The problem needs to be corrected quickly, before the cat learns the behavior and decides, for example, that under the dining room table is as good a place as any. Sometimes, the cat doesn t like the smell of the litter. Litter companies often market to people s choices, cats sometimes have a litter preference. To identify this problem, an owner puts two litter boxes side by side to see which one the cat uses. The behavior specialists also deal with horses, parrots and an occasional pot-bellied pig.
Horses can develop problem behaviors.
A horse will circle its stall until circling becomes a well-established pattern. Once it s released into a pasture, it will pick a corner of the fence and repeat its circling behavior until it has trodden deep ruts into the field. Drug therapy, which can be prohibitively expensive, is often the solution. Crowell-Davis says only 20 veterinary certified animal behaviorists work in the United States and Canada. A veterinarian becomes eligible to be certified as a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists by serving a minimum of two to four years after he or she completes veterinarian training in a specialized practice or at a university-based specialty clinic.