Feline Behaviour & Psychology
Feline Behaviour & Psychology is a CPD-accredited online course supporting aspiring cat behaviourists, animal care assistants, rescue volunteers, pet sitters, and feline welfare learners, aimed at those who want to become confident in cat psychology, body language, stress awareness, communication, and behaviour management. You’ll explore everyday feline habits, common behaviour issues, and essential knowledge that strengthens CV value and credibility.
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Course Overview
Ever found yourself asking, “Why does my cat bite me, why is my cat aggressive, or why does my cat pee outside the litter box?” and wished you could finally understand what your cat is trying to tell you? The Feline Behaviour & Psychology course is designed for learners who want core answers, structured knowledge, and career-relevant confidence. It is especially relevant for aspiring cat behaviourists, rescue volunteers, cattery staff, pet sitters, animal care assistants, and cat owners who want to understand cat psychology and behavior in a clearer, calmer, and more informed way.Â
The demand for stronger feline knowledge is real and current. PDSA’s 2025 figures estimate 10.5 million pet cats in the UK, while Cats Protection’s 2025 key findings report 10.2 million owned cats and note that neutering numbers are falling. PDSA’s 2024 reporting also highlighted cat behaviour and stress as a major welfare topic, and the RSPCA said it tackled 61,000 reports of animals suffering cruelty and neglect in 2024. The UK government’s 2025 animal welfare strategy also says there are over 35 million pets in the UK, showing the scale of companion-animal care and welfare responsibility today.
What will you learn in this course? You will explore feline domestication, communication, stress, sleeping, toileting, hunting, feral cat behaviour, body language, and welfare needs. You will also examine cat behavior problems and solutions, how to stop cat scratching furniture, how to stop cats fighting in the same house, why does my cat hide all the time, why do cats zoom around at night, feline anxiety, cat spraying, indoor cat enrichment, kitten behaviour, and multi-cat household management.Â
Enrol now to gain CPD-accredited training, flexible online study, and a stronger foundation in feline behaviour, cat welfare, and responsible care.
Learning Outcomes
On completion, you will understand feline behaviour, communication, stress, emotional states, conflict, and owner-cat interaction. You will discuss cat psychology with confidence, interpret body language accurately, and respond thoughtfully to behaviour problems across home, rescue, care, and support settings today.
- Understand feline domestication and how origin influences modern cat behaviour.
- Interpret cat body language, facial cues, posture, tails, ears, and eyes.
- Recognise signs of stress in cats and underlying emotional triggers.
- Explain why cats hiss, purr, knead, scratch, hide, and stare.
- Explore why your cat meows so many scenarios and causes.
- Analyse common cat behavior problems and core household management solutions.
- Examine why your cat bites me and aggression signals.
- Understand why your cat pee outside the litter box.
- Learn how to stop cat scratching furniture without punishment-based methods.
- Discover how to stop cats fighting in the same house.
- Assess feline needs, enrichment, safety, reproduction, and multi-cat household welfare.
- Build confidence managing cat behavior problems and solutions ethically, calmly.
Why Enrol in this course
This Feline Behaviour & Psychology course online UK is designed to help you build essential, career-focused knowledge for feline care, welfare, husbandry, and support roles, giving you the confidence and subject understanding employers and cat-focused organisations increasingly value.
- CPD Accredited certification, supporting your progression into cat care, welfare, and support roles
- Study an Feline Behaviour & Psychology online course UK with 12 months unlimited access – learn anytime, anywhere
- Gain a career-focused qualification to strengthen your CV and support progression into cat-related roles
- Instant digital certificate upon completion, with the option to order a hard copy
- Receive a free student ID card to enhance your profile
- Flexible, self-paced learning with no deadlines, ideal for busy learners
- Transparent pricing with no hidden fees
- Access dedicated tutor support on weekdays throughout your learning journey
- Fast assessment and instant results, helping you progress quickly
Who is this course for?
This learning experience is ideal for anyone wanting deeper insight into cats, better support for feline wellbeing, or flexible CPD study to strengthen a CV. It suits home learners and those exploring rescue, boarding, retail, welfare, or cat-focused career paths.Â
- Aspiring cat behaviourists building foundational knowledge before specialist study.
- Pet sitters and cat carers wanting stronger behavioural understanding and confidence.
- Rescue volunteers supporting anxious, fearful, feral, or poorly socialised cats.
