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19 Cards in this Set
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Cats respond to anxiety by |
Spraying Inappropriate toileting Withdrawal e.g. hiding Abnormal repetitive behaviours Stress-related illnesses - feline idiopathic cystitis |
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Diagnosis and treatment for house soiling |
Rule out influential medical factors |
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Inappropriate elimination |
Occurs in same location and on same substrate if nothing in the environment changes
Toileting habits change if location or substrate are no longer desirable or safe, location associated with pain (e.g. cystitis or constipation), pain deters cat from using normal location (e.g. arthritis) or if disease processes alter frequency of elimination |
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FIRST course of treatment for inappropriate elimination |
Rule out medical issues
Identify reason cat is no longer using its normal toilet area - environmental or behavioural modification to address this
Inappropriately soiled areas cleaned with biological (enzymatic) agent and surgical spirit
Pheromonatherapy - feliway - only used near litter tray as it increases cat's feeling of security there, so not in inappropriate area, encourages cat to return to toilet in future |
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How to distinguish inappropriate elimination from spraying or middening? |
Location
Spraying and middening are marking behaviours |
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Spraying in core area |
Cats are leaving scent message to themselves to be wary in that part of their territory |
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Treating marking behaviour (spray or scratching) |
Source of threat must be addressed; e.g. behavioural or environmental modification
Soiled areas cleaned
Pheromonatherapy - in soiled area to increase cat's security there |
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Abnormal repetitive behaviours |
Hyperaesthesia
Psychogenic alopecia, overgrooming
Self mutilation
Pica - appetite for things that are non-nutritive
Wool-sucking |
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Treatment for ARBs |
Best to refer to behaviourist once medical differentials have been ruled out as they are complex behaviours |
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Fear manifestation |
Fight or flight
Freezing
WIthdrawal - social and physical
Anal sac release
Trembling, piloerection, pupil dilation
Distress, learned helplessness |
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Anxiety manifestation |
Avoidance of stimuli
Reluctance to eat, play or take part in normal activities
Displacement activities - pacing, digging, self-mutilation
Trembling, pupil dilation
Bladder dysfunction
Fearful reaction, distress, panic, learned helplessness |
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Causes |
Inappropriate socialisation or habituation
Timidity - genetic
Traumatic experience
Anticipation of unpleasant experience
Old age
Inadvertent owner reinforcement of fearful responses |
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Clinical signs |
Noise sensitivity
Separation anxiety
Spraying/inappropriate toileting
Defensive aggression
Fighting with multicat household
Pica
Over grooming |
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Owner interaction |
Short and frequent - work within cat's limits |
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Environmental causes of urination problems |
Change in litter type or depth
Cleanliness
Position of tray
Change in preference |
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Social causes |
Number of trays
Sibling rivalries
General anxiety |
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Clinical causes |
CYstitis
Pain
Irritation of pads
Learned association |
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Middening causes |
Litter change
Not cleaned enough
Found better substrate
Post illness
Anxiety |
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Prevention |
Robust kittens
Appropriate socialisation
Genetics
Owner awareness
Cats need to feel in control |
