Episode 86 – Behaviour Signs and Neurotransmitters

When I first started out in Veterinary Behaviour Medicine, knowing which Behaviour Medication to choose for any given patients was a real struggle. I didn’t really know what to base my choices on, often reached for the same medication over and over again without really knowing why and just hoping that I’d made the right decision.

Sound familiar?

As I progressed through my residency, I started to understand how behavioural signs are correlated with neurotransmitters in the brain and how to make really smear medication choices to affect these neurotransmitter levels.

In this episode I chat through exactly this and give some examples of how to start thinking about which medications to choose according to the signs the patient is showing.

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Episode 85 – Setting Up a Behaviour Service with RVN Nikki McLeod

Veterinary Nurses are INVALUABLE when it comes to promoting Behavioural Health within Veterinary Practices.

In this episode, I chat to RVN, Nikki McLeod about her current exciting journey of setting up a Behaviour Service within the practice she works in, what her challenges have been, what her wins have been and what she has learned along the way!

This is such a great episode for vets and veterinary nurses around the world to gather top tips and inspiration on how they can utilise their skills and their teams to start integrating Behaviour Medicine into their everyday practices.

Nikki is such an inspiration, and I wish her every success with the set-up of this much-needed service!

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Episode 84 – Assessing and Managing Inter-Cat Tension & Aggression Cases

This week, I saw a 2-cat, a 4-cat and an 8-cat home, all with diagnoses of inter-cat tension or inter-cat aggression.

These cases can be really complex to work up and understanding the fine nuances of cat-cat sociability can be really challenging.

In this episode, I share the things I think about and the questions I ask when I go into a multi-cat home with inter-cat tension or aggression.

You’ll hear me talk about severity of behaviour, covert and overt feline aggressive behaviours, how to discern play from hostile behaviours, why it is important to assess everyone in the home including the cats not obviously involved in aggressive events and some mistakes that caregivers commonly make when they are living with cats who are fighting.

Have a listen also to episodes 18 and 48 of this podcast to learn more about resources and the 5 Pillars of a Health Feline Environment, both of which are so important when it comes to inter-cat tension.

Here is the link to the 2024 AAFP Inter-Cat Tension Guidelines:

Rodan, I., Ramos, D., Carney, H., DePorter, T., Horwitz, D. F., Mills, D., & Vitale, K. (2024). 2024 AAFP intercat tension guidelines: recognition, prevention and management. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 26(7), 1098612X241263465.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1098612X241263465

And, if you want to find out more about Feline Behaviour, Body Language, Communication, Social Relationships and more, then check out my amazing course:

LEARN TO SPEAK CAT – suitable for professionals and caregivers alike!

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