Sentences with phrase «feline behaviour»

So please book an appointment with any of our nursing team who will be able to go through all aspects of feline behaviour and basic health.

Since most feline behaviour is rooted in logic, there are many reasons that could explain why our cats love to scratch things.

In some parts of the world the majority of cats are kept indoors, but this way of keeping cats can bring its own problems, such as distress associated with frustration of confinement and lack of opportunity to express normal feline behaviours.

The Advanced Certificate in Feline Behaviour, for vets and vet nurses / technicians, aims to help veterinary professionals reduce feline stress during visits to the veterinary clinic, incorporate behaviour into their welfare assessment of cats and effectively educate their clients on how best to meet their cats» behavioural needs.

From feline behaviour to neutering, moving home to helping Cats Protection, our Essential Guides cover the need - to - know topics surrounding cats, cat care and Cats Protection.

Please download the self - recording card after completion of Cat's Protection's free CPD opportunities - Understanding Feline Origins (UFO) our free online feline behaviour course or watching A guide to pre-pubertal neutering - our veterinary earlier neutering video.

The other masterclass options are «Feline infectious diseases» with Danièlle Gunn - Moore and «Problem solving for feline behaviour disorders» with Xavier Manteca.

According to Canine and Feline Behaviour Association, «Chewing, for a dog, is like a human opening a door and looking into a room.

While the college acknowledged there may be medical issues that may necessitate partial or full digit amputation, it says elective declawing, also known as onychectomy, is not an appropriate means of dealing with feline behaviour issues like scratching furniture.

Declawing is an extreme approach to dealing with a common feline behaviour.

Urination is a very natural and necessary behaviour for cats as it is for humans, but, according to the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors analysis of feline behaviour problems, 55 % of cases in 2012 were due to urination on vertical and horizontal surfaces.

EXCESSIVE VOCALIZATION Meowing is a completely normal feline behaviour, but some owners are disturbed when their cats» vocalizations become loud or prolonged, and especially when they disturb the owner from sleep!

Sarah Ellis, co-editor of the guide and Feline Behaviour Specialist at International Cat Care said: «Most of us are well aware that cats can be negatively affected by the veterinary clinic and other confined environments.

The guide, entitled, Feline Stress and Health: Managing Negative Emotions to Improve Feline Health and Wellbeing, is the collaboration of a number of leading authors in feline behaviour, veterinary medicine and welfare, and has been kindly supported by Ceva.

This course aims to provide individuals with the knowledge and skills in many areas of feline behaviour to ensure they can develop mutually beneficial relationships with cats, provide the best environment for the cats in their care and meet their behavioural needs.

Scratching is a normal feline behaviour — owners are therefore responsible for providing suitable items for normal scratching behaviour such as scratching posts, cardboard boxes etc. and reward good scratching behaviour with positive reinforcement

Often by achieving a better understanding of canine and feline behaviour, and how pets learn, you will be able to better understand how to manage the problem.

Understanding basic feline behaviour and being able to educate clients about feline behaviour (why they get stressed, how to meet their physical and emotional needs in the home environment) is an important starting point.

The course for cat owners and those living or working with cats in a non-veterinary profession (for example, owners, cat sitters, those running boarding catteries, breeders, those working in homing centres and welfare organisations) is the iCatCare Certificate in Feline Behaviour.

Dr Sarah Ellis, iCatCare's Feline Behaviour Specialist, said: «We are very excited to be able to offer these courses, which have been written by a multi-disciplinary team of recognised experts.

Strangely enough, I didn't grow up with cats as my mother disliked some aspects of feline behaviour.

Feline neurology and feline behaviour will be the themes of the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) Veterinary Congress in Riga, Latvia (June 18 - 22) sponsored by Hill's Pet Nutrition, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Ceva, Merial, Novartis and Virbac.