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Why You Should Never Grab a Cat by the Tail
Grabbing a cat by the tail is painful and risky: the tail is made of small bones linked to nerves and muscles, and pulling it can injure bones, nerves, and balance, even upsetting the stomach. A frightened cat also loses trust in you. Always let the cat come to you and support its chest and hindquarters instead of the tail.
How to Calm a Stressed Cat (Feline Stress Response)
Stress can cause digestive issues, mood swings, and behavior changes. To ease it, find the cause, create a stable safe environment, spend more time, and use pheromones or calming scents. Prevention is a stable home and watching mood. If the cat vomits, won't eat, or shows urinary blockage/blood, see a vet promptly.
Benefits of Spaying Your Cat and What to Prepare
Spaying removes a female cat's ovaries and uterus (or a male's testes) so she or he cannot reproduce, and it greatly lowers the risk of reproductive diseases and problem behaviors. This guide covers the benefits plus the health checks, fasting, and aftercare you need to get right.
How to Relieve Constipation in Cats
Mild cat constipation can often be eased at home by increasing water intake, adjusting the diet, managing weight, adding exercise and fiber, and lowering stress. Severe cases need a veterinarian's help rather than home enemas.
What Should I Do About My Cat’s Diarrhea?
Diarrhea has many causes - diet, indigestion, parasites, gastritis, viruses. If the cat is energetic, fast it briefly and give probiotics or smectite, watch; if no relief, see a vet to avoid dehydration.
My 2-Month-Old Unvaccinated Kitten Vomited