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Welcome to the new version of the Chicagoland Veterinary Behavior Consultants (CVBC) web site at www.chicagovetbehavior.com (you may have been redirected from our old site). We will be upgrading the site and adding new features over the coming weeks. Enjoy, learn and let us know what you think by dropping us a line.

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Where to Find Us

2 Wednesdays per month: Veterinary Specialty Center

Tuesdays and alternate Wednesdays: Elmhurst Animal Hospital 

You can also check out the Appointment Calendar on this web site

(Click on "Locations" for info on each location)

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History Forms

Note: These forms, and their submission to us, are intended only for those pet owners who have scheduled an appointment with Chicagoland Veterinary Behavior Consultants (CVBC).This information will not be evaluated unless an appointment has been scheduled and is typically read the day of the appointment.

The following forms are utilized by Chicagoland Veterinary Behavior Consultants (CVBC) in order for us to collect preliminary information regarding your pet's behavior problem. They are designed to provide as much concise information as possible. Please refrain from trying to include additional historical information beyond what the forms are asking for. We will be discussing the full details of your pet's behavior at the time of the consultation.

Once you have completed these forms, save them on your computer, then attach them to an email which can be sent to both Dr. Ciribassi at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Pat Rattray (behavior assistant) at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Canine History Forms

Canine General History Form

Canine Aggression Screen (Used only when aggression is a component of the behavior)

 

Feline History Forms

Feline General History Form

Feline Elimination Form (Used only when the cat is eliminating outside the litter box)

 

General Forms

Liability Form 

Note: This form can be printed, completed and brought with you to the appointment if it is easier

 

Appointment Letter

CVBC Brochure

Note: These forms are for your information only

 

Veterinary History Form

Note: Please have your veterinarian complete this form and faxed to the number on the form PRIOR to your appointment. Be sure they include ANY laboratory results so that we do not have to repeat these tests at our office.



 



 
 

Animal News

animal behavior news from mongabay.com
  • Why seed dispersers matter, an interview with Pierre-Michel Forget, chair of the FSD International Symposium
    There are few areas of research in tropical biology more exciting and more important than seed dispersal. Seed dispersal—the process by which seeds are spread from parent trees to new sprouting ground—underpins the ecology of forests worldwide. In temperate forests, seeds are often spread by wind and water, though sometimes by animals such as squirrels and birds. But in the tropics the emphasis is far heavier on the latter, as Dr. Pierre-Michel Forget explains to mongabay.com. "[In rainforests] a majority of plants, trees, lianas, epiphytes, and herbs, are dispersed by fruit-eating animals. […] As seed size varies from tiny seeds less than one millimetres to several centimetres in length or diameter, then, a variety of animals is required to disperse such a continuum and variety of seed size, the smaller being transported by ants and dung beetles, the larger swallowed by cassowary, tapir and elephant, for instance."
  • Octopus pretends to be flounder to avoid predators
    Marine researchers have discovered the Atlantic longarm octopus mimicking not only the color and appearance of the peacock flounder, but also its unique style of swimming in order to convince predators it's something it's not.
  • Prehistoric snake gobbled-up dinosaur babies
    A fossilized snake has been discovered inside a titanosaur nest in India, leading researchers to conclude that the snake fed on newly-hatched dinosaur babies, rather than their eggs like modern snakes. Paleontologist and snake expert Jason Head says that the snake, known as Sanajeh indicus, lacked the wipe-jaws needed to swallow eggs, but just-hatched baby titanosaurs would have been perfect prey for the 3.5 meter (nearly 12 feet) long serpent. Titanosaurs belong to the sauropods, long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs which includes the world's largest animals to ever walk the land.
  • Common pesticide changes male frogs into females, likely devastating populations
    One of the world's most popular pesticides, atrazine, chemically castrates male frogs and in some instances changes them into completely functionally females, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The authors conclude that atrazine likely plays a large, but unsuspected role in the current global amphibian crisis.
  • Galapagos fur seals exploit warmer waters to establish colony off Peru
    As suggested by their name, the Galapagos fur seals were once endemic to the Galapagos island chain off the coast of Ecuador. But in a warming world species are on the move, and the Galapagos fur seal is no exception. According to a recent story in Reuters the Galapagos fur seals have established what appears to be a permanent colony off the coast of Peru, 900 miles from their home.
  • Grizzly bears move into polar bear territory, threatening polar cubs
    Two of the world's largest land carnivores are converging on the same territory, according to data recently published in Canadian Field Naturalist. Grizzly bears ( Ursus arctos horribilis) are moving into an area that has long been considered prime polar bear habitat in Manitoba, Canada. Although polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are bigger than their grizzly relatives—they are the world's largest land carnivores—biologists are concerned that grizzlies will kill polar cubs, further threatening the polar bear, which is already thought to be imperiled by ice loss in the Arctic.
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