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|title = Feline Compulsive Disorders

|title = Feline Compulsive Disorders

|categories =[[Feline Problem Behaviour]]

|categories =[[Feline Problem Behaviour]]

|text = Feline compulsive behaviours are generally associated with '''repetitious''' or '''exaggerated self-maintenance behaviour''' such as grooming, sucking or self-mutilation. The character of the more commonly presented feline compulsive disorders appears slightly different from those in the dog and reflects the way in which the underlying motivation of arousal and anxiety reduction thought to be common in all compulsion, is expressed in behaviour that is specific to the species or breed. Apart from these common compulsive disorders, cats may develop compulsive behaviour that originates in a range of other activities. For example, light spot or shadow chasing, psychogenic polydipsia or polyphagia.  

|text = Compulsive disorders involve repetitious, ritualised behaviours that are out of context and serve no function. In cats, the commonest forms of compulsive disorder relate to grooming, but tail chasing, light and shadow and the consumption of non-food items (pica) chasing are also seen. In humans, repetitive behaviours are associated with a wide range of neurological and mental health problems, and the former classification of compulsive disorders has changed to take into account the specific aetiology associated with certain conditions. For example, trichotillomania in humans is now considered a form of impulse control disorder (a body-focussed repetitive disorder), rather than a classical compulsive disorder. It is likely that, with further knowledge, conditions currently described together as compulsive disorders in animals will be found to have a diverse aetiology. Feline hyperaesthesia syndrome is an existing example of this; formerly it was considered a compulsive disorder, and although it's aetiology not fully understood it is now not considered to be a compulsive disorder. It is included in this section for convenience.  

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:[[Feline Compulsive Disorders - Overview|Overview of Feline Compulsive Disorders]]

:[[Feline Compulsive Disorders - Overview|Overview of Feline Compulsive Disorders]]

[[Category:JBowen reviewing]]

[[Category:JBowen reviewed]]

[[Category:Feline Compulsive Disorders]]

[[Category:Feline Compulsive Disorders]]

[[Category:Feline Problem Behaviour]]

[[Category:Feline Problem Behaviour]]