Changes

*Access security: e.g. insecure cat floor, security coded cat door.

*Access security: e.g. insecure cat floor, security coded cat door.

The preference is for free access  

The preference is for free access through a secure, coded cat door that does not permit non-residet cats to enter the home. Free access is important cats, as it enables them to scent mark and avoid contact with other neighbourhood cats with which they may share space.

Information about access to the outdoors also plays a vital part of a feline behavioural consultation. The main question is whether the cat has any outdoor access at all, then to what extent and whether it can control its own access. The questions asked should be similar to: Can the cats go outdoors? Does the owner have to let them in and out? Is there a cat flap? If so, is it open at all times? Is it an electronic/magnetic coded one? Do the cats have other ways in and out of the house [windows etc]? Are any of the cats reluctant to go out? Is there a reason the owner is aware of why they won’t go out? Do any of the cats go to the toilet in the garden?

More detailed information is then obtained depending on the main problem:

More detailed information is then obtained depending on the main problem: