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Behavioural Consultation and History Taking (view source)
Revision as of 12:58, 9 September 2014
, 12:58, 9 September 2014→History Taking
*Individual cats (origin, development, influential experiences, personality traits, history of sociability with other cats and people, current and past health, current and past drug treatments).
*Individual cats (origin, development, influential experiences, personality traits, history of sociability with other cats and people, current and past health, current and past drug treatments).
*The physical environment (including resource availability and distribution, opportunities to perform normal behaviour and avoidance and escape responses).
*The physical environment (including resource availability and distribution, opportunities to perform normal behaviour and avoidance and escape responses).
*Important changes; for example the introduction of a cat, arrival of a new baby, house move, building work, or a change of owner employment/health.
*The social environment (relationship with other resident cats, people and other animals).
*The social environment (relationship with other resident cats, people and other animals).
*The relationship with the owner.
*The relationship with the owner.
*Detailed description of specific events (including context, triggering events/stimuli, and the individual's response).
*Detailed description of specific events (including context, triggering events/stimuli, and the individual's response).
It is also often helpful to place key information onto a timeline, as this can make it easier to visualise the connnection between events in the cat's life.
Prognosis is considerably affected by owner expectation; it may not be possible to achieve complete harmony between a group of cats, but if this is the only acceptable outcome for an owner then the prognosis will be poor.
Prognosis is considerably affected by owner expectation; it may not be possible to achieve complete harmony between a group of cats, but if this is the only acceptable outcome for an owner then the prognosis will be poor.
Historical information and observation may be supplemented with videos or visits to the animals normal environment.
Historical information and observation may be supplemented with videos or visits to the animals normal environment.