Contributors ixPreface xiAcknowledgments xiiAbout the Companion Website xiii1 Introduction to Feline Veterinary Behavior 1Elizabeth Stelow2 Normal Feline Social Behavior 10Kristyn Vitale3 Preventing Behavior Problems in Domestic Cats 22Emma K. Grigg4 Play Behavior in Cats 46Mikel Delgado5 Feeding Behavior of Cats 64Katherine Albro Houpt6 Eliminative Behaviors 79Jeannine Berger and Wailani Sung7 Pain and Sickness Behaviors 103J. L. Stella and C. A. Tony Buffington Copyrighted Material8 Fear, Anxiety, Stress Behaviors in Cats 129Amanda Rigterink9 Compulsive and Displacement Behaviors 142Melissa Bain10 Aggression Toward Humans 157Elizabeth Stelow11 Aggression Toward Other Cats 174Sharon Crowell-Davis and Elizabeth Stelow12 Nuisance/Destructive/Unruly Behaviors 190Rachel Malamed and Karen Lynn C. Sueda13 The Senior Cat 212Gina Davis and Ilana Halperin14 Cat Relationships in the Home 232Sun-A Kim and Elizabeth Stelow15 Cats in the Clinic 250Margie ScherkAppendix 1 Feline Psychopharmacology 274Elizabeth StelowAppendix 2 Medications for Pain Management in Cats 289Elizabeth StelowIndex 297
Elizabeth Stelow, DVM, DACVB, is Chief of the Behavior Service at the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in Davis, California, USA.