[header] How to understand a cat [title] Figure out your cat's story. [step] Is he a stray? Did you breed him yourself? Where did you get him? Find what your cat's life was like before you received him. You can ask the previous owner, the doctor, or the people who work at the animal shelter. 
[title] See if you can guess what it was like to be him. [step] If he was a stray, try to imagine how lonely and terrifying it must have been.