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The best option for undersocialized cats?

Study “Post-Adoption Behavior and Adopter Satisfaction of Cats Across Socialization Likelihoods,” published in the Journal of Shelter Medicine and Community Animal Health, 2025. Complete article available online here . Overview Using the Feline Spectrum Assessment tool to rate the sociability of two groups of adult shelter cats, these researchers found that “cats never suspected of being undersocialized experience better welfare than undersocial cats, and their adopters ar