Sentences with phrase «as normal cat behavior»

Not exact matches

Licking and grooming behaviors are called allogrooming and they are observed as normal interaction between cats living in groups.

Scratching is a normal feline behavior that serves as a communication tool between cats.

Here is a list of changes in a cat's normal patterns or behaviors, as well as abnormal behaviors, that can indicate that there is pain or sickness.5, 6,7,8,9 The important word here is changes:

Additionally, many of the behaviors cat parents view as unwanted, such as furniture scratching, are normal, natural behaviors.

As discussed earlier, many cat owners consider chronic vomiting to be normal behavior and are not likely to mention it without prompting.

Those of us who work professionally to help people solve behavior problems in their cats would be more likely to say the latter — I am careful in my own descriptions of behaviors as undesirable as opposed to inappropriate — because most of those «problem» behaviors are normal responses to an unsuitable (or perhaps even inappropriate!)

If this behavior happens out in a free - range environment with intact cats, or if we see it on a nature program, it's something we understand as normal animal behavior.

I accept that all cats have different needs than I do - and those needs include mental and physical stimulation (such as vertical space and play with interactive toys), appropriate outlets for normal feline behaviors (such as multiple litter boxes and scratching posts) and positive interactions with people (but as research has shown, in order to be positive, the interaction almost always needs to happen on the cat's terms).

It is important as with other behaviors to be familiar with what is normal for your cat.

Providing a scratching post is essential for cats, as it's a normal behavior for marking territory and stretching.

Scratching is a normal behavior which is why owners train their cats to scratch acceptable surfaces such as a scratching post.

Tree furniture usually also has bark or carpet material for your cat to scratch up — another must - have as an outlet to express their normal behavior!

While it is normal for cats to scratch things (to mark territory as well as to condition their claws) this behavior can destroy the bond between an owner and pet cat.