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