Animal Care, Health & Welfare

Identify the species, individual, life stage and people responsible for care.

Compare physical function with comfort, behaviour and environmental opportunities.

Separate basic needs from assumptions based only on appearance or breed.

Locate observation, routine care, diagnosis and treatment within the appropriate roles.

Turn a concern into a recorded question, an appropriate action and a review point.

Connect feeding with maintenance, growth and changing activity.

Compare terrestrial and aquatic animals through their exchange environments.

Explain why an animal’s thermal needs depend on its biology and condition.

Connect body form with space, substrate, shelter and opportunities to move.

Identify life-stage changes that alter care needs without assigning one universal timetable.

Record what an animal does under familiar conditions before explaining a change.

Compare how sound, smell, light and touch can change an animal’s experience.

Observe engagement and avoidance while keeping opportunities to retreat.

Connect familiar cues and consequences with changing responses.

Compare environmental, social and health explanations rather than assigning one cause.

Check whether the individual can reach and use the resources provided.

Relate enclosure design and local conditions to movement, shelter and containment.

Identify crowding, resource competition and interactions requiring supervision.

Trace contact with food, waste, equipment and hands through a care routine.

Identify when fear, injury risk or a health concern exceeds the planned task.

Organise feeding, drinking, elimination, movement, rest and unusual events.

Use mass, volume, counts and time intervals without confusing them.

Record observation conditions and distinguish a trend from a single uncertain reading.

Distinguish weight, fat stores and muscle condition while using species-appropriate professional guidance.

Communicate the animal’s routine, current concerns and agreed contacts without guessing a diagnosis.

State the care question and the observations that could show whether access improved.

Compare resource locations, household activity and the cat’s resting choices.

Rehearse adding a quiet retreat while retaining ordinary care and the animal’s choice.

Interpret the supplied follow-up record and identify when another explanation needs veterinary attention.

Keep, revise or stop the change using the observations and welfare goal.