ASPCA: Common Cat Behavior Issues

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has extremely detailed information on the following issues:

• Aggression between cats in your household
• Aggression in cats
• ​Destructive Scratching
• ​Litter Box Problems
• ​Meowing and Yowling
• Older Cats with Behavior Problems
• ​Urine Marking​​

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GETTING ​STARTED

• Bringing a New Cat Home
​• Cat Behavior Problems: Prevention
• General Care Recommendations
• Stop Dogs from Chasing Cats
• How to Stop Cats from Fighting
• Introducing a New Cat
• Solutions to Cat-Related Issues
​• Successfully Introducing Cats to Dogs
​• Cat Enrichment
• Cattery & Catio Info
• Enrichment Ideas for Cats
• Walking a Cat
• Why Cats Meow
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HEALTH & CARE

• Keeping Your Cat Healthy
• Signs of a Healthy Cat
• Declawing
• Hair Loss
• Cat Safety
• Fatty Liver Disease
• Feeding your Cat
• FIP [Feline Infectious Peritonitis]
• FeLV FAQs [Feline Leukemia]
• FIV & FeLV FAQs
• FIV in Cats
• How to Give a Cat a Pill
• Kidney Disease in Cats
• Managing Upper Respiratory Infections
• Reasons to Spay and Neuter
• Stomatitis in Cats

BEHAVIOR

​• Aggression in Cats Toward People
• Cat on Cat Aggression
• Cat Behavior Modification
• Cat Crate Training
• Litter Box Avoidance
• Cats Afraid of Noise
• Cats Afraid of Other Pets
• Cats Afraid of Strangers
• Cats Afraid of Sudden Movement
• Cats Spraying in House
• Clicker Training
• Kittens Playing too Rough
• Socializing Shy Cats 

Local Training Resources

If you need hands on attention, we recommend contacting Pawsitive Pet Behavior. 

"Feline behavior consultations and training are available. Whether you are interested in basic training of foundation behaviors such as coming when called, stay or wait or introducing a new pet to your home, we can help!

We also consult on behavioral issues such as inappropriate elimination, aggression with people or other animals, aggressive play, fear or furniture scratching."

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