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Book Review of Cat Talk: What Your Cat Is Trying to Tell You

Cat Talk: What Your Cat Is Trying to Tell You


"A cat is a very sensitive animal. How he feels is how he acts. It is therefore very important to know how your cat is feeling.

"Some cats are very vocal, and although you can't always figure out what they want, you are aware that they do want something. There are other cats who express their feelings primarily through body language, such as a wag of the tall or the ripple of a back. If you are able to decipher your cat's feelings by how he expresses them with
his body, you will be in closer touch with what your cat is feeling.

"I try to help people understand their cats' day-to-day needs, so that
person and cat can relate in a way that promotes the emotional and
physical health of both. However, many of my cases involve cats who
have already developed emotional problems. Emotional problems
often trigger medical ones. That's why I feel it is so important to treat
the TOTAL cat."

Carole C. Wilbourn
Cat therapist Carole C. Wilbourn lives with her two cats Sunny-Blue and Ziggy-Star-Dust n Manhattan's West Village.