This Mini Series is suitable for both vets and vet nurses.

• Join Clare Wilson MA VetMB CCAB MRCVS PGDipCABC for three 2-hour online sessions and make life easier for you and your feline patients!
• Comprehensive notes to downloaded
• Self-assessment quizzes to ‘release’ your 8 hours CPD certification (don’t worry, you can take them more than once if you don’t quite hit the mark first time)
• A whole year’s access to recorded sessions for reviewing key points
• Superb value for money – learn without travelling
• Watch the recordings on your iPad!
• This Mini Series was originally broadcast live in June 2016.

Programme

Feline Ethology and Behavioural Development

• The history of domestication of the cat as an underlying basis for understanding behaviour of the modern domestic feline
• Understanding normal cat behaviour and how this can conflict with the domestic environment
• Behavioural development including the critical and sensitive periods
• Social behaviour and communication
• Genetic influences on normal behaviour

Environmental and Social Influences on Feline Behaviour

• Feline Friendly practice.  Focusing on applying the knowledge of normal feline behaviour to the context of general practice so as to reduce stress for patients and staff
• Causes of stress in felines
• Visits to the surgery
• Hospitalisation
• Handling
• Preventative advice
• Housesoiling

Medical Influences on Feline Behaviour

• Important medical issues that can present with behavioural signs
• Focus on Feline Idiopathic Cystitis and Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome
• Conditions to consider prior to making a behavioural referral and the importance of the vet-behaviourist relationship
• Case study of a housesoiling case to illustrate medical issues affecting behaviour
• Some brief notes on the role of behaviour in obesity and pain in the delegate handout