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Precautions for Deworming Your Cat
To deworm, first know how cats get parasites. Deworming is key to health, especially for newborns. Here are the precautions.
Daily Cat Care Tips
Many prospective owners worry about what to watch for and whether it's troublesome. Cats love cleanliness—they groom with their tongue and wash their face after eating, spending ~15% of the day on coat care—but owners still have work to do.
Cat Rhinitis: Symptoms and Treatment
Rhinitis is common in people, dogs, and cats alike. For a pet cat with rhinitis, here are the symptoms and how to treat them.
Upper Respiratory Diseases in Dogs and Cats: Types and Treatment
Upper respiratory disease is common in dogs and cats, with sneezing, tearing, low appetite, and breathing trouble, and it often triggers secondary infections. This guide covers colds, nosebleed, rhinitis, laryngitis, and tonsillitis, with the drugs that help each.
How to Tell If Your Cat Has Ear Mites
Ear mites cause intense itching, brown flaky earwax, foul odor, and head-shaking in cats. Confirm by checking the ears, then clean with an ear solution, apply miticide drops, and deworm the whole body. Regular checks and a clean, sunny environment prevent recurrence.
What Distress Signals Does a Cat Show?
Cats are born to hide pain—a survival instinct—so owners may miss early discomfort. But in severe distress they do send signals. Here are a cat's distress signals.
How to Treat Ear Mites in Cats
Ear mites are as troublesome for cat owners as ringworm—both are highly contagious, prone to recurrence, and harmful to your cat's health. Here is what you need to know about feline ear mites.
Cat often shakes head, poor appetite, occasional mild twitch, brooding-hen squat – what?
Head shaking may be ear infection/foreign body; twitching suggests neuro issues like vestibular disorder. Poor appetite/squat may be gastroenteritis, FIP, infection, poisoning. Many signs, need a vet exam.
Cat sneezing about 10 times a day, dirty ears, scratching, eye discharge with red blood vessels
From the photo the cat has ear mites; the main sign is dark brown ear discharge with odor and head shaking. Severe mites can also affect the eyes. Treat with ear cleaner and mite medicine.
Walks normally without head tilt or leaning, but after shaking its head it falls to the right and is unsteady
The signs likely point to an ear disease; middle ear infection can cause vestibular dysfunction and falling. See a vet; middle ear needs systemic antibiotics and ear cleaning, and ear-mite-caused cases need mite removal.