INDEX

1. Feline Immunodeficiency Virus see FIV
   feline infectious enteritis 107–8, 109
   feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) 410
   Feline Leukaemia Virus see FeLV
   feline odontoclastic resorptive lesion (FORL) 411
   feline panleukopenia virus (FPV) 107–8
   feline parvovirus 107–8
   Felis Britannica 42
   Feliway 100, 248, 250, 280, 301, 303, 327
   FeLV (Feline Leukaemia Virus) 14, 31, 108, 109, 409–10
   female cats 9–10
   coming into season 10
   gestation period 10–11
   spaying 9, 114
   fencing
   electric 223–4
   metal 221
   feng shui water features 201
   feral cats
   acquiring 30–3
   social structure and behaviour 254–5
   fibre 129, 348
   fibrosarcomas 110
   fighting cats, dealing with 313–14
   FIP (feline infectious peritonitis) 410
   fish meal 136
   fishing-rod toys 206
   FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus) 14, 31, 410
   flea collars 112, 122
   flea combs 168
   fleas 111–13, 280, 317–18
   allergic flea dermatitis 400–1
   control of 112–13, 317
   and over-grooming 317
   signs 111–12
   flehmen reaction 389
   flower remedies 187–8
   food
   covering up by cat 385
   see also feeding your cat
   food bowls 115
   food hypersensitivity 411
   food ingredients, commonly used terms for 134–7
   food labels 132–7
   foraging of food 143–4, 343–4
   foreign bodies 411–12
   Foreign White 69–70
   fractured mandibular symphysis 412
   freeze-drying 370–1
   fresh air and indoor cats 208–9
   fur, cat's 166 see also grooming
   games see toys
   gardens 388–9
   cat deterrents 231, 345
   cat-friendly 228–31, 388–9
   gardens, securing of 219–26, 323–4
   benefits of 219–20
   electric system 223–4
   free-standing post and mesh 222–3
   inverted bracket and wire system 220–1
   metal fencing 221
   wooden pole/PVC drainpipe system 221–2
   General Code of Ethics for Breeders and Owners 42
   giardiasis 412
   ginger 194–5
   gingivostomatitis 412
   ginkgo 195
   glossary of veterinary terms 396–400
   glucosamine 195
   Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) 42, 89
   grass, eating of 156, 201–2, 230
   grooming 8, 166–70
   benefits of 167
   and dematting 170
   function of cat's 167
   of longhaired cats 169–70
   and older cats 351, 361
   over- 316–18
   of shorthaired cats 168–9
   grooming products 170
   hairballs 8, 156, 166–7
   hairless cats 45, 82
   Havana 69–70
   health checks undertaken by rescue centre 14–15
   hepatic lipidosis 413
   herbal remedies 182, 188–9
   herbs, safe 219
   herpes 108, 109, 404–5