Who would have thought that cats had such plans?
938694
Members of The Evil League of Veterinarians, El Kit-teh, kitten-nappers, international smugglers, hoomin servants who don't know their place... all be warned, the Feline World Order is watching you. A fun and humorous look into the secret lives (top secret, redacted and censored) of cats, and at 95 pages a quick read too.
168370
I purchased these so my cats wouldn't be overfed by just leaving food out for them and so they wouldn't wake us up with their crying at 5 a.m. every morning.  Unfortunately, cats are very intelligent, and mine figured out if they put their paw up the spout it will release additional food.  Needless to say, these were returned.  If anyone ever finds something similar cats can't trick, please let me know.
1274923
I don't think my cat was to enticed. Its hard to rate something like this because everyone who owns or has owned a cat know, every one is unique..what one cat shakes her paw at, a different cat can comes entertain itself for hours. My cat is way to lazy for this but it was a cool thought!
1912100
This book gave me a number of good ideas about bringing a new cat into my home with two other cats. I learned other things that I never realized about my cats, that they like different feeding bowls and they may sit on edge of liter box if they don't like the liter. My cats are getting used to each other very slowly but it is better than letting them fight it out. Very helpful ideas!
4411826
The story starts out as usual, beautiful girl plagued by suitors. But then her parents leave her no inheritance expecting her to just marry. As a joke her sister in law tells her she can have the stray cat.
Little did they know he was no ordinary cat!!!! He can talk and has magic!!!! Now the adventures begin!!! Where will they go? What will they encounter? And what is the main part of this plan the magic cat has? Turn the page and join the adventure
3404387
Do humans own cats, or do cats own humans? This fictional work decidedly supports the latter. A cat is given advice on how to own humans. Humans are portrayed as egocentric, and dogs as servile flatterers of humans. In contrast, cats are independent. The time in history, in ancient Egypt, where the death penalty was imposed on humans for harming a cat, is warmly recounted.

The cat is given strategies for such things as owning a chair, getting fed, obtaining snacks of human food under the table, getting humans to open doors for them, inducing humans to do things for them that they at first don't want to do, seducing humans with the purr, correctly behaving around humans when bearing kittens, and reacting properly (non-aggressively) towards the veterinarian. It is told to never scratch a human child, lest it be cast out of the household. Also, it is told not to overeat during Christmas as humans do, lest it throw up on the rug and thereby make itself less popular with the humans.

Of course, this book, written decades ago, reflects the thinking of that time. For instance, older bachelors are presented as abnormal people, because at that time almost everyone got married. Women are presented as clever manipulators and man-traps, in many ways as cats are supposed to be.

Until the very end of the book, the cat-human interaction is presented as a largely what-can-I-get-out-of-this relationship, with little or no mention of affection between the two. Finally, a chapter addresses this question: If a cat could think more or less like a human, would it think of gratitude and love towards its human benefactors?

The author of this book was very creative in thinking of ways that a cat would think about humans. A lot of detail, and effort, went into this.
2340156
The cats could care less for these toys. They sniffed them but that's it. They should have put a little pocket in the toy to put catnip. What a missed opportunity.
3194139
I did not read the review carefully enough in the beginning. This book goes into great detail about cats, it just doesn't include the information I need.
2367177
Anyone with a cat will get the point, and fast! Yes, your cat IS plotting, though it may not be what you think. A very amusing book for people who love their cats anyway.
3103621
Not what I was expecting - then again, what should I have expected?  Cute ideas but not practical.  Kept the cats (fur and all) but returned the book.
2676992
The jury (2 cats) is still out on this one.  They seem to like it, but are suspicious of it at first.  Then they gobble it down with all appearance of enjoying it.
4270817
This is an odd combination that the cats are crazy about.
3530989
The heated outdoor cat houses are purrrfect. I have a covered area compleleted with lights, and they fit right in with available outlets. I put the houses in place so the cats will get accustomed to them before winter.
1262738
A thoroughly enjoyable read, that was well-written and thought out. As a cat lover, I'm not surprised at how these "nosey" cats help her solve dilemmas!
4911650
I was excited to find this at the library as I have always heard Hemingway was a cat lover. Apparently his view of love was a lot diiferent than mine. I was very upset that his ignorance in cat care despite the fact that he often referred to a book on cat care. Most were never altered which is why there were so many. There were several sad stories of cats being found dead.
I also found it disturbing that when he died, he made no provisions for his cats in Cuba. His last wife went to Cuba to settle his estate and justy left the cats to fend for themselves. I would have been happier thinking of him as a cat lover than reading this book and now thinking of him as an idiot.
4047518
I have two furr balls, one seems to be cold all the time so when I ordered the critter cave I had her in mind. I had no idea how much fun the two kitties would have playing "attack cats" in and out of the cave! I haven't seen either of them settle down for a nap in the cave yet, but they have been very busy using it as a hiding spot to launch sneak attacks from!
387916
This book was not up to the standards of the other Cat books.

It left me wondering!