Practical feline behaviour understanding cat behaviour and improving welfare

42 © T. Atkinson, 2018. Practical Feline Behaviour (T. Atkinson) 4. Social, Feeding and Predatory Behaviour Social Behaviour Gro ...

Social, Feeding and Predatory Behaviour 43 This raises the question as to whether aggregations of feral cats are evidence of soc ...

44 Chapter 4 Home ranges The ‘home range’ is the area over which a cat will regularly roam. This includes: ● The territory: the ...

Social, Feeding and Predatory Behaviour 45 Most multi-cat households are made up of a combination of solitary individuals and sm ...

46 Chapter 4 Play can also be a sign of social bonding and may be differentiated from fighting by the following: ● Being general ...

Social, Feeding and Predatory Behaviour 47 eat his share of the food. It may therefore appear that cats are at ease eating toget ...

48 Chapter 4 can often be sufficient to prevent the other cat attempting to gain access but, if not, it might be attacked as it ...

Social, Feeding and Predatory Behaviour 49 The domestic cat’s primary ancestor Felis s. lybica is primarily a solitary and highl ...

50 Chapter 4 owners, but not all pet cats do this and these behaviours can be just as frequently directed onto inanimate objects ...

Social, Feeding and Predatory Behaviour 51 57% but in the cats it was 12%, which is about the same level as seen in people when ...

52 Chapter 4 only be found in sufficient quantity in animal flesh. Deficiency can result in blindness, and heart, neurological a ...

Social, Feeding and Predatory Behaviour 53 behaviour that does not take into account the cat’s instinctive survival skills. Beca ...

54 Chapter 4 Effects on wildlife A cat’s hunting prowess, although highly valued by people that keep or encourage cats expressly ...

Social, Feeding and Predatory Behaviour 55 conservationists and wildlife enthusiasts, which is understandable because domestic c ...

56 Chapter 4 Corbett, L.K. (1979) Feeding ecology and social organisation of wildcats (Felis silvestris) and domestic cats (Feli ...

Social, Feeding and Predatory Behaviour 57 Potter, A. and Mills, D.S. (2015) Domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) do not show ...

58 © T. Atkinson, 2018. Practical Feline Behaviour (T. Atkinson) 5 Kitten to Cat – Reproduction and the Behavioural Development ...

Kitten to Cat 59 Rubbing The F2 fraction of the feline facial pheromones (see Chapter 3) has been identified as being associated ...

60 Chapter 5 Reproductive Behaviour of the Queen An unneutered, sexually mature female is known as a queen. The usual age of pub ...

Kitten to Cat 61 Table 5.1. Stages and associated behavioural signs of the feline oestrus cycle. Stage Duration Hormonal and phy ...