The Tiger Inside: A New Approach to Caring for Your Cat

by David Alderton

Gathers information for cat owners to understand all aspects of cat care, including cross-breeding, feeding, grooming, anatomy, and behavior

144 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1998

About the author

David Alderton is a UK-based writer specialising in pets and natural history topics. Growing up in a home surrounded by pets, he originally trained to become a veterinary surgeon. An allergic dermatitis acquired in his final year of study forced a change of career however, and so led him into the field of writing about pets and their care. He has since become a regular contributor of articles on this subject to a wide range of newspapers and magazines in the UK and abroad, and also participates frequently in radio and television programmes.

His books have currently sold over six million copies, and have been translated into 30 different languages. David’s titles have won awards in the USA from the Cat Writers' Association of America and the Maxwell Medallion from the Dog Writers’ Association of America, as well as being nominated for the Sir Peter Kent Conservation Book Prize. He has also chaired the National Council for Aviculture, the umbrella organisation for bird-keeping clubs and associations in the UK, and is a member of the Kennel Club, as well as editor of the monthly magazine Practical Reptile Keeping.

Reviews

[Vicki]

It wasn't hard for me to imagine my "precious little purring tabby" as something distantly related to a tiger. Especially after I was watching a video of tigers and heard one hiss.
I didn't even know tigers COULD hiss, but they sure can.
They don't purr though. The largest cat that purrs is the cougar, an animal that wears about 10 different names that mean the same thing: cougar.
At any rate I stopped trying to understand my kitty's inner workings after reading this book.