Practical feline behaviour understanding cat behaviour and improving welfare

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© T. Atkinson, 2018. Practical Feline Behaviour (T. Atkinson) 3 1 The Origin and Evolution of the Domestic Cat There are approxi ...

4 Chapter 1 Table 1.1. Classification of Felidae (The Cat Family). Lineage Common Name Species Panthera Lion Panthera leo Leopar ...

The Origin and Evolution of the Domestic Cat 5 Domestication Definition There is a distinct difference between an animal that ha ...

6 Chapter 1 et al., 2007; Lipinski et al., 2008; Bradshaw, 2013). This area is so called because it is thought to be the birthpl ...

The Origin and Evolution of the Domestic Cat 7 ● The domestication process might have been further assisted by people capturing, ...

8 Chapter 1 also included cats favourably in their illustrations. By the 13th century, however, cats were not viewed so favourab ...

The Origin and Evolution of the Domestic Cat 9 can result from selective breeding. These might cause life-long pain and discomfo ...

10 Chapter 1 known to be difficult if not impossible to tame, raises concerns regarding the safety of keeping these cats in a ho ...

The Origin and Evolution of the Domestic Cat 11 Studies have also shown that there are physiological and psychological health be ...

12 Chapter 1 ● Stress can have harmful effects on feline health, behaviour and welfare. In one study over 70% of cat owners ques ...

The Origin and Evolution of the Domestic Cat 13 Lipinski, M.J., Froenicke, L., Baysac, K.C. et al. (2008) The ascent of cat bree ...

14 © T. Atkinson, 2018. Practical Feline Behaviour (T. Atkinson) 2. The Senses Because pet cats share our lives and our homes it ...

The Senses 15 Movement detection Rapid eye movements known as ‘saccades’ prevent moving images from blurring and enable cats to ...

16 Chapter 2 shows that they possess two types of colour-sensitive cones that respond to light within the blue and green light s ...

The Senses 17 range also encompasses much lower frequency sounds than would be expected. This can be a particular advantage for ...

18 Chapter 2 Touch The vibrissae (whiskers) These are: ● The mystacials: the large whiskers on either side of the nose. ● The su ...

The Senses 19 density of mechanoreceptors both in and between the pads and in the soft tissue at the base of the claws. Speciali ...

20 Chapter 2 from tall buildings with only minor injuries. But this does not always prevent cats from sustaining serious injury ...

The Senses 21 Pasternak, T. and Merigan, W.H. (1980) Movement detection by cats: invariance with direc- tion and target configur ...