Behavior consultations can be scheduled for clients of other veterinary hospitals as well as for our own clients. In fact, the behavior service can include clients and patients from out of state. Consultations are done either at the Cat Care Clinic or by phone consultation.

For clients and patients of other clinics:

• Please have your veterinarian send a copy of your cat’s medical records for review.
• A recent examination and testing to make sure that the behavior isn’t caused by an underlying medical problem (for example, a cat with bladder stones may stop using the litter box) should be done by your veterinarian.
• Dr. Rodan will follow up with your veterinarian and provide a copy of the behavior consultation to your veterinarian.
• As a referral from another veterinary hospital, all other care will be done at that hospital, unless otherwise requested by your veterinarian.
• Please fill out the behavior consultation form, listing all concerns about your cat’s behavior, and e-mail or FAX, attention Dr. Ilona Rodan, at least 48-72 working hours prior to the consultation.
• Additional tests may be necessary based on the review of the behavior questionnaire (PDF) if there is a concern that a medical problem could be an underlying cause of the behavior(s) of concern.

For Cat Care Clinic clients and patients:

• Please fill out the behavior consultation form, listing all concerns about your cat’s behavior, and e-mail or FAX, attention Dr. Ilona Rodan, at least 48 working hours prior to the consultation.

Phone Consultations
Telephone consultations must be prepaid via credit card (PayPal for Canadian residents) at least 24 hours before your scheduled appointment. Clients are responsible for long-distance charges.

General consultation information:
For telephone consultations, please provide a simple drawing of your floor plan, marking where the behaviors you dislike occurs. This should be sent attached to the behavior consultations questionnaire (PDF).

Videos are always helpful to best evaluate what your cat is doing, and to try to figure out why. Especially helpful are videos of cat interactions if your cats are not getting along well.

Within 48 hours of the behavior consultation, you will receive a summary discharge sheet, along with case-specific handouts and follow-up instructions.

Consultation fee includes 60 minutes of follow-up communications. Clients needing further communication may schedule a follow-up consultation.