If you want to understand your cat's secret language and make him happy from day to day, the new issue of Inside Your Cat’s Mind is sure to help. Based on some of the latest findings from feline behavioral and cognitive science, stories explain how to play with your kitty by simulating the hunt (including the best toys for the job); how to read your cat’s face, meows, tails, and blinks; and how kitty cams can help you follow your cats at night or through the world. The issue investigates the link between fur color and personality (are myths about black cats and orange tabbies true?) and the wild world of catnip. Don't miss the special Q and A with evolutionary biologist Jonahan Losos on how cats came inside to become our pets. Also in this issue; Cats playing fetch, feline perceptions and superpowers, how to clicker train them, and special ways to communicate through every age, from kitten to teen zoomer to adult to senior.
Cat’s Mind • WHAT THEY REALLY THINK
A Note From Cat Land
Our Cats, Ourselves • What is it about their looks or personalities that draws us to the felines we adopt into our families? And how do we give them the best lives as they grow along with us?
CUTEST CATS • EACH CAT IS AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT DIFFERENT BREEDS HAVE CERTAIN TRAITS THAT MAY WORK BEST FOR YOU.
HoW CATS CAME iNSIDE • IN THIS Q&A, EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST JONATHAN LOSOS TELLS US HOW OUR BELOVED HOME COMPANIONS MADE THE TRANSITION FROM NORTH AFRICAN WILDCATS TO OUR LIVING ROOMS AND LAPS.
Safari to the Cats of the Past • DRIVING THROUGH THE AFRICAN BUSH, THE AUTHOR SPOTS THE FOREBEARS OF TODAY’S DOMESTICATED FELINES.
THRouGH THE AGES • MUCH LIKE US, CATS’ NEEDS AND STYLES OF COMMUNICATION CHANGE AS THEY GET OLDER. HERE’S HOW TO TUNE IN AND GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT AT EVERY STAGE OF LIFE.
What Seniors Need • HOW TO SOOTHE, COMFORT AND TALK TO YOUR ELDER CAT.
THE COLOR OF PERSONALITY • DOES THE SHADE AND PATTERN OF YOUR CAT’S FUR OFFER CLUES TO HIS PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOR? THE JURY IS STILL OUT, BUT SCIENCE IS WEIGHING IN.
LESSONS FOR LIFE • EXPERTS IN FELINE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE GIVE TIPS YOU CAN USE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
In Translation • Our cats are always communicating their wants and needs through meows, facial expressions, even in the way they swish and sashay their tails. We just have to pay attention.
THE MEANINGS OF MEOW • UNDERSTANDING VOCALIZATIONS AND OTHER SUBTLE SIGNALS FROM CAT LAND
CAT TO HUMAN • Use this handy translator for interpreting secret signs and to undercover memos coming over the transom from your feline friend:
READ YOUR CAT’S FACE • FROM SATISFACTION TO PURE HAPPINESS TO FEAR, HERE’S HOW TO INTERPRET YOUR CAT’S FEELINGS THROUGH THEIR EXPRESSIONS.
The Other Way Around
TEST YOURSELF: Can You Tune Into Your Cat’s Mood?
TELLING TAiLS • THE SHAPE AND MOVEMENT OF YOUR CAT’S MOST COMMUNICATIVE APPENDAGE SPEAK VOLUMES ABOUT HER FEELINGS AND NEEDS.
THE CAT WHO SAVED HIMSELF • MILES THE FERAL FELINE HAD AN INGROWN NAIL IN HIS FRONT PAW, WHICH THREATENED HIS LONG-TERM HEALTH. WHEN A VET CAME TO HELP, MILES UNDERSTOOD ENOUGH ABOUT HIS INJURY TO ASSIST IN HIS OWN SALVATION.
Having Fun • Cats love hiding in boxes, scaling the heights of your home, reenacting the hunt with toys that look alive and every so often, running around with you.
HOW TO PLAY WITH YOUR CAT • THE BEST GAMES SIMULATE THE HUNT. TAPPING INTO YOUR CAT’S PREDATORY NATURE WILL SHARPEN HER BRAIN, RID HER OF AGGRESSION, TIGHTEN YOUR BOND AND FILL HER WITH JOY.
The Right Toy for the Job
CLICKING WITH YOUR CAT • STEP-BY-STEP HELP FROM OUR EXPERT WILL HELP TO SOLVE PROBLEM BEHAVIORS AND BRING THE TWO OF YOU CLOSER.
Shyness and Timidity
Voiding...
