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How to Give Your Cat a Home Health Check
A hands-on check covers body condition and spirit, then vitals (temperature, pulse, hydration) and a look at the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, skin, chin, anus, and genitals. Red flags such as gum redness, ear-mite crust, tapeworm segments, or a dirty chin mean a vet visit.
Why Cats Get Tear Stains and How to Treat Them
Tear stains come from a salty or greasy diet, a blocked tear duct, or an infection like feline herpes. The fix follows the cause — blander food, a duct-opening procedure, or targeted antiviral care with warmth — and routine eye cleaning keeps them away.
Why Your Cat’s Eyes Water and Produce Discharge
Increased eye discharge in cats is usually caused by diet-related imbalance, foreign objects, physical trauma, or viral and bacterial infection. For simple discharge, keep the eyes clean with saline and improve hydration and diet; for inflammation, use vet-recommended antibiotic eye drops and keep your cat in low light.
Why Your Cat Has a Lot of Eye Discharge and How to Handle It
Excess eye discharge usually means dietary heat, eye inflammation, or a herpesvirus infection. Clean the eye and use the right drops, and boost water intake with fountains, extra bowls, and broth.
How to Recognize the Symptoms of a Cat Cold
A cat cold brings red, weeping eyes, nasal congestion, drooling, sneezing, and fever up to 40°C — signs that overlap with feline rhinotracheitis and distemper. Mild cases improve with warmth, good nutrition, and pet-formulated antibiotics, while severe or dehydration cases need a vet.
What to Do When Feline Herpesvirus (Cat Rhinotracheitis) Causes a High Fever
Fever from feline herpesvirus (cat rhinotracheitis) keeps returning unless the underlying infection is controlled. Bring the temperature down fast — vet injection or pet-formulated flunixin meglumine at home — then fight the virus with lysine, eye drops for keratitis, and strong nutritional support.
Do Cats Cry from Sadness?
Do cats cry when sad? The answer may differ from what some expect.
About Feline Epiphora (Excessive Tearing)
Epiphora is abnormal tear overflow, caused either by blocked drainage through the nasolacrimal system or by excessive tear production beyond what drainage can handle.
Cat Vaccination Schedule and Precautions
Vaccination usually means the feline triple vaccine (FVRCP) and the rabies vaccine. The triple vaccine protects against three common, contagious feline viruses.
Home Treatment for Feline Rhinotracheitis (Cat Flu)
As pet care becomes scientific and vet medicine matures, treating cat flu is easier. With a scientific plan by symptoms, it heals fast. Here's its impact and treatment.