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Keeping myself sane by mountain-biking every morning made me wonder if fellow bikers with cats might fill in my survey. Please?
Who?
A postgrad vet studying for a MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare at Newcastle University.
What?
A short survey of British cat owners:
• aims to investigate the under-researched area of people's understanding* of their cats' behaviour.
How?
• Your help would be greatly appreciated for this important study
• less than 10 minutes to complete!
Where?
• www.surveymonkey.com/r/4catspls
All responses are completely confidential.
A summary of the research findings will be available on request in October.
Thank you!
*How people perceive and care for their cats may be a factor in the development of behavioural issues:
• a problem for the owner and/or a welfare issue for the cat.
Modern lifestyles and changing expectations may put pressure on the human-cat bond leading to more people giving up cats to rescue centres
Done, good luck with the research 🙂
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Here's ours it's unstoppable
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Done - how do I find out the answers! I need a score to verify my (lack of) knowledge of cats!
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Also done.
Done but some of the questions were a bit odd answer wise - I've never, for instance, watched a cat DVD or read a cat book. Yet I'm asked to rate them?
Good luck.
#1stworldproblem
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muddyground - MemberDone but some of the questions were a bit odd answer wise - I've never, for instance, watched a cat DVD or read a cat book. Yet I'm asked to rate them?
It does say to leave the row blank if you haven't used them 🙂
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There's no such thing as too much stroking!
EDIT - if you want I can post a link to the survey on http://www.bengalcatforums.com
Thanks all. Sorry if the "ratings" question wasn't 100% clear. It really needs a N/A box, but I couldn't make it do that. Doh. But I appreciate the feedback as it'll help when I come to pull apart my findings!
Love all the pics!! Yes, please forward it to the Bengal cat forum. Thank you 🙂
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For the results, if you like I can post a summary of them (or a link to the summary) here in October. By which time you'll all have forgotten, but still?
Yes please 🙂
Done, but you missed out the question:
"How do you know when your cat is plotting to kill you?"
a) Twitching tail
b) Hard stares
c) Asleep
d) Your cat is always plotting to kill you.
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Yes, please forward it to the Bengal cat forum. Thank you
Done.
Done. Look forward to seeing the results.
Years of multi choice means I go straight into fast, tick the box, move on mode!
"How do you know when your cat is plotting to kill you?"
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- "Do you think our human is made out of meat?"
"Only one way to find out" -
I provide a home for two Bengal cats, both of whom are pretty well adjusted and extremely friendly - I dislike the use of the term "ownership" to describe it, I feed them, pay for vaccinations, home them and provide the use of a lap, but I certainly don't "own" a cat in the way that I'd "own" a dog by being a pack leader.
There's no such thing as too much stroking!
^this.
One of our Bengals is incredibly affectionate and won't leave me in peace unless I stroke him, often for hours on end. The other is slightly less affectionate, but loves company all the same.
I provide a home for two Bengal cats, both of whom are pretty well adjusted and extremely friendly - I dislike the use of the term "ownership" to describe it, I feed them, pay for vaccinations, home them and provide the use of a lap
You are owned.
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No denying we are their servants. Not sure how "A survey of cat slaves" would be received by the veterinary behaviour journals! Not that this will get in, but there's always hope :D.
Done ,but missed the questions
A. When taking your cat to the vets do you expect to come home covered in blood ?
B. Is it possible for a cat to be %100 a dick ! ?
I've just been trying out a new flash gun for my camera - the first time I have used an external flash in 25 or so years ( and it shows - the pictures aren't technically very good* ), but it shows 10 minutes of living with Bengal cats:
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* Next time, I'll read the instructions and perhaps give Ada and Babbage a bit of prozac.
Done. But where was the 'how many times a day do you clean up cat sick' question...
Boy did I hate doing my masters dissertation!
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Thank you Cranberry, the Bengal cat forum link is working 😀
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Surpised you did not ask how many cats in a household as if more than one you learn more about behaviour.
Some of the questions could be answered in more than one way (realise you have problems creating the form). For example, does a cat have awareness of doing wrong. Was tricky to answer as yes, sometimes they clearly know they are naughty, sometimes they show what best interprets as 'guilt' but it would be easy to interpret from the answer something like 'all cats should know all the time if they have done something wrong and they are fully responsible and should be blamed' or 'If a cat knows the rules beforehand it makes a choice but sometimes it might not understand, so is not choosing to break rules intentionally'. Which box to tick?
You also ask about experience with cats - I have worked with many animal types and find awareness of one sort helps with awareness of others - so I do not have lifelong experience of cats, but consider my self to be fairly on the ball with much of their behaviour. Having more than one really helps human learning about them.
Can you post a reminder on Singletrack when your results are ready for reading as no way will I remember your e-address and the date, but would like to see the results. Thanks.
Done, all answers relate to this lump!
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Thank you all very much for your input. I will be sure to post a summary of the results in October, or before if I manage to finish writing up in time. It's a really interesting exercise so far, but I can't say more as that'd be giving the game away!
Gave up. It kept asking about litter trays. Why the hell would you have an animal crap in your house?
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One of 'Loddriks' cats appears to be rechargeable!
Great to see I'm not the only one who works for a Bengal cat then 😉
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The two Bengals I have met are unlike anything I have ever seen cat wise, maybe a separate questionnaire for them 😉
Done (cattery owner)
Bex - as a cattery owner, could you please take a look at http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/poorly-pets-and-feeling-angry-and-guilty and put the OP's mind at rest ?
Done! Best of luck with the thesis.
Done!