Age Group:
Adults (18+)Program Description
Event Details
This is a program where patrons can join us via zoom from the comfort of their own home or from the library!
To watch LIVE from home: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kcumhpjkvHdU8FbKpSBbGC7ljS-x3o3V2
Stephen Quandt, Feline Behaviorist, FFCP, most recently with the Animal Care Centers of NYC and also of the ASPCA.org has created a feline behavior webinar for the public that explains cat behavior from the perspective of the evolutionary and adaptive forces that help shape their lives.
This webinar pulls together and interrelates:
Cats' relationship to hunting and resting through the Cycle of Predation that can lead to "drive'by" ankle biting, play aggression, early morning wake up, and food aggression as examples.
Their sense of identity in being a predator or being prey on the Confidence Scale that can lead to similar behaviors, but can also result in fearful cats, victimized cats, fear aggression and redirected aggression.
Their relationship with us as influenced by the Mother/Kitten Relationship that they experienced with their mother cat and that connects them to us through food needs, attention seeking, and their status with their most favored and/or least favored people.
And finally, the relationship between hunger, appetite, metabolism, and exercise to all the above!