Sentences with phrase «house cats lack»

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Most house cats actually lack a fair bit of activity and enrichment in their lives.

Cats can also show signs of depression by sleeping more than usual, being less active, hiding, exhibiting a lack of appetite, failing to groom, exhibiting signs of aggression, and roaming around the house being more vocal than usual.

If your shelter lacks a separate space, you can house guinea pigs in the cat room, but set up your caging so they do not have to face cats.

The response from the public with regard to the lack of crowding has been very positive, and our volunteer retention for cat volunteers has improved with the improved housing conditions for the cats.

However, the government is currently unable to stop trucks carrying large numbers of dogs and cats as there is no suitable space or shelter to house rescued animals, and Vietnamese veterinarians lack the skills to administer vaccines or humanely euthanize an animal, if necessary.

The aging cat may demonstrate behavioral changes, including lapses in house training, lethargy, increased and changes in sleeping pattern, night time restlessness, increased anxiety, and inability to cope with environmental changes, lack of attention to grooming, decreased tolerance to cold, finicky eating habits, and becoming more sweet tempered (on the other hand some become more cranky or grumpy!).

It is important to differentiate incontinence (involuntary urine leakage) from behavioral urinary issues (submissive urination), simple lack of house training, territorial marking of anxious cats or of unneutered males, or the senile loss of house - training from canine cognitive dysfunction.

Some have been trapped by local animal control jurisdictions, some have been surrendered to local shelters by their owners but are considered unadoptable as «house cats» due to lack of socialization (often times from hoarding situations where there were too many cats to socialize and care for).

Perhaps the most common instigator for families leaving their cats or other pets behind after a foreclosure is a lack of appropriate housing options.

Due to their lack of socialization and fearful reactions to human contact, longtime feral cats can not be adopted out or forced to be house cats.

Other cat «producers» may be hoarders, or backyard breeders, but the welfare risks in all instances are essentially the same: malnourishment, cramped and filthy housing, injuries and illnesses left untreated, and a critical lack of positive socialisation with humans and other animals.

While they may be a bit smaller than your average house cat, what these «dwarf» Island foxes lack in stature, they make up for in resilience.