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Feline psyches are a more complex and an even more crucial matter. For the disturbed cat, there are a variety of animal practitioners. Dr. Michael Fox, 44, a psychologist based in Washington, D.C., advocates massage-both Oriental and Swedish. "I know it sounds like snake oil at first," says the mustachioed Ph.D., who has a California masseur's license, "but it will give energy to old and sick animals and stimulate healthy cats." In his home near by, Fox, who is director of the Humane Society of the U.S., demonstrates on his Burmese, Mocha. A chiropractic tail pull straightens...
Half of Hamilton's practice is now devoted to cats. Many of their emotional problems stem from jealousy. Several of her clients are recently married women whose pets cannot share affection with the new spouse. One miffed feline regularly urinated on the new husband's side of the bed, and another defecated each morning on the newlywed's breakfast chair. Such formidable expressions of pique are called "aberrant litter behavior" in the animal-psych biz, and Hamilton, a Freud of felines, goes at a cure like the master himself. Says she: "I try to find...
...world's No. 1 celebrity cat, Morris, has no problems. He is the feline Burt Reynolds, and his large, complacent, orange tabby face graces the popular 9-Lives cat-food commercials on TV. Not only does Morris exhibit no discernible emotional disorders, he is unflappable. With dubbed TV lines like "Oh, really? Here, kitty, kitty, indeed! Dinner had better be very good," Morris won the 1973 Patsy Award as the best animal actor in TV commercials. Adopted from a humane society, Morris became so famous that his "story" was told in Morris, an Intimate Biography. After he died...
Morris I is buried in Lombard. There is no stone to mark the spot, in sharp contrast to the fanciful choices of many other grieving pet owners around the U.S. Kitty's resting place is becoming more and more elaborate. At Paw Print Gardens in Chicago, sealable cat caskets range from $39 to $139, and granite grave markers begin at $79, while top-of-the-line custom tablet markers go for more than...
From the cameo-smoke Maine Coon to the lavender-silver . Oriental Shorthair, there are approximately 50 hue and pattern variations of fur among the 33 breeds recognized by the Cat Fanciers' Association. But differences other than the decorative are important to prospective owners. Personality, price, size and even voice guide selection. The following short alphabetical catalogue of standard and exotic breeds demonstrates the spectrum...