- Cattery, boarding, and animal care staff handle cats more safely.
- New cat owners asking why my cat hides all the time.
- Multi-cat households want help to stop conflict and stress escalation.
- Learners interested in cat psychology, enrichment, welfare, and communication skills.
- Animal welfare jobseekers strengthening CV value with flexible CPD certification.
- Veterinary support learners wanting better observation of feline stress signals.
- Parents helping children understand cat body language meaning and safe handling.
- Career changers exploring animal care, welfare, rehoming, and support paths.
- Anyone curious about why cats zoom around at night.
Requirements
CPD Certification
After successfully completing the Feline Behaviour & Psychology course, you will qualify for a CPD Certificate as proof of your continued professional development and achievement. This certificate can enhance your professional profile and showcase your commitment to building relevant skills and knowledge. You can receive your digital certificate for only ÂŁ10, or request a printed hard copy sent by post for just ÂŁ29 or both for ÂŁ39.
QLS Endorsed Certification
After successfully completing the Feline Behaviour & Psychology course, learners will be able to order a QLS Endorsed Certificate as proof of their new achievement. The Level QLS Endorsed certificate can be ordered and get delivered to your home by post for ÂŁ139 only. There is an additional ÂŁ10 postage charge for international students.
Assessment
For assessing your learning, you have to complete an automated MCQ exam. It is required for the students to score at least 60% to pass the exam and fulfil the Quality Licence Scheme-endorsed certificate criteria. Learners can apply for the certificate after they clear the exam.
There are assignment questions provided at the end of the course. You are suggested to complete the questions to enrich your understanding of the course. You can complete this according to your preferred time. The expert tutor will provide feedback on your performance after assessing your assignment.
Job Opportunities
Feline Behaviour & Psychology supports entry-level animal care, welfare, boarding, rescue, retail, and pet support roles. It helps learners discuss cat behaviour and wellbeing more confidently, though some advanced or specialist positions may require extra training, supervised experience, or certification.
- Cattery Assistant
You would care for cats in boarding or rescue settings. Daily work can include feeding, cleaning pens, observing behaviour, keeping records, and giving calm enrichment. This role suits beginners who want hands-on cat experience and a practical route into broader animal care work.
Salary range: £19,000–£23,000 - Animal Care Assistant
You would help with everyday animal care in shelters, sanctuaries, catteries, or pet-focused settings. Work often includes cleaning, feeding, handling, monitoring wellbeing, and supporting staff with routines. It suits learners who want broad practical experience before moving into rescue, welfare, boarding, or clinic-adjacent roles.
Salary range: £21,000–£24,000 - Cat Rescue Centre Assistant
You would support rescued cats from intake to daily care and, sometimes, rehoming preparation. Tasks can include feeding, watching stress signals, maintaining hygiene, updating records, and helping cats settle safely. It suits learners who care about welfare, patience, calm handling, and emotionally demanding rescue work.
Salary range: £21,800–£28,700 - Animal Welfare Officer
You would help protect animal wellbeing by investigating concerns, advising owners, supporting rescues, and promoting proper standards. This role suits learners who combine compassion with judgement, communication, and resilience. It often needs more experience than entry-level care work, but this course can strengthen welfare understanding.
Salary range: £24,000–£38,000 - Rehoming Assistant
You would help match cats with suitable homes by speaking with adopters, reviewing needs, arranging viewings, and keeping records accurate. The role mixes animal knowledge with customer care. It suits learners who communicate clearly, notice behaviour patterns, and support responsible ownership decisions with empathy.
Salary range: £24,000–£30,000 - Veterinary Care Assistant
You would support vets and nurses by keeping clinical areas clean, feeding in-patients, monitoring comfort, handling stock, and helping with basic pet care. It suits organised learners who want a clinic-based support role. Cat behaviour knowledge can help with handling, stress reduction, and owner communication.
Salary range: £18,000–£26,500 - Veterinary Receptionist
You would welcome clients, manage appointments, handle calls, update records, and help keep the practice organised. In feline-focused clinics, understanding cat stress and behaviour can improve client conversations and visit preparation. It suits learners who are calm, professional, detail-aware, and confident dealing with the public.
Salary range: £18,000–£22,800 - Pet Shop Assistant
You would advise customers, maintain displays, support animal welfare standards, and help with product knowledge around food, enrichment, litter, and everyday care. Cat behaviour knowledge can improve recommendations and customer trust. It suits learners who enjoy retail, communication, and practical pet care conversations.
