and combing. The elderly cat.

EP8 The Mystery of the Cat Dec 21, 1995

The cat and its behaviour have made it an enigma that has been misunderstood for centuries. Egyptian origins of the cult of the cat. Fertility goddesses into witch's familiar. Weather prediction by cats. The never-ending interrelationship of woman and cats.
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Released: 11 December 1995 Ended
Producted By: Bowe Tennant Productions
Country: United Kingdom
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Have you ever wondered just what makes your cat tick? We are both fascinated and infuriated by this most enigmatic of animals: lovable pet one minute, merciless hunter the next. Here television's top feline presenter and cat expert Roger Tabor reveals why cats behave the way they do and shows us how we can learn to understand and appreciate their impact on our lives in eight short programmes.

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