What Cats Want: An Illustrated Guide for Truly Understanding Your Cat

From the top feline doctor in Japan comes a fun, practical, adorably illustrated “cat-to-human” translation guide to decoding your cat’s feelings.

Ever wondered if your cat actually enjoys it when you pet her, or if she’s just tolerating you because you’ll feed her later? What she is thinking when she pounces for a fluffy toy on a string? Why she absolutely must squish herself into any box, drawer, or seemingly too-small space? The answers to these questions—and more—can be uncovered in this absolutely essential book about how to read your cat’s feelings, written by a top feline expert. This “cat-to-human” translation guide is super-fun and packed to the brim with helpful knowledge for cat owners.

With revealing insights and appealing illustrations, What Cats Want provides a much-desired glimpse into the minds of our most mysterious pets.

About the Author

Yuki Hattori is the head clinician and founder of the Tokyo Feline Medical Center. He became the director of SyuSyu CAT Clinic in 2005 before working in a cat specialist hospital in Texas, in 2006. The former director of the JSFM Cat Medical Society, he has been involved in specialized medical care for cats for 12 years. He lives in Japan.