Study finds 'cat-friendly' music could calm stressed cats

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Researchers say new findings could help decrease a cat's stress levels and reassure owners that their pet will have a less stressful visit to the vet. FMTNews FMTLifestyle

Playing your feline friend music specially created for cats during vet visits could help calm them down, according to new research.

Carried out by researchers at Louisiana State University , the new study recruited 20 pet cats and played them 20 minutes of cat-specific music , classical music or no music at all in a random order at each of three physical examinations at the vets, two weeks apart. Similarly, cat-specific music is composed of lines based on affiliative cat vocalisations, such as purring and suckling sounds, and frequencies similar to the feline vocal range.

The findings, published in this month’s issue of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery , showed that compared with listening to both classical music and no music, the cats appeared to be less stressed during their vet visit when they were played cat-specific music, as indicated by both their stress scores and handling scale scores.

 

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