Case description for a cat behavior consultation
© Dr Joel Dehasse, 1999 - URL address: www.geocities.com/joeldehasse/
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Date of 1st
consultation: ......../......../........
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Veterinarian's stamp
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Owner's name:
Cat's name:
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Sex:
M
Spayed
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Reason for the consultation (RC):
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Has the cat been given medication
(for the above reason or for
another) at any time over
the past
12 months:
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Name of the drug
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Dose mg/kg/d
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Start date *
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End date *
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If unknown, treatment duration
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The cat's environment
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Does the cat live:
in a flat
in a house
(if the cat lives in a house):
does he/she go outside?
yes
no
Other cats and animals:
The cat lives alone
the
cat lives with......... other cats
the
cat lives with........... dogs
The cat lives with
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Case
history
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When did the problems start:
Can the owner identify anything
that started off these problems?
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Have further examinations already
been conducted on the cat (to investigate an organic cause)?
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Type
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Results
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Principal behavioural and physical signs on D0 (please put a cross on
the signs presented by the cat)
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BEHAVIOUR
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Feeding
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normal appetite
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extremely capricious
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hyperphagia
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dysorexia
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hyporexia-anorexia
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Drinking
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normal drinking
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drinks little
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drinks little and often
(documented
= no organic cause)
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Auto-stimulatory
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normal toilet-related
behaviour
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degraded toilet-related
behaviour
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licking, nibbling
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onychophagia (substitutive
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stereotyped licking/nibbling
activity)
(this
behaviour only stopped by the intervention of another party)
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Sleeping
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normal (or no change)
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hypersomnia (over 18 h?)
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hyposomnia (less than 10 h)
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wakes up in the night
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insomnia
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Exploratory
and territorial
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normal
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diminished
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significant reduction in the
cat's
territorial zone
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total indifference
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watchful-hypervigilant
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avoidance, frequently flees
lack of initiative
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increased (continuous
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obsessions (territorial
invasion, particularly of a fellow cat)
exploration - motion)
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Eliminatory behaviour
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normal
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urinates out of the litterbox
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defecates out of the litter box
if any sign please precise :
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systematically
frequency
/week : ..............................................
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Marking
Facial
marking and/or allomarking
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normal
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increased
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diminished
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absent
Urinary marking
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complete sequence
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instrumental/stereotyped (and
very frequent)
(=disappearance
of the Flehmen phase)
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Aggression
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no aggression sequence
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fear-related aggression
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predatory aggression
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irritability
(when
the cat cannot flee)
(on small animals,
(triggered by frustration, pain
owner's
legs, etc.)
restraint, handling
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bites when stroked (the aggression sequences only occur when the cat
is petted)
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territorial aggression (problems related to living with other cats or
animals)
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other type (give
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Physical
examination
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normal
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tachycardia
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bradycardia (pulse rate:
...-N=160-240)
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diarrhoea, frequent colitis
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frequent vomiting
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ptyalism
(intermittent or chronic)
(> 1/week)
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acral lick granuloma
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alopecia in specific areas
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extensive alopecia
(fur
growing back)
(fur
growing back)
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alopecia in specific areas
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extensive alopecia
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obesity
(fur not growing back)
(fur not growing
back)
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Self-control
- mood regulation
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stays excited (>15') after
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no self-control
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hyperactivity
the stimulus has
disappeared
(scratches,
bites when playing)
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stereotyped vocalisation
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turns on itself or tail
chasing
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other type of stereotypy :
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pacing
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rolling skin
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Attachment/interaction
with owners
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normal (no change in
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detachment - avoids
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will not be held on knees or
in arms
interactions with its
its owners
owners
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hyperattachment
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Other signs not mentioned
above or any precision you would like to add :
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If the symptoms appear in a specific
chronological order, can you list this order:
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The cat's previous development, if known:
(how it was raised, age when separated from its
mother, age when adopted, etc.)
DIAGNOSIS (if possible)
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TREATMENT
(D0)
Behavioural modification associated
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yes
no
Regardless of when the behavioural
modification was started or modified, please describe it in a few lines:
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