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Cat Behaviour Problems - Professional Help from Clinical Animal Behaviourists

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We understand how distressing cat behaviour problems can be for owners. Cats are sensitive animals who can become easily stressed by changes in their home and/or local neighbourhood environment, and this can have a knock-on effect for the whole household.

Feeling stressed is a common contributing factor for the display of feline behaviour problems. From aggression to toileting in the home, our cat behaviourists provide expert advice and support with your cat's behaviour concerns.

Our feline behaviourists can visit you in your home or provide you with a virtual behaviour consultation. Our feline behaviour experts cover the West Midlands, including Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and surrounding areas.

Why Choose Us to Support You and Your Cat

Living with a cat who is struggling with behaviour can be confusing, upsetting, and often overwhelming. Cat behaviour problems can affect the whole household, and it’s not always easy to know where to turn for reliable, compassionate help. At Second Nature, we take the time to truly understand both you and your cat, so you feel supported every step of the way.

We provide cat behaviour consultations for a wide range of cat behaviour problems, including indoor toileting and spraying, aggression towards people or other cats, anxiety, fear-related behaviour, and conflict between cats in the home. Our feline behaviourists focus on understanding the underlying causes of your cat’s behaviour, rather than offering quick fixes, allowing us to create practical, welfare-led solutions that last.

All of our cat behaviourists are accredited Clinical Animal Behaviourists (CABs) or Certificated Clinical Animal Behaviourists (CCABs). They are thoroughly assessed and work to the highest professional standards. We are members of organisations such as the Fellowship of Animal Behaviour Clinicians (FABC) and are registered with the Animal Behaviour & Training Council (ABTC). As a result, many clients are able to claim our cat behaviour consultation fees through their pet insurance, or arrange for insurers to pay us directly.

Second Nature is also a vet-led team. Our behaviourists work closely with veterinary behaviourists to ensure that potential medical factors are carefully considered alongside behaviour. Where appropriate, our veterinary behaviourists can review your cat’s case and liaise directly with your own vet, ensuring a joined-up, compassionate approach to your cat’s wellbeing.

If you’d like to explore how we can help you and your cat, you can book a cat behaviour consultation through our website, or contact us for a friendly, no-pressure chat about the next steps.

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Common Cat Behaviour Problems

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Fears and Anxieties

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Toileting and Spraying Issues

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Inter-cat Relationships

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Excessive Repetitive Behaviours

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Aggression Towards Humans

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Cat Training

Cat Behaviour Consultations

The best option for most cat behaviour problems is a home visit 2 hours' consultation on referral from the veterinary surgeon. This includes a tailor-made report sent to you after the initial consultation, a follow-up session, as well as optional weekly check-ins via calls, WhatsApp text or email for 6 weeks.

Prices for our cat home visits are dependent upon how far you are from us and who you would like to lead your consultation.

Some feline issues may be appropriate for our clinic consultations.  We also offer virtual video consultations for cats around the around.

You can book an appointment through our web site, or give us a buzz to chat through things further.

Invest £540

Get expert help from one of our feline behaviourists.

Or, fancy a £330 discount?

Book a supervised consult to allow a budding behaviourist to lead your consultation under the watchful eye of one of our senior behaviourists.

Or

Claim on pet insurance

Did you know? You may be able to pay for our pet behaviour services through your pet insurance. We accept direct insurance claims for our pet behaviour consultations through select insurance companies.

Find out more here

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“As a referring vet, i want my clients to feel happy with whom I have referred them to and I can honestly say every one has been very pleased!”
Ella the vet
“As a vet, I have referred many of my patients to Zoe – she works absolute miracles on cats, dogs and parrots!”
Nicki the vet
“I cannot recommend Second Nature enough. Zoe gives both my dogs so much care and attention.”
Luke, Harry & Trixie
“Zoe has shown us how to deal with our dog’s problems.”
Benji, Dawn & Paul
“Really pleased with the outcome and what an enjoyable experience meeting with you – Ted has calmed down a lot now!”
Ted, Rob and Michelle
“Whilst Gracie is still an anxious dog, she has made incredible progress and if we are completely honest, more progress than we thought she could make.”
Gracie
“I do think that if we had not had help Echo wouldn’t be with us today, so this service has been fabulous! With the behaviour plan in place and lots of hard work from us as a family we now have a more relaxed dog.”
Echo
“We found Zoe to be extremely knowledgeable and attentive when it came to talking us through the processes we needed to follow to get our little Yorkie under control.”
Chip, James & Sarah
“I must say the advice you gave me was excellent. I would without hesitation recommend you to anybody with a problem dog.”
Riley & Paul

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