Salary range: £14,500–£22,000 - Pet Behaviour Assistant / Trainee Pet Behaviour Consultant
You would support behaviour casework, owner guidance, and practical observation of problem behaviours such as stress, conflict, or fear. This path usually needs extra specialist study before independent practice. It suits learners who want to deepen behavioural understanding and move toward behaviour-focused services over time.
Salary range: Variable, often about £15,000–£40,000+ - Cattery Supervisor / Manager
You would oversee daily boarding operations, staff routines, hygiene, customer communication, bookings, and welfare standards. This suits learners who want a progression route from hands-on care into responsibility and team coordination. Experience matters, but cat behaviour knowledge can improve care quality and owner confidence.
Salary range: £25,000–£32,000 - Animal Technician
You would care for animals in research or laboratory settings and follow strict routines for welfare, hygiene, observation, and record keeping. It suits careful learners who like structure and precision. This course can support behaviour awareness, but technical or scientific employers may ask for extra training.
Salary range: £17,000–£28,000
Frequently Asked Questions
What is cat psychology and behavior?
Cat psychology and behavior refers to how cats communicate, respond to stress, express needs, react to their environment, and build routines through posture, movement, vocalisation, and interaction. Understanding normal behaviour, needs, and motivations is the foundation for solving behaviour problems more effectively.
Why does my cat bite me?
Biting can be linked to fear, overstimulation, stress, pain, frustration, or boundary-setting. If biting is new or out of character, a vet check is important first, because behaviour changes can be linked to medical problems as well as emotional triggers.
Why is my cat aggressive?
Aggression is often rooted in fear, stress, pain, territorial tension, or conflict with people or other cats. Understanding body language and finding the underlying cause matters far more than punishment, which can increase stress and make behaviour worse.
Why does my cat pee outside the litter box?
House soiling can be associated with stress, resource issues, territorial tension, or medical problems. Toileting changes should be discussed with a vet promptly, because behaviour that looks “naughty” may actually reflect discomfort, illness, or anxiety.
How to stop cat scratching furniture?
Cats need to scratch, so the goal is redirection, not stopping the behaviour completely. Provide sturdy scratching posts, place them near problem areas, keep the environment stress-free, and avoid punishment. Stress, boredom, and unfamiliar cats nearby can all increase scratching.
What is cat body language meaning?
Cat body language meaning comes from reading ears, eyes, whiskers, posture, and movement together. Flat ears and wide pupils can suggest stress, while relaxed ears, softer eyes, and calmer whiskers can signal contentment or comfort.
How to understand cat behavior and solve common cat behavior problems?
Start by looking at routine, environment, resources, medical history, and emotional triggers. Cats Protection highlights scratching, spraying, house soiling, fighting, aggression, stress, and hiding as common behaviour problems, and stresses that sudden behavioural change should be checked by a vet first.
What are the signs of stress in cats?
Signs of stress in cats can include hiding, scratching furniture more than usual, wide pupils, flattened ears, subtle mood changes, and unusual behaviour that owners may misread as mischief. Stress can also worsen wellbeing and contribute to physical problems.
Why does my cat meow so much?
Some cats are naturally chatty, but increased vocalisation can also signal a medical issue, unmet needs, or a learned routine for attention or interaction. If the meowing is new, intense, or unusual, a vet check is the safest first step.
Why do cats knead blankets?
Kneading is a behaviour cats learn as kittens, often on soft surfaces like blankets. It can continue into adulthood, and while the exact reason is not fully certain in every case, it is widely linked with early comfort patterns and familiar tactile behaviour.
How to stop cats fighting in the same house?
Conflict in multi-cat homes usually needs calmer introductions, better spacing of resources, and close attention to stress triggers. Cats Protection notes that living with other cats is one of the most common causes of feline stress, and understanding the cause helps reduce fighting.
Why does my cat hide all the time, stare at me, or zoom around at night?
Hiding can be a stress signal, staring can become a learned way to get food or attention, and night-time bursts of energy are often normal because cats are naturally more active around dawn and dusk. Sudden changes still deserve a veterinary check.
