It includes guidance on how to introduce a new cat or kitten into your home and how to keep your cat fit and healthy as it grows from small kitten to maturity. This book will also help you decide what type of cat you might like. It describes the different sorts of non-pedigree and pedigree breeds available as well as giving an introduction to showing and breeding pedigree cats.

Cats are mysterious and fascinating animals. They are now the most popular pet in the United States and yet most people know little about how the wild cat became the domesticated pet that we know today, or why cats behave in the way they do. Cats looks not only at how the wild cats of Africa became the tame cats of so many homes, but also explores cat behaviour and will help you to understand the best way to live with your cat and be a responsible cat owner. It includes guidance on how to introduce a new cat or kitten into your home and how to keep your cat fit and healthy as it grows from small kitten to maturity. This book will also help you decide what type of cat you might like. It describes the different sorts of non-pedigree and pedigree breeds available as well as giving an introduction to showing and breeding pedigree cats.

INTRODUCTION

ABYSSINIAN

AMERICAN BOBTAIL

AMERICAN CURL

AMERICAN SHORTHAIR

BALINESE

BIRMAN

BOMBAY

BRITISH SHORTHAIR

BURMESE

CHARTREUX

CORNISH REX

DEVON REX

EGYPTIAN MAU

EXOTIC

JAPANESE BOBTAIL

KORAT

LAPERM

MAINE COON

MANX

NORWEGIAN FOREST CAT

OCICAT

ORIENTAL

PERSIAN

PAGAMUFFIN

RAGDOLL

RUSSIAN BLUE

SELKIRK REX

SIAMESE

SIBERIAN

SINGAPURA

SOMALI

SPHYNX

TONKINESE

TURKISH ANGORA

TURKISH VAN