Patologia comportamentale : il gatto che sporca in casa: due casi esemplificativi del problema

This paper describes two cases of housesoiling problems in cats. In both clinical cases, environmental changes induced the onset of the problem. In the first case, housesoiling was the only behavioural problem and no major changes in other behaviours were reported. The therapy in this case only implied environmental modifications and modifications of the pet-owner relationship. In the second case the patient presented, along with the housesoiling problem, other behavioural symptoms. This more complex behavioural picture induced us to prescribe both a psychiatric drug (Fluoxetine) and some behavioural modifications