Présentation du séminaire web « ce chat est

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Présentation du séminaire web « ce chat est-il sauvage ? »
L'ASPCA a organisé le 19 septembre un “webinar” ou séminaire web à destination des
professionnels des refuges, afin de leur exposer les avancées de leur projet de recherche sur
le comportement des chats arrivant dans un refuge. Voici le lien résumant le séminaire :
http://www.aspcapro.org/webinar/2013-09-19-190000-2013-09-19-200000/cat-feral
Le but de l’étude est de déterminer si un chat apeuré arrivant dans un refuge est un chat
familier aux humains mais très effrayé ou si c’est un chat errant, non familier au contact
humain. Afin de savoir s’il peut-être un candidat à l’adoption ou s’il doit être relâché après
avoir été stérilisé.
L’équipe de recherche est en train de développer une échelle de mesure des
comportements des chats en cage, la plus objective possible, pour discriminer les
comportements de peur des chats familiers VS des chats non familiers aux humains.
Lors de l’étude, les chats ont passé 3 jours en box et l’équipe a testé leurs réactions lors de
plusieurs situations, telles que l’ouverture de la porte, l’approche de la main, etc.
Ils ont listé des comportements spécifiques pour identifier les chats familiers et ont mis en
place leurs évaluations pour vérifier si ces comportements étaient de bons indicateurs.
[Par exemple, le miaulement, le ronronnement, le bâillement, le clignement des yeux,
l’approche, le flairage, le frottement, ...]
Ils voudraient évaluer la constance de leurs tests entre différentes personnes et aimeraient
faire des tests dans plusieurs refuges.
A noter, c’est un projet en cours de développement, l’échelle de mesure des
comportements n’est pas encore validée scientifiquement.
Pour plus d'informations:
http://www.aspcapro.org/resource/spay-neuter-feral-cats/aspca-research-cat-feral
http://www.aspcapro.org/blog/2013/06/27/research-update-so-cat-feral-or-what
Is that Cat
Feral?
Tips and Myths
about Feral Cat
Behavior
© 2013 ASPCA®. All Rights Reserved.
Margaret Slater, DVM, PhD
Senior Director of Veterinary Epidemiology
Shelter Research and Development
ASPCA
The ASPCA research team:
Dr. Katherine Miller, Dr. Laurie Garrison,
Natasha Drain, Dr. Kathleen Makolinski, Dr. Emily Weiss
Poll: Can you tell if this cat is
socialized?
Submit your answer in the poll box on the right.
a) Yes, this cat is socialized.
b) No, this cat is unsocialized.
Topics Today
• What we thought we knew about behaviors to identify
Socialized Cats
• Behaviors or characteristics that don’t do a good job of
predicting socialization level
• Behaviors unique to more socialized cats
• Cat behavior in shelters
• Next steps
The Fear Factor
Feral?
Semi-socialized?
Socialized pet?
How do we tell the difference?
Socialization
Level of fear/comfort with humans:
Least Socialized
extremely frightened of
humans and
unaccustomed to their
close proximity
Most Socialized
extremely accustomed to
interacting with humans
and very comfortable with
them
NOT adoptability or aggression
HOW DID WE ELICIT BEHAVIORS
FROM CATS?
Four Observation Periods
Day 1
AM
Intake
Day 2
PM
AM
Day 3
PM
AM
Four Interactions/Assessments In a Cage
Four Assessments
• Greet & extend hand to cat,
cage condition
• Crack cage door open
• Jiggle string toy at front
• Stroke and push with a rod
Crack Cage Door Video
Stroke/Push with Rod Video
What are some specific cat
behaviors you or your organization
use to identify socialized cats?
Type them into chat.
What we THOUGHT was
important
Vocalization:
Meow/purr vs. hiss/growl
Aggression:
Paw raise, swat, lunge
Cage messiness:
Litter box dumped, torn up
bedding
Licking lips or nose:
Social behavior
Blinking with eye contact:
Social behavior
Example: Stroke/Push with Rod
Percentage of cats who meow/purr
30
25
20
less socialized
15
more socialized
10
5
0
pm 1
am 2
pm 2
am 3
Example: Stroke/Push with Rod
Percentage of cats who growl/hiss
18
16
14
12
10
less socialized
more socialized
8
6
4
2
0
pm 1
am 2
pm 2
am 3
What we THOUGHT was
important
Stretch:
Social behavior
Approach toward front of
cage:
Social behavior
Sniff:
Affiliative behavior
Stiffen/flinch with touch
with rod:
Less socialized behavior
Example: Greeting
Percentage of cats who blink with eye contact
9
8
7
6
5
less socialized
more socialized
4
3
2
1
0
pm 1
am 2
pm 2
am 3
WHAT DO ONLY SOCIALIZED CATS
DO?
Obvious Ones:
if do once = socialized
•
•
•
•
•
Chirp
Rub
Knead
Touch
Play
• At the front of the cage
• Tail up in the air
Touching…
Percentage of more socialized cats who touch
30
Greet
Crack door
25
Interactive toy
During stroking with rod
20
During push with rod
15
10
During push with rod
During stroking with rod
Interactive toy
Crack door
Greet
5
0
pm 1
am 2
pm 2
am 3
Less Obvious:
need to do 4 or more = socialized
• Yawn
• Groom/shake
• Approach toward front of cage
• Sniff
• Roll
• Reach
• Standing or still moving around in the cage
Most Common Assessments for
Rolling
Percentage of more socialized cats who roll
6
5
4
3
Greet
Crack door
2
1
Crack door
0
pm 1
Greet
am 2
pm 2
am 3
Example: Stroke with Rod
Percentage of cats who sniff
60
50
40
less socialized
30
more socialized
20
10
0
pm 1
am 2
pm 2
am 3
Example: Crack Door
Percentage of cats who yawn
9
8
7
6
5
less socialized
more socialized
4
3
2
1
0
pm 1
am 2
pm 2
am 3
BUT:
• Not all socialized cats did these behaviors
Didn’t do every time period
more than ½ did NOT do on first day
Didn’t do in all assessments
• Probably won’t see if shy or not very demonstrative or
“needy”
Poll: Which of these less
obvious behaviors did you find
most interesting or surprising?
Submit your answer in the poll box on the right.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
Yawn
Groom/shake
Approach toward front of cage
Sniff
Roll
Reach
Standing or still moving around in the cage
SOME OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS
WE LEARNED
Next Steps
• Evaluate the consistency of
different people for in-cage
measures
• Put together a training
package
• Test in several shelters
• Revise
• Share on ASPCApro.org
Welfare Implications
Cats eat during the night in the dark and quiet
Cats use their litter boxes then too
Percent of cats who ate during the night
100
90
80
70
60
50
more socialized
40
less socialized
30
20
less socialized
10
0
more socialized
am 2
am 3
Bed and Shelf
Soft Bed and Shelf
or Kuranda Bed Used
100
On shelf during Crack Door
90
80
70
60
less socialized
50
more socialized
40
30
20
10
0
pm 1
am 2
pm 2
am 3
What was the most important
thing you heard about in this
webinar?
Type your answers into chat please!
Upcoming ASPCApro Webinars
aspcapro.org/webinars
• Fast Tracking to Save Lives (Oct. 8)
• Saving Lives with Animal Relocation (Oct. 29)
• Successful Financial Management for Nonprofits (Oct. 30)
• Beyond the Box: Closing After‐hours Drop Boxes (Nov. 14)
• Parvo 101 (Dec. 5)

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