Cats' Corner
While we are the Center for CANINE Behavior Studies, we do have considerable interests in cats too, and intend to post articles and links about felines here.
Over half of American families own a pet and many have both a dog and a cat. Thus, we think it will be helpful to our cat guardian members to have access to feline information.
We intend to focus on pressing issues about cats, such as inhumane declawing, plus issues such as cat aggression, fearful behaviors, compulsions (like psychogenic alopecia and wool sucking), house soiling and urine marking (which is different from simple house soiling) and feline Alzheimer’s disease.
A dream come true would be sufficient funding to found a Center for FELINE Behavioral Studies, but in the interim we will start by making cat information available now. Cat’s Corner will grow in time, so if you have a cat in your life watch this space for posts.
Welcome to our new venture, which we hope will grow and flourish. Sit, read, and enjoy.
Media
Below, you will find a variety of media on cats. We will include videos, articles, podcast, and more. Keep an eye out for new content!
FELINE LITTERBOX AVERSION
August 2019
Feline inappropriate elimination made up 56% of feline cases at Cornell University’s Animal Behavior Clinic between 1991 and 2001, and it appears to be the most frequent type of feline behavior problem...
FELINE COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR
July 2019
The most common compulsive behaviors exhibited by cats include wool sucking or fabric eating, over-grooming/hair-barbering or hair-pulling behavior (psychogenic alopecia), and possibly feline hyperesthesia. By far oral behaviors such as...
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR & AGGRESSION
July 2019
Cats are generally solitary animals that only come together during courtship and mating or in the situation of a mother with kittens. That said, it is quite possible for cats to develop strong bonds with each other and people...
DECLAWING
June 2019
I recently did an interview about declawing cats – a practice I have stood against for many years. As far back as 1997, I was on ABC’s 20/20 discussing alternatives to declawing and subsequently become a member of The Paw Project. The Paw Project first fought against declawing of big cats (tigers, lions, etc....
