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What happens if a cat eats cold food?
Cold food easily irritates a cat's stomach, causing pain, vomiting and diarrhea. Cats have delicate guts and cold, hard or spicy food disrupts digestion. Feed warm or room-temperature food; use probiotics if problems occur, or see a vet if severe.
Cat keeps going to the litter box, digs, and urinates tiny amounts on the bed — what’s wrong?
Frequent litter-box trips and inappropriate urination suggest urinary disease, especially in male cats (cystitis, stones, crystals). See a vet; diuretics and antibiotics may help. Also consider heat in unneutered males and a dirty litter box.
What happens if a cat has a urinary tract infection?
A cat UTI shows frequent, painful, bloody urination and affects appetite. Use pet diuretic and anti-inflammatory medication and increase water intake.
Why does my cat shiver after vomiting?
Shivering after vomiting may come from gastrointestinal spasm pain, or from pancreatitis causing abdominal pain. See a vet promptly to avoid dehydration from excessive vomiting.
My cat has weak hind legs but is otherwise normal, meows more, eats less—what could it be?
Weak hind legs have several common causes: leg injury or muscle strain; hind-leg fracture or arthritis; neuritis (supplement vitamin B1 twice daily); calcium deficiency from unbalanced diet; thrombosis from heart disease with cool paw pads; and dry FIP causing paralysis. If weakness comes with pain or screaming, see a vet promptly for diagnosis.
Cat dropped and shaken by a child two months ago, threw it; these two days not eating kibble but drinking goat milk, slowly improving – what might be wrong, will it suddenly die later?
A fall can cause external, bone, internal, or nerve injury. If eating, drinking, and behaving normally, rest and observe. Get X-ray/CT and ultrasound to rule out serious damage; sudden later death may come from brain bleeding or nerve compression.
What does a cat spinal injury look like?
A spinal injury causes nerve damage with stiff limbs, inability to stand, poor coordination, and incontinence. Severe cases lead to hind-leg paralysis. See a vet for imaging; conservative care is an option.
A small hole appeared on the cat’s body with some fluid.
Likely a pus infection - from an unabsorbed injection or vaccine, or fight, injury, parasite bite. Shave the area, flush with hydrogen peroxide, iodine the edge, squeeze out pus until slight bleeding, twice daily with antibiotic ointment and oral meds for 10-15 days. Collar required.
What happens if a cat drinks milk?
Cats drinking milk often get bellyache, diarrhea, vomiting from lactose intolerance - low lactase, poor absorption. Goat milk is better absorbed and more protein. Pet-specific goat milk is ideal.
After a bath, how do I tell if my cat’s hind leg is strained or fractured – it hurts when touched and keeps meowing.
Tell strain from fracture by palpation: feel for a protruding broken end; a fracture gives a bone-crepitus feel. A fracture usually hurts too much to walk, with swelling and bruising. A strain rarely swells and the cat walks normally after a week of rest; X-ray at the hospital confirms.