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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD

@mikeldelgado.bsky.social

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Cat behavior expert, Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, author of Play With Your Cat! (2024, Tarcher Perigee). Vegetarian. Punk. Californian. She/her. Covid conscious.

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Aug 25

I have a new publication on access to veterinary care and its impact on animal welfare with my colleagues at Purdue and Dr. Applebaum from U-Floria. It's open access!! Check it out!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How Does Access to Veterinary Care Relate to Animal Welfare?

www.sciencedirect.com

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Aug 17

And she is sooooo cute!

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R0zE11e BeNthE!m @oliveeaton16.bsky.social · Aug 13

@mikeldelgado.bsky.social
Autumn Leaves Simulation Game => perfected!
Wiggly Worm + Rod + selection of lacy wrapping papers

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 28

I need to check this out!

Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 27

When is someone going to invent a pump that can get all the lotion/soap out of the bottle

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 27

That means there's still opportunity

Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 25

Work with kittens? Check out the National Kitten Coalition's new Kitten Resource Library! They're an org I like a lot!! library.kittencoalition.org

NKC Resource Library - The National Kitten Coalition’s Guide to Help You Save More Kittens™

National Kitten Coalition

library.kittencoalition.org

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 23

A lot of practice and four giant litter boxes

Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 23

I feel like some people have a very strong visceral reaction to the litter box ...I strangely enjoy scooping it?!?!

Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 22

It's like kitty litter asmr

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Indulged Cats @indulgedcats.bsky.social · Jul 22

Absolutely! I've mentioned before it's like tending a zen garden. I go around the house to each box scooping into a dust pan, then dump into trash can. The edge of the empty dust pan makes a great litter leveler. Smooth as can be. Who doesn't appreciate a tidy toilet?

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 22

Actually I have identified a few outliers who do not !?!?!?

Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 22

I have to admit I'm much better about posting on Instagram... Gems like this

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 17

I try not to but they really aren't helping me out!!!

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Alex Jemmett @aajemmett93.bsky.social · Jul 16

This is awful!! Those poor cats!

On this note, a group of my colleagues carried out CBD safety and efficacy tests for both cats (no effect) and dogs (some effect) exposed to everyday stressors (note no unwanted peeing effects!).

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39559539/

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Investigating the effect a single dose of cannabidiol has on measures of stress in cats when being transported in a carrier and meeting a novel person in an unfamiliar environment - PubMed

Domestic cats (<i>Felis Catus</i>) are often exposed to stimuli that have the potential to negatively impact their welfare. These can include situations such as veterinary visits, travel, changes to t...

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 16

Thank you for doing this important work in a humane way!!

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 16

How science should NOT be done: testing the effects of CBD on cat fear...by scaring the cats so much they urinated...and no IACUC (institutional animal use committee) approval? Why? oh, because it's a predatory MDPI/Animals journal...calling @amcell.bsky.social

www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...

image of journal article in the MDPI journal Animals: Possible Anxiolytic Effects of Cannabidiol (CBD) Administration on Feline Responses to a Fear Response Test
by Nobuo Masataka

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 16

In my own home, I often let my cats tell me where they want to eat! For two of them it's consistent, but for the third, she often switches it up!

Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 15

actually I never recommend feeding cats together to introduce! cats are solitary eaters and eating near other cats can increase stress and that affects eating and how the body converts that food to energy/fat etc

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 15

OMG right

Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 15

that's a wonderful thing!!! I miss having kitties who love each other!!!

Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 14

right? I think about this a lot... the road atlas, if you're late 🤷🏻‍♀️

Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jul 14

I wrote an article on increasing the peace for your kitties for Modern Cat magazine

moderncat.com/articles/cat...

Cat Fights, Aggression & Stress: An Action Plan To Help Cats Get Along - Modern Cat

Cats not getting along? Expert tips to curb fighting, aggression, and stress & help your cats get along!

moderncat.com

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Jun 10

Yeah that's when I started to think it wasn't going to happen....

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