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149 tails tricolors 18, 138, 149 water bowls 205, 214
snakes 203 and balance 13, 14 Troubetskoy, Natalie 80 water pistols 223, 235
Snow Bengal 26 signals from 13, 14, 224, 225 Turkish Angora 135, 178 waving 233
Snow Marble 94 types 9, 14 Turkish Shorthair 78 wavy coats see curly coats
Snowshoe 60 talcum powder 229 Turkish Van 9, 78, 176 wedge faces 14
socialization 22, 23, 218–21, 234 tangles 229 coat color and pattern 18 weight
soil, as litter 204 tapetum lucidum 12 Turkish Vankedisi 177 and diet 215
Sokoke 91 taurine 212 gain 243
solid coats 16, 17, 34, 44, 54–5, 68–9, teeth U loss 240, 243
136–7 carnivorous 12 problems 243
solid-white coats 16 cleaning 231 unconsciousness 241 Western colors 16
solitary nature 218 temperaments, breeds and 9, 20 undercoats 12, 15, 27, 135 wet food 212–13
Somali 135, 170 territory unneutered cats 223 wheezing 240
coat color 17 disputes over 220, 223, 224, 246 Ural Rex whippy tails 14
inherited disorders 245 marking 13, 225, 234, 235 longhair 195 whiskers 12, 13
see also Abyssinian Thai 53 shorthair 122 signals from 224
speed 12, 13 thirst, increased 240 urinary tract infections 240 white coats 16, 43
Sphynx 27, 118–19 thyroid problems 240, 243 urine white spotting 18
hairlessness 15 TICA see International Cat pain passing 240
spinal disorders 115, 245 Association passing increased amounts of 240 wild animals, encounters with 222,
spinal muscular atrophy 245 tick removers 228 scent marking 225 223
spine 12 ticked fur 17, 19 wildcats 8, 9, 12–13, 15, 27, 135
spotting 18 Tiffanie 160 V coat color 17
spraying 225, 235, 246 tigers 8 crossing with domestic cats 9
stalking 226 tipped fur 17 vaccinations 20, 22, 23, 223, 238 window screens 202
sterility 77 toddlers 218, 219 verbal cues 232, 233 windows, falling from 223
sterilization see neutering toes veterinarians worming 22, 23
stimulation, of elderly cats 243 polydactylism 10, 116, 190 advice on breeders 22 worms, intestinal 240
stomach upsets 215 walking on 12 advice on diet 215 wounds
strangers, introduction to 219 tomatoes, green 213 annual checkups 238 checking daily 242
strays 23 Tonkinese 42 and breeding 246 treatment of 240
stress torties 16, 18, 50, 57, 77, 152–3 checkups for elderly cats 243
in cats 223, 226, 234, 238 tortoiseshells see torties choice of 238 XYZ
cats good for 216 touch sensors 12 costs 20
stretching 9 toxoplasmosis 211, 219 and rescue cats 23 yard, cat-friendly 203, 222–3
stripes 19 Toyger 93 visiting 238 York Chocolate 158
stroking 217 toys 211, 227, 234 Vikings 164, 173
studs 246 retrieving 233 vision
sunburn 203 and socialization 218, 219 color 13
swallowing, foreign bodies 203, 227 trade routes 10 night 12
swirling patterns 19 traffic accidents 203, 240 sensitive to movement 13
training 232–3 visitors 219
T tricks 227, 233 vitamins and micronutrients 212, 215
vomeronasal 13
traits
tabby coats 16, 17, 19, 35, 48–9, 56, founder effect 10 vomiting 240
75, 132, 147, 150–1 genetics 10–11
tags 205 inherited 9 W
tailless cats treats 215
Cymric 192 as rewards 232, 233 walking on a lead 233
Manx 115 and socialization 218, 219 washing machines 202
see also short-tailed cats tricks 227, 233 water, drinking 213