Providing enrichment allows your cat to behave like a cat. Join us for our next episode where we discuss easy ways to provide enrichment to your cat in order to stimulate their mind and increase their wellbeing. If you enjoy the episode remember to subscribe to us on YouTube.
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Sources Referenced in this Episode:
The influence of olfactory enrichment on the behaviour of captive black-footed cats (2004). By Wells, D. L., & Egli, J. M. Published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 85(1–2), 107–119.
ABSTRACT LINK: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2003.08.013
The influence of visual stimulation on the behaviour of cats housed in a rescue shelter. (2008). By Ellis, S. L. H., & Wells, D. L. Published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 113(1–3), 166–174.
ABSTRACT LINK: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2007.11.002
Food puzzles for cats: feeding for physical and emotional wellbeing (2016). Dantas, L. M., Delgado, M. M., Johnson, I., & Buffington, C. T. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
ABSTRACT LINK: https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612X16643753
Social interaction, food, scent or toys? A formal assessment of domestic pet and shelter cat preferences (2017). By Vitale Shreve, K. R., Mehrkam, L. R., & Udell, M. A. R. Published in Behavioural Processes.
ABSTRACT LINK: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2017.03.016
Stress, security, and scent: The influence of chemical signals on the social lives of domestic cats and implications for applied settings. (2017). By Vitale Shreve, K. R., & Udell, M. A. R. (2017). Published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 187, 69–76.
ABSTRACT LINK: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2016.11.011
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