Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine

Contributors 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

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• Medicina veterinária

feline body language; feline communication; feline social structure; feline problems; feline diet; cat body language; feline social; feline development; feline litterbox; feline play; feline feeding; feline obesity; feline hunting