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• Cat - Destructive Behaviours - Chewing and Fabric Sucking

  During exploration and play, kittens (and some adult cats), will chew on a variety of objects. Not only can this lead to damage or destruction of your possessions, but some chewing can be dangerous to your cat.

• Cat - Diagnosing and Treating Aggression

  Aggression can be a serious and dangerous behaviour problem for cat owners. There are many different motivations for aggression and making a diagnosis, determining the prognosis (the chances of safe and effective correction) and developing an appropriate treatment plan are usually best handled by a veterinary behaviourist or feline behaviour specialist (with appropriate qualifications).

• Cat - Establishing a Multi-Cat Household (Introducing a New Cat)

  Cats are sociable creatures but they do not need to live in groups, like people, dogs and horses do. This means that the selection of potential housemates is very important in order to maximise the chance that they will appreciate each other's company and live happily together.

• Cat - Excessive Nocturnal Activity

  Some cats are active at night or awake very early in the morning. Since many owners are out at work or school during the day the cat may spend the daytime hours in rest and relaxation,…

• Cat - Fear of People, other Animals and Places

  There are many reasons why your cat develops fears, for example there may have been limited exposure to people and other animals when your cat was young. Socialisation is an important aspect…

• Cat - House Training: Using the Litter Tray

  Most kittens do not need to be actively trained to use a litter tray with an appropriate and appealing substrate. At about 30-36 days of age kittens leave the nest and their movement…

• Cat - House-Soiling - Inappropriate Elimination

  Feline inappropriate elimination is one of the most common behavioural complaints of cat owners and can involve either urine and/or faeces deposited outside of the litter tray. Marking…

• Cat - Inappropriate Play

  Although play is usually considered in connection with kittens, adult cats will also indulge in playful behaviours. In some cases, play can include a number of components of the cat's…

• Cat - Keeping an Indoor Cat Happy

  For many people the thought of keeping a cat totally indoors seems to fly in the face of everything that the species stands for and certainly there is a lot to be said for cats having the…

• Cat - Male Neutering

  Most male animals that are kept for companionship, work, or food production (horses, dogs, cats, bulls and boars) are neutered unless they are intended to be used as breeding stock. This is a…