| What A Cat Likes | | What A Cat Dislikes |
| A little place inthe sun, near the stove, on the sofa, in the bed, atop the cupboard | | A lonely life without contact, as an abandoned stray or kept in isolation |
| Several times a day, a "chat with its owner or with other cats | | Food that is too cold or too hot or that has gone bad in dirty bowls |
| Eating together with the family, or being given a sample of foods now and then | | Being combed when it has other important plans at the moment, or having matted knots of hair pulled out with force |
| Being brushed and combed gently, but only when the cat is in the mood for it | | Marital disputes, screaming children, barking dogs, car and tractor noise, lowflying planes, noisy New Year's Eve parties, and thunderstorms |
| Quiet voices, friendly and gentle | | People who disregard cats or are afraid of them |
| Visitors who try to win over the cat or bring it a liile something | | Being treated as a decorative piece of furniture |
| Now and then catching a mouse, chasing chickens, startling its owner, annoying birds, playing with paper in little ball or rolls | | Being shooed away from the place where it was sleeping |
| Sleeping undisturbed for hours on end | | Being excluded from parts of the house |
| Doing acrobatics atop tall pieces of furniture or between glasses and vases, climbing curtains, shapening claws on sofa and wallpaper | | Rainy weather, the cold with no chance to get warm |
| | Dandruffy hair, greasy, matted har on its coat, biting ticks, fleas, ear mites |
