Understanding Cats
Have you ever wondered just what makes your cat tick? We are both fascinated and infuriated by this most enigmatic of animals: lovable pet one minute, merciless hunter the next. Here television's top feline presenter and cat expert Roger Tabor reveals why cats behave the way they do and shows us how we can learn to understand and appreciate their impact on our lives in eight short programmes.
Cast: Roger Tabor
Miniseries
8 episodes
- 1. Understanding Your CatAmazing that we live with cats and dogs yet both so different. The cat's more solitary world bonded by affection, while dog's pack hierarchy works by aggression. The secret to understanding your cat is to realise its design and lifestyle is that of a woodland hunter.ALCC14minDec 11, 1995
- 2. Choosing Your CatMore people are owning cats, including single parent families, pedigrees, moggies, longhairs and shorthairs. How to choose a kitten, what to look for and what age. How to introduce your new kitten, or cat, to its new home.ALCC14minDec 12, 1995
- 3. Kittens Learning About the WorldSex and the single cat. The stages that kittens grow through. Learning for adult life. Playing with prey.ALCC14minDec 13, 1995
- 4. The Territorial CatYour cat's own patch, where it goes, its territory. How cats see us as part of their group. Signposting with scent, chinning, rubbing and spraying, clawing trees and snoozing spots.ALCC14minDec 14, 1995
- 5. Communicating in CatVoice and body language - it's reciprocal. Tail and face expressions and their meanings. How and why cats purr - the gentle bond. Play - mutual expression, juvenile behaviour for us too.ALCC14minDec 15, 1995
- 6. Breaking Bad HabitsThe key problems and how to tackle them, fouling, spraying, aggression. Confined cats and quality time with a cat gym and toys.ALCC14minDec 19, 1995
- 7. Cat CareFood in the life of the cat, the whole menu. The very special needs of the cat, high protein grants sleep, gives longevity, but at a high price. The grooming ritual, licking and combing. The elderly cat.ALCC14minDec 20, 1995
- 8. The Mystery of the CatThe cat and its behaviour have made it an enigma that has been misunderstood for centuries. Egyptian origins of the cult of the cat. Fertility goddesses into witch's familiar. Weather prediction by cats. The never-ending interrelationship of woman and cats.ALCC14minDec 21, 1995
Understanding Cats
Have you ever wondered just what makes your cat tick? We are both fascinated and infuriated by this most enigmatic of animals: lovable pet one minute, merciless hunter the next. Here television's top feline presenter and cat expert Roger Tabor reveals why cats behave the way they do and shows us how we can learn to understand and appreciate their impact on our lives in eight short programmes.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Colin Tennant
- Created by
- Roger Tabor, Colin Tennant
- Cast
- Roger Tabor
- Studio
- Bowe Tennant Productions
