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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContributors ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xii
About the Companion Website xiii
1 Introduction to Feline Veterinary Behavior 1
Elizabeth Stelow
2 Normal Feline Social Behavior 10
Kristyn Vitale
3 Preventing Behavior Problems in Domestic Cats 22
Emma K. Grigg
4 Play Behavior in Cats 46
Mikel Delgado
5 Feeding Behavior of Cats 64
Katherine Albro Houpt
6 Eliminative Behaviors 79
Jeannine Berger and Wailani Sung
7 Pain and Sickness Behaviors 103
J. L. Stella and C. A. Tony Buffington Copyrighted Material
8 Fear, Anxiety, Stress Behaviors in Cats 129
Amanda Rigterink
9 Compulsive and Displacement Behaviors 142
Melissa Bain
10 Aggression Toward Humans 157
Elizabeth Stelow
11 Aggression Toward Other Cats 174
Sharon Crowell-Davis and Elizabeth Stelow
12 Nuisance/Destructive/Unruly Behaviors 190
Rachel Malamed and Karen Lynn C. Sueda
13 The Senior Cat 212
Gina Davis and Ilana Halperin
14 Cat Relationships in the Home 232
Sun-A Kim and Elizabeth Stelow
15 Cats in the Clinic 250
Margie Scherk
Appendix 1 Feline Psychopharmacology 274
Elizabeth Stelow
Appendix 2 Medications for Pain Management in Cats 289
Elizabeth Stelow
Index 297