Can your kitten help with an exciting behaviour & welfare study???

[Jane Murray]

Hi Liz

Thank you for getting in touch and mentioning the kittens and well done for helping out mum!  I'm not sure if you've already completed a questionnaire, but please could you do this when the kittens are between 8-16 weeks of age?  Also, please let me know what your plans are with regards to keeping or re-homing the kittens.  If you decide to re-home them, please could you pass on details of the study to the new owners? 

Thanks again for your support of this important research 

[Liz]

Filled in here I have a feral Mum and her 4 surviving kittens aged 4 weeks in my familyroom

[Jane Murray]

Fantastic!  Thanks for completing the questionnaire for Spirit

[Witchling86]

Completed the questionnaire for Spirit

[Jane Murray]

Can you spare a little time to help research into cat health, welfare and behaviour?

If you have a kitten aged 8-16 weeks and you are at least 18 years old and live in the UK, then researchers at the University of Bristol would love to hear from you. They are undertaking an exciting questionnaire-based study designed to help improve the health and welfare of cats.

'Bristol Cats' is a nationwide study with over 1400 kittens and cats enrolled - can you help reach the 2000 mark by December 2012?  Pedigree and non-pedigree breeds are welcome along with multiple kittens from the same household or litter. We would particularly like to hear from owners of stray kittens as these are currently under-represented on our study.  Being involved in the 'Bristol Cats' study will take very little time, but will really make a difference to cats in the future - please help!

For more information and a link to the first questionnaire, please visit our website www.bristol.ac.uk/vetscience/cats or contact the team by telephone 07827 981412 or email, cat-study@bristol.ac.uk.