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Common Cat Diseases and Their Treatments
Common cat diseases are infectious enteritis (vaccinate; fatal in kittens), infectious anemia (spreads via fleas; antibiotics plus nutrition), and roundworm (dewormer and disinfect items).
What Causes Shedding in Cats?
Shedding is a year-round headache for cat owners, tied to both the cat's health and the home environment. This article explains the causes of cat shedding.
Why Does My Cat Have a Runny Nose and Breathe Through Its Mouth?
Cats prefer nasal breathing and only mouth-breathe when truly unable, so a runny nose with mouth breathing needs prompt care. This article covers the causes and treatments.
What to Do When Your Cat Is Lethargic After Deworming
Deworming is a routine task, but some cats go limp and listless after the dose. Here are the reasons a cat may lose energy after deworming and what to do.
Why Is My Cat Lethargic and Sleeping All Day?
Cats naturally sleep 12–18 hours a day, so lots of sleep isn't always illness. But if a cat can't be woken, seems dull when awake, or shows reduced urine, soft stools, fast breathing, appetite loss, or eye/nose discharge, it may be sick and should see a vet.
Why Is a Kitten Drooling?
Kitten drooling can be normal (grooming, food stimulus, stress) or a disease sign (oral disease, heatstroke, respiratory infection, poisoning). Keep the environment calm to reduce stress; brush teeth regularly, feed a balanced diet, avoid toxic plants and chemicals, and see a vet if other symptoms appear.
What Happens If a Cat Breeds Too Often?
While unspayed, constantly in-heat cats risk pyometra, mammary tumors, and ovarian cysts, too-frequent pregnancy and birth also heavily burden the mother. This article explains the effects of frequent breeding so owners limit litters.
How Many Litters Can a Cat Have a Year, and in a Lifetime?
A cat can have up to 4 litters a year, but too-frequent birth harms the mother, so breed responsibly—don't turn her into a kitten factory. This article covers safe breeding frequency and post-birth care.
What to Feed a 2-Month-Old Kitten: A Complete Care Guide
At two months a kitten has just been weaned and its digestion is still immature, so feeding needs care. This guide covers the right diet—kitten kibble softened with goat's milk—plus warmth, deworming and vaccination essentials.
My cat just had kittens, but we had no food at home and barely fed her, so her belly area is now skin and bones. What should I do?
Based on your description, the cat becoming skin-and-bones after giving birth is due to not feeding her promptly and not supplementing with proper nutrition. A postpartum cat loses a great deal of nutrients and energy while nursing, and without good postnatal care she becomes severely malnourished, which in serious cases can cause a range of diseases. When your cat is thin to the point of skin and bones, you need to take steps to help her recover. You can provide nutritionally balanced, high-protein cat food, increase feeding frequency, add chicken breast, feed staple canned food, and give the cat necessary liquid calcium and vitamins; if weight gain is not obvious, the BARF feeding method can help her gain weight and improve her condition. At the same time, remember to take your cat to the vet to ensure she has no other health problems.