Cat Behavior 101
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Understanding Cat Behavior
Cat Behavior 101
Cat Behavior - Litter Box Problems
Cat Behavior - Aggression Towards People
Cat Behavior - Destruction of Furniture
Cat Behavior - Nocturnal Activity
Cat Behavior - Inter-Cat Aggression
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How to Care for a Newly Adopted Cat
Understanding Cat Behavior
Shelter Cat Adoption Secrets
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Pick The Right Vet For Your Pet
Handling Local Feral Cats
How to Have your Pet Spayed or Neutered
Post-Op Care For Spayed or Neutered Pet
How to Have Your Pet Spayed or Neutered
Spay and Neuter Information
Why You Should Have Your Pets Spayed or Neutered
Where to Spay or Neuter Your Pet
How to Care for Your Spayed or Neutered Pet
Spay and Neuter Care - Picking Up Your Pet From the Clinic
Spay or Neuter Care - The First Week After Surgery
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Kat Miller: Hi! I am Dr. Kat Miller of the ASPCA. Today we are talking about cat behavior.
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Kat Miller: Hi! I am Dr. Kat Miller of the ASPCA. Today we are talking about cat behavior. Now I am going to talk about very basics of cat behavior. Did you know that cats retain a lot of the natural behaviors, that their wild counterpart show. So when you bring a new cat into your home, it's less about training the cat, than it is about adjusting your own environment, your own behavior, and a situation to match the cat's natural behaviors.
Kitten start out more active and playful, and generally mellow as they get older. Usually around two years of age you start to see a behavior change as they get older. Prevention is often the best medicine when it comes to behavior problems. Set up your environment for your cat in a way that makes it easy for them to succeed, reward the behaviors that you like to see, ignore the once that you don't, and have realistic expectations for your cat.
Coming up next, we'll be talking about litter box problems. How to prevent and solve them.
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