X

Join or Sign In

Sign in to customize your TV listings

Continue with Facebook Continue with email

By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.

Understanding Cats Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

8 Episodes 1995 - 1995

Episode 1

Understanding Your Cat

13 mins

Amazing that we live with cats and dogs yet both so different. The cat's more solitary world bonded by affection, while dog's pack hierarchy works by aggression. The secret to understanding your cat is to realise its design and lifestyle is that of a woodland hunter.

Where to Watch

Episode 2

Choosing Your Cat

13 mins

More people are owning cats, including single parent families, pedigrees, moggies, longhairs and shorthairs. How to choose a kitten, what to look for and what age. How to Introduce your new kitten, or cat, to it's new home.

Where to Watch

Episode 3

Kittens Learning About the World

13 mins

Sex and the single cat. The stages that kittens grow through. Learning for adult life. Playing with prey.

Where to Watch

Episode 4

The Territorial Cat

13 mins

Your cat's own patch, where it goes, it's territory. How cats see us as part of their group. Signposting with scent, chinning, rubbing and spraying, clawing trees and snoozing spots.

Where to Watch

Episode 5

Communicating in Cat

13 mins

Voice and body language - it's reciprocal. Tail and face expressions and their meanings. How and why cats purr - the gentle bond. Play - mutual expression, juvenile behaviour for us too.

Where to Watch

Episode 6

Breaking Bad Habits

13 mins

The key problems and how to tackle them, fouling, spraying, aggression. Confined cats and quality time with a cat gym and toys.

Where to Watch

Episode 7

Cat Care

13 mins

Food in the life of the cat, the whole menu. The very special needs of the cat, high protein grants sleep, gives longevity, but at a high price. The grooming ritual, licking and combing. The elderly cat.

Where to Watch

Episode 8

The Mystery of the Cat

13 mins

The cat and it's behaviour have made it an enigma that has been misunderstood for centuries. Egyptian origins of the cult of the cat. Fertility godeses into witch's familiar. Weather prediction by cats. The never ending interrelationship of woman and cats.

Where to Watch