Mikel Delgado
Mikel Maria Delgado is certified applied animal behaviorist[1], author, cat behavior consultant, and researcher. She is author of Play With Your Cat[2] and coauthor with Jackson Galaxy of Total Cat Mojo[3]. She has contributed to veterinary texts such as the Clinical Handbook of Veterinary Behavior Medicine[4] and is on the expert panel at Rover[5].
After dropping out of college, Mikel moved to California where she worked at a health food cooperative and played bass guitar in punk rock bands[6]. In 2000, she began volunteering at an animal shelter and eventually became an employee. She worked there until she returned to school to complete her bachelor of arts degree in psychology from California State University East Bay in 2010[7].
Mikel earned her PhD in psychology with an emphasis on animal behavior and cognition from the University of California Berkeley in 2017[6]. After completing her degree, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California Davis[8]. Her published research includes a range of topics such as food puzzles for cats[9], feline feeding behavior[10][11][12], kitten social behavior[13], and human cat interactions[14][15][16]. While her research primarily focuses on cats, she has published work on canine behavior[17] and general animal welfare[18].
Mikel contributed to the veterinary consensus guidelines on lower urinary tract disease in cats[19].
References
- ↑ "The Animal Behavior Society". www.animalbehaviorsociety.org. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ↑ Delgado, Mikel (2024). Play with your cat! the essential guide to interactive play for a happier, healthier feline. New York: TarcherPerigee, Penguin Random House LLC. ISBN 978-0-593-54133-3. Search this book on
- ↑ Galaxy, Jackson (2017). Total cat mojo: the ultimate guide to life with your cat. New York, New York: TarcherPerigee Book. ISBN 978-0-14-313161-8. Search this book on
- ↑ Stelow, Elizabeth Ann, ed. (2023). Clinical handbook of feline behavior medicine. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 978-1-119-65321-9. Search this book on
- ↑ "Dr. Mikel Delgado". The Dog People by Rover.com. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "About". Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado PhD. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ↑ "about me -". Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ↑ "Mikel Delgado, CAAB, CCBC". www.kinship.com. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ↑ Dantas, Leticia MS; Delgado, Mikel M; Johnson, Ingrid; Buffington, CA Tony (2016). "Food puzzles for cats: Feeding for physical and emotional wellbeing". Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. 18 (9): 723–732. doi:10.1177/1098612X16643753. ISSN 1098-612X. PMC 11148901 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 27102691. - ↑ Delgado, Mikel; Dantas, Leticia M.S. (September 2020). "Feeding Cats for Optimal Mental and Behavioral Well-Being". Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice. 50 (5): 939–953. doi:10.1016/j.cvsm.2020.05.003. PMC 7415653 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 32653265 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Delgado, Mikel M.; Han, Brandon Sang Gyu; Bain, Melissa J. (2022-02-01). "Domestic cats (Felis catus) prefer freely available food over food that requires effort". Animal Cognition. 25 (1): 95–102. doi:10.1007/s10071-021-01530-3. ISSN 1435-9456. PMC 8904335 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 34309759 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ "Got a lazy cat? Study shows felines prefer to not work hard for their food". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ↑ Lowell, Kira J.; Delgado, Mikel M.; Mederos, Sabrina L.; Bain, Melissa J. (2020-11-01). "The effect of premature maternal separation on distress vocalizations and activity in kittens (Felis catus) during a brief nest separation". Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 232. doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2020.105130. ISSN 0168-1591. PMC 7577203 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 33100447 Check|pmid=value (help). Unknown parameter|article-number=ignored (help) - ↑ "Study: Overbearing, neurotic "helicopter parenting" may be a good thing when it comes to our pets". FOX 6 Now Milwaukee. 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ↑ Delgado, Mikel; Marcinkiewicz, Ellen; Rhodes, Paul; Ellis, Sarah LH (2025-01-01). "Assessing the impact of a human behaviour change intervention to reduce owner-related barriers to interactive cat play". Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 282. doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106479. ISSN 0168-1591. Unknown parameter
|article-number=ignored (help) - ↑ Delgado, Mikel; Marcinkiewicz, Ellen; Rhodes, Paul; Ellis, Sarah L. H. (2024-11-01). "Identifying barriers to providing daily playtime for cats: A survey-based approach using COM-B analysis". Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 280. doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106420. ISSN 0168-1591. Unknown parameter
|article-number=ignored (help) - ↑ Zink, Chris; Delgado, Mikel M.; Stella, Judith L. (2023-03-01). "Vasectomy and ovary-sparing spay in dogs: comparison of health and behavior outcomes with gonadectomized and sexually intact dogs". Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 261 (3): 366–374. doi:10.2460/javma.22.08.0382. ISSN 0003-1488. PMID 36656681 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Croney, Candace; Applebaum, Jennifer W.; Delgado, Mikel; Stella, Judith (2025-07-30). "How Does Access to Veterinary Care Relate to Animal Welfare?". Advances in Small Animal Care. doi:10.1016/j.yasa.2025.06.014. ISSN 2666-450X.
- ↑ Taylor, Samantha; Boysen, Søren; Buffington, Tony; Chalhoub, Serge; Defauw, Pieter; Delgado, Mikel M; Gunn-Moore, Danièlle; Korman, Rachel (February 2025). "2025 iCatCare consensus guidelines on the diagnosis and management of lower urinary tract diseases in cats". Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. 27 (2). doi:10.1177/1098612X241309176. ISSN 1098-612X. PMID 39935081 Check
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