Bibli-o-Chat: Books on Loan
ProtectionChat lends you, free of charge, books that can help you understand your favourite animal.
Books are lent by post within Switzerland for a maximum of 4 weeks.
At the end of this period, simply return the borrowed book(s) to us by post.
Feel free to send us any books you would like to share with other cat lovers.
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Découvrez le langage de votre chat: postures, miaulements, marquages... Dr Valérie Dramard
Cats use very specific means of communication to "talk" to us. But are you interpreting the messages they send you correctly, and responding appropriately? A specialist in animal behaviour, veterinarian Dr Valérie Dramard has devised 20 tests to help you assess whether you are an expert in feline communication. For each test, the author first gives you all the essential information, then, depending on your results, offers precise advice to improve communication with your cat. Discover what lies behind your cat's attitudes and strengthen your bond! Contents: How does the cat communicate?: Visual communication * Auditory communication * Olfactory communication * Tactile communication. Understanding your cat properly (10 tests): The pupils * The eyelids * The ears * The whiskers * The tail * Postures * Your results: do you really look at your cat? * Miaows * Other sounds * Your results: do you really listen to your cat? * Marking behaviours * The different types of aggression * Your results: do you really understand your cat? Responding appropriately to its requests (4 tests): Communication through play * Communication through food * Communication through cuddles * Helping your cat live well in its territory * Your results: do you respond appropriately to your cat's requests? Knowing how to recognise when it is suffering (6 tests): House-soiling * Eating disorders * Aggression * Destructive behaviour * Excessive licking or self-mutilation * Gait and posture disorders * Your results: can you spot the signs of distress in your cat? * Conclusion: final results.
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Des soins naturels pour mon Chat... Christophe Day
More and more people are looking to care for their pet naturally, so as to stay in harmony with its biological needs. Des soins naturels pour mon chat offers a healthy, holistic approach to both diet and the treatment of illness: recipes using organic ingredients, homeopathic remedies for the most common ailments, alternative treatments to prevent and treat parasites, including fleas and worms, as well as the use of herbal medicine, aromatherapy, Bach flower remedies and massage.
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Le chat en 500 citations... Stéphane Garnier
Cut out in the shape of a cat, this book brings together for the first time more than 500 quotations about cats from the greatest authors! Whatever the period, wherever the place, writers, philosophers and thinkers have had boundless admiration for the cat. Admiring, laudatory, philosophical, mocking, affectionate... the 500 quotations gathered and presented by theme by Stéphane Garnier will delight all cat lovers! A book to make you purr with pleasure!
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Monsieur Chat!... David Wiesner
Monsieur Chat ignores all the toys he is given. Out of laziness? No. He is simply very demanding. As soon as he has the right toy, he watches it, plays with it, pounces on it. Today is one of those days. And Monsieur Chat is very excited. But not really by a toy. By something much more interesting...