Cat Behaviour Advice and Tips from Clinical Animal Behaviourists

I have been very impressed with Zoe and her team at Second Nature and now they see all my behaviour referrals. Their client communication, follow up support and their passion for what they do is wonderful. 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!

Second Nature Behaviour provides an excellent service for a very reasonable price. As a vet, I have referred many of my patients to Zoe for behavioural and psychological issues and have worked alongside her in managing patients with medical intervention.

Zoe has worked absolute miracles on cats, dogs and parrots and given pet owners chance to build a more understanding and deeper relationship with their pets. I have loved seeing clients back with smiles on their faces after implementing Zoe’s instructions in order to manage the issues they have had for a long time.

Behavioural issues are very complex and with a communication barrier from man to animal creating an even more difficult task, a highly qualified behaviourist with lots of experience is absolutely invaluable and for me, Zoe is just that. An invaluable asset to my work as a vet to ensure you can get the best out of your relationship with your family pets.

I will always recommend 100%. Thank you for everything, I look forward to continuing to work with you.

Zoe is fantastic and spotted solutions with our cat Otis straightaway.
He’d bite calves in the morning, hurrying us along for breakfast and would swipe and latch onto feet and arms and bite and rake at us aggressively. He was chewing plastic and thin cables. We’d tried many approaches without success. Zoe stepped in, observed Otis with us at home and came up with a plan.
His behaviour has gotten much better and this wouldn’t have happened with Zoe. She’s quick with feedback, a pleasure to deal with, genuinely looks for new solutions and is a brilliant animal behaviour specialist.
Thank you, Zoe, without you our home wouldn’t be as harmonious!
Grace & Dom

Zoe has been really down to earth, approachable, and persistent – even at those times, I was ready to give up.
I had a longstanding worry with my male cat urinating in the house and vocalising a lot.  I was overwhelmed. This was a complex situation.  The home assessment and report was great, and then lots of practical advice, written advice, follow up calls and solutions have followed.  The issue is much improved and we continue to talk about ways to make my cat’s experience and mine better.
It is an affordable service.  I sincerely wish that I would have approached as soon as the behaviour began.
Part of the process is my cat having a health assessment with the vet before her consultation, and this was a wonderful thing because he did have some health needs. Zoe really benefitted from understanding his physical health needs to give us the best advice.
Zoe even helped us to learned clicker training!  My cat loves it.
Deborah

Really thorough process – we felt you really took the time to understand us and the cats. We saw almost instant improvements with some of the strategies suggested. The second catflap on the first floor was a stroke of genius! Behaviour work is obviously ongoing because our cats at apparently extremely difficult individuals! But it’s super helpful being able to send updates on what’s happening and get feedback, so we can work out what’s working and what isn’t. It’s also been *so* reassuring to know that we’re on the right lines and have (usually) been doing the right things. Thank you, Sarah and Bert.

Zoe’s expertise and advice have been invaluable in helping our dog to settle at night due to separation anxiety and overcoming tricky interactions with our two cats. We have followed her advice along with great feedback and ongoing support from Zoe and our dog is now much improved! Highly recommended for tricky behavioural issues. Thank you, Richard and Maryilyn.

It has been a comfort knowing that if I needed any more advice, you were always there. Marley is doing amazingly compared to how he was, he still sprays on new items when I bring them into the house, but has not sprayed anywhere for many many months. Without your help and advice, I do believe the stress that Marley had continually caused me would have been too much for me to deal with. Many thanks once again, Elaine.

Zoe has been an amazing help in integrating our two fractious felines. The whole process has been really thorough and we felt that she took the time to get to know both of us and our cats. We had some immediate ‘quick wins’ from her initial recommendations and she’s been there to support us and answer questions as we’ve carried on with the behaviour work and homework she’s set us. 100% recommended

I had a longstanding worry with my male cat urinating in the house and vocalising a lot. I was overwhelmed. This was a complex situation and Zoe has been really down to earth, approachable, and persistent – even at those times I was ready to give up. The home assessment and report was great, and then lots of practical advice, written advice, follow up calls and solutions have followed. The issue is much improved and we continue to talk about ways to make my cat’s experience and mine better. It is an affordable service. I sincerely wish that I would have approached as soon as the behaviour began. Part of the process is my cat having a health assessment with the vet before her consultation, and this was a wonderful thing because he did have some health needs. Zoe really benefitted from understanding his physical health needs to give us the best advice. Zoe even helped us to learned clicker training! My cat loves it. D. Adams and @finnlefang (on instagram)

Zoe has been incredible and so helpful for my cats, and has genuinely created a calmer and happier home for them and myself. One of my cats used to urinate on my bed daily, sometimes multiple times a day. Within our first session together back in September she gave some advice on things to change/adjust/accommodate, and from October until now, the end of March, we have had no more problems with her urinating anywhere. My cats are both anxious and have difficulty interacting, and Zoe has enabled us to find the right medication and environment for them so that they feel safe and relaxed. They work with pet insurance (i use PetPlan), so funding is relatively simple, and they work alongside my vets to make sure that theyre getting the right treatment. Having someone who is trained and professional in animal wellbeing has made my life – and theirs- so much better. We were considering rehoming one of them, and now I feel like we don’t need to, because of how committed Zoe and her team were to ensuring that we would exhaust every option possible for them. I am so genuinely grateful to Zoe and this company and I strongly recommend anyone who feels like their pet needs some external support to contact this team. They are worth it 🙏🏻