Play With Your Cat!
The Essential Guide to Interactive Play for a Happier, Healthier Feline
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A fun, comprehensive guide to the key to cat happiness—play!
Millions of households in the United States have at least one cat as part of their family. Yet despite their popularity, cats continue to be misunderstood by their owners. This lack of understanding can lead to bored, frustrated, and under-stimulated cats, resulting in health and behavior problems. In Play with Your Cat!, animal behavior expert Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado shows cat parents what they may be missing: interactive play. Using an evidence-based approach and the latest scientific research, Delgado:
shows why cats need play and how it is essential to their well-beingprovides readers with techniques on how to engage their cat in playreveals how to use play to improve problematic cat behaviors
Playfully written and with fun illustrations, Play with Your Cat! is an essential read for cat parents looking to understand their feline friend—and have some fun in the process.
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Animal behaviorist Delgado debuts with a cheerful manual on "how to improve your cat's life through play." Cats have an instinctive need to hunt, she explains, and play provides a crucial outlet for indulging that urge. Delgado encourages owners to mimic birds, mice, or other prey with toys, which might mean running a stick under a rug or waving feathers in the air. Scientific research informs the advice, as when Delgado encourages rotating toys "between and within play sessions" because a study found that cats become bored if only offered a single plaything. Describing how to accommodate felines with varying abilities, Delgado entreats readers to mark the beginning of playtime for deaf cats by gently tapping the floor with a toy and notes that blind cats "can play with almost any cat toy" because their whiskers can detect air movement up to two feet away. There aren't any major surprises, but owners will appreciate the suggested games (one involves placing upright toilet paper rolls throughout a room with kibble hidden in a few, encouraging the cat to sniff out the food) and Chin's blue and gray cartoon felines charm. Cat lovers will want to get their paws on this.
