Case report: behavior of a domestic cat while watching different programs with his tutor

Animal welfare is something that has become very important for understanding animals in general nowadays, and is an accurate way of determining whether an animal has a good or bad quality of life. This article was created with the aim of understanding whether a specimen of domestic cat, when exposed to visual stimuli from television, can improve its quality of life and whether it may have capabilities to have favorites programs and characters. The way to analyze the animal was by reading its body language, since cats have one of the most expressive body languages it was the perfect option to know about what it’s feeling and trying to communicate with the others who are near it. Four factors were selected as the most conclusive for the collection of data, being the time of: Watching, Sleeping, Distracted and Cleanliness. For the collection of data this article was divided in two experiments, one with a wider variety of types of program and one with only one to comprehend the animal more specifically. The feline does not see the act of watching a television as a necessity, it’s more a choice of the animal who desires do go and watch something on the screen. The most important factors that were noticed happen in behavior that could be considerate both negative and positive, and an improvement between the relationship of the tutor with the cat.