1. செவாய் கிரகத்து பப்பி குட்டியும்– சுக்கிரனின் பூஸூ குட்டியும் ஹைஷ்126

2. யார் என உங்களுக்கே தெரியும்

3. What is this?

4. It’s a small dog!

5. What is this?

6. It’s not a small dog!

8. Dogs will give you unconditional love forever. Cats will make you pay for every mistake you’ve ever made since the day you were born.

9. Dogs will tilt their heads and listen whenever you talk. Cats will yawn and close their eyes.

11. Dogs will sit on the car seat next to you. Cats have to have their own private box or they will not go at all.

13. Behaviour

14. Exercise and mental stimulation

15. Accommodation

16. Reproductive cycle

17. Diet

19. Pack animals

20. Social species

21. Hierarchy

22. Hunt and scavenge

23. Been domesticated for 15-30,000 years

25. Solitary hunter

26. Not social as not evolved to live in close proximity to other cats

27. Highly territorial

28. Been domesticated for approx 6,000 years

30. Generally sociable and like company

31. Developed ways of communicating with others through facial expressions, stance and voice

33. Tend to act independently

34. Generally stressed by the presence of strange cats

35. Communicate through smell

36. Do not have a wide range of facial expressions

38. Must be exposed to a variety of people, animals, sounds etc during this period to avoid being fearful of them later

39. Need interactive play

41. Must be exposed to a variety of people, animals, sounds etc during this period to avoid being fearful of them later

43. Need to put kittens in kitten pen in a busy part of the shelter or property.

45. Changes environment

46. Allows exercise

47. Can undergo training, agility etc

49. Need to be encouraged to exercise and play

50. Need to exhibit hunting behaviour

51. Need to have something to scratch on

53. Stimulation

54. Toys – mimic prey through shape, texture and movement

56. Need adequate floor area but height not so important

58. Stressed by seeing other cats

60. Cat pen design Ease of cleaning/access cats Ease of public viewing Adequate space for cats to exercise Ideally separate sleeping area and run Food bowls and litter trays kept separately Areas for cats to feel secure and hide Areas to climb and perch

61. Cat pen design

63. Easier to control whether bitch is mated

65. Can have up to 3 litters a year

69. Fewer unwanted kittens

70. Fewer homed cats to follow up

71. Fewer cats presented for neutering being pregnant

72. Easier surgically due to less body fat and smaller blood vessels

74. Although generally considered carnivores are more omnivorous

75. Can survive on a vegetarian diet

77. Obligate carnivores

78. Cannot survive on a vegetarian diet

81. MUST have a meat-based diet

82. Would eat 9 mice daily in the wild

83. When healthy, drink less than dogs as were desert animals

84. Require certain essential nutrients including taurine, arachidonic acid and pre-formed Vitamin A that are only available from animal sources

86. May not show overt signs of stress

87. With infectious disease, can often be symptomless carriers or recover but still shed the organism especially when stressed

89. Show stress more overtly

90. When ill with infectious disease tend to get better or die

92. Stress tends to increase shedding of organisms and susceptibility

95. Defensive aggression

96. Howling/barking

97. Pacing

98. Panting

99. Digging

100. Excessive activity

101. Elimination

102. Anorexia

104. Hiding

105. Reduced activity/immobility

106. Climbing

107. Elimination/spraying

108. Reduction in maintenance behaviours (sleeping, grooming, eating, elimination etc)

109. Excessive grooming

110. Panting

112. Preventing the cats looking directly at other cats

113. Providing a regular and predictable routine

115. Using puzzle feeders and making them work for their food

117. Any questions?