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→Potential Causes of Emotional Problems
Potential causes of feline fears, phobias and anxiety-related problems include:
Potential causes of feline fears, phobias and anxiety-related problems include:
* A lack of appropriate socialisation and habituation
* A lack of appropriate socialisation and habituation
* Genetic influence on timidity
* Traumatic experiences
* Genetic influence on temperament (shyness/boldness)
* Old age - loss of competence and an increase in general fearfulness in geriatric cats is well recognised
* Old age - loss of competence and an increase in general fearfulness in geriatric cats is well recognised
* Unintentional owner reinforcement of fearful responses
* Unintentional owner reinforcement of fearful responses