Play is vitally crucial to a cat’s mental and physical health. In addition to supplying exercise, which is especially crucial for indoor cats, play alleviates boredom, supplies anxiety relief, helps stop and right behavioral problems, and is a terrific way for humans and cats to deepen their bond.
Julie Hecht, a PhD candidate in animal behavior at The graduate Center, City university of new York, is investigating how cat guardians play with their cats, and she needs your help. Project: play with Your cat is an international, online, citizen science project that takes place at CatsDoScience.com.
In buy to participate in the study, you need to
be 18 or older,
play with your cat,
complete a consent form,
make and share a short video — between 30 seconds and 2 minutes long — of you and your cat playing together, and
complete a short questionnaire.
Click here to participate in the study. All submissions need to be received by June 30, 2019.
You can also help by sharing this project on Facebook and Twitter.
Photo by means of Cats Do science Facebook page
Ingrid King
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5 comments on how Do You play with Your Cat? participate in an international online Study
Karen says:
June 21, 2019 at 2:04 pm
My and Spunky Doodle participated in the study!
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Ingrid says:
June 22, 2019 at 5:28 am
Awesome!
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caren gittleman says:
June 20, 2019 at 12:56 pm
I would have participated if it didn’t involve a video, too lazy!
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Janine says:
June 20, 2019 at 7:36 am
I love seeing how delighted my cats are when I play with them.
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Eleanor Skibo says:
June 20, 2019 at 1:33 am
Playing with your feline companion is a very crucial aspect of forming a bond between the both of you. They next exercise to keep and stay healthy, to stimulate their senses and to form a forever bond with you. and if you’re genuinely in tune with cats it’s actually fun for the both of you. Playtime with your cat is beneficial to both of you.
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