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| ==Prevention== | | ==Prevention== |
− | * Provide indoor cats with a wide range of environmental enrichments: activity feeders, opportunities to hide and climb, and opportunities to play. | + | * Cats should be habituated to a wide range of normal domestic social and environmental stimuli (including sounds) during the sensitive period. |
− | * Provide indoor-outdoor access: to a garden enclosure if freedom must be curtailed for some reason. | + | * Indoor cats should be provided with a wide range of environmental enrichments: activity feeders, opportunities to hide and climb, and opportunities to play. |
− | * Continually change toys and add novelty to the environment to prevent boredom. | + | * Wherever possible, cats should be provided with outdoor access; this can include the use of a large outdoor enclosure, if there are concerns about safety. |
− | * Do not reinforce attention-seeking behaviour.
| + | * The cat should be given free access to food, water, latrine locations, a choice of resting locations, toys and environmental enrichments. |
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| ==Diagnosis== | | ==Diagnosis== |