Course Curriculum
| Module 01: Domestication of Cats | |||
| Domestication of Cats | 00:10:00 | ||
| Module 02: Communication & Stress According to Origin | |||
| Communication & Stress According to Origin | 00:08:00 | ||
| Module 03: Sleeping & Toileting According to Origin | |||
| Sleeping & Toileting According to Origin | 00:07:00 | ||
| Module 04: Hunting & Drinking Water According to Origin | |||
| Hunting & Drinking Water According to Origin | 00:06:00 | ||
| Module 05: Reproduction & Disease According to Origin | |||
| Reproduction & Disease According to Origin | 00:06:00 | ||
| Module 06: Another Type of Cats – Feral Cats | |||
| Another Type of Cats – Feral Cats | 00:09:00 | ||
| Module 07: Understanding Feline Body Language | |||
| Understanding Feline Body Language | 00:17:00 | ||
| Module 08: Understanding Common Behaviour | |||
| Understanding Common Behaviour | 00:21:00 | ||
| Module 09: Understanding Cat Communication | |||
| Understanding Cat Communication | 00:20:00 | ||
| Module 10: Types of Feline Need | |||
| Types of Feline Need | 00:11:00 | ||
| Module 11: Do Cats Feel Love and Other Human Emotions? | |||
| Do Cats Feel Love and Other Human Emotions | 00:13:00 | ||
| Module 12: How Smart Are Cats? | |||
| How Smart Are Cats | 00:09:00 | ||
| Module 13: Why Do Cats Hiss? | |||
| Why Do Cats Hiss | 00:03:00 | ||
| Module 14: Why Do Cats Purr? | |||
| Why Do Cats Purr | 00:07:00 | ||
| Module 15: Why Do Cats Rub Against Things? | |||
| Why Do Cats Rub Against Things | 00:07:00 | ||
| Module 16: Why Do Cats Scratch Things? | |||
| Why Do Cats Scratch Things | 00:06:00 | ||
| Module 17: Why Do Cats Play with Their Prey? | |||
| Why Do Cats Play with Their Prey | 00:05:00 | ||
| Module 18: Why Do Some Cats Become Anxious or Phobic? | |||
| Why Do Some Cats Become Anxious or Phobic | 00:10:00 | ||
| Module 19: Why Do Cats Roll on Their Backs to Greet People? | |||
| Why Do Cats Roll on Their Backs to Greet People | 00:03:00 | ||
| Module 20: Why Do Cats “Sulk”? | |||
| Why Do Cats “Sulk” | 00:04:00 | ||
| Module 21: Why Do Cats Knead or Paddle with Their Paws? | |||
| Why Do Cats Knead or Paddle with Their Paws | 00:03:00 | ||
| Module 22: Why Does a Male Cat Bite a Female’s Neck While Mating? | |||
| Why Does a Male Cat Bite a Female’s Neck While Mating | 00:03:00 | ||
| Module 23: Why Do Mother Cats Move Kittens? | |||
| Why Do Mother Cats Move Kittens | 00:06:00 | ||
| Module 24: Why Do Some Cats Howl, Especially at Night? | |||
| Why Do Some Cats Howl, Especially at Night | 00:10:00 | ||
| Module 25: Cats and the Law | |||
| Cats and the Law | 00:08:00 | ||
| Module 26: Bringing Your New Cat Home | |||
| Bringing Your New Cat Home | 00:19:00 | ||
| Module 27: Feeding and Controlling Obesity | |||
| Feeding and Controlling Obesity | 00:27:00 | ||
| Module 28: Managing Your Cat’s Behaviour | |||
| Managing Your Cat’s Behaviour | 00:40:00 | ||
| Module 29: Keeping Your Cat Safe | |||
| Keeping Your Cat Safe | 00:34:00 | ||
| Module 30: Neutering – Family Planning for Felines | |||
| Neutering – Family Planning for Felines | 00:15:00 | ||
| Module 31: Pregnant Cats, Birth and Care of Young Kittens | |||
| Pregnant Cats, Birth and Care of Young Kittens | 00:40:00 | ||
| Module 32: Cats Living Together | |||
| Cats Living Together | 00:18:00 | ||
| Module 33: How to Prevent Cat Conflicts in Multi-cat Households | |||
| How to Prevent Cat Conflicts in Multi-cat Households | 00:10:00 | ||
| Module 34: When to Let Go | |||
| When to Let Go | 00:11:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| Assignment – Feline Behaviour & Psychology | 3 weeks, 3 days | ||
| Order Your Certificate | |||
| Claim Your Certificates | 00:00:00 | ||