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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.
Tips for a Beautiful Coat for Cats and Dogs
Assuming our furry friends are healthy, coat beauty seems to be the topic owners care about most, especially long-haired cat and dog owners.
Cat Abnormal Bleeding: Diagnostic and Treatment Guide
Abnormal bleeding in cats needs a workup - history, CBC, biochemistry, urinalysis, X-rays, clotting studies, and more - to find the cause (infection, toxin, platelet disorder). Severe cases need IV fluids, transfusion, oxygen, and antibiotics.
What Is Jaundice in Cats and Its Symptoms?
Jaundice is yellowing of skin or mucus membranes from increased blood bilirubin, a bile pigment made from heme in the reticuloendothelial system. As it is excreted in bile, hemolytic disease, liver injury, and bile-duct damage all cause jaundice; thus jaundice is non-specific, and finding its cause needs other signs and history.
Things to Know About Cat Labor and Delivery
Like dogs, cats are multiparous, usually about four per litter, with a ~65-day pregnancy and normal labor lasting 2–6 hours. Occasionally only one or two are born, usually in first-time or older mothers. Most cats deliver naturally, but complications occur: premature, delayed, prolonged, or difficult labor.
Symptoms of Urethral Infection in Dogs
A urethral infection is inflammation of the urethral lining, usually bacterial, often after injury, blockage, or nearby inflammation. Signs are frequent painful urination with cloudy, bloody, or pus-like urine; treat the cause with antiseptics and antibiotics.
What Is Feline Distemper and What Are Its Symptoms?
Feline distemper is the name for acute, highly contagious diseases such as feline panleukopenia and feline infectious enteritis. A cat with distemper shows fever, panleukopenia, vomiting, diarrhea, bloody stool, lethargy, and loss of appetite.
Symptoms and Treatment of Feline Distemper
Feline distemper, also called feline panleukopenia or feline infectious enteritis, is an acute, highly contagious disease in cats. A cat with distemper shows: reduced white blood cells, reduced appetite, soft stool, vomiting, fever, dehydration, and other symptoms.
Cat Grass vs. Catnip: What’s the Difference?
Cat grass (usually rye/wheat) is a safe natural hairball aid rich in folic acid; catnip (a mint) relieves stress and excites cats via nepetalactone but is harmless and non-addictive. About a third of cats don't react to catnip.
Why Does a Dog Lick You After Your Bath?
You sit down after a bath, ready for the last quiet moment, when a cool sensation hits your shin - it's licking you eagerly. Does it mistake you for its puppy, or is there more to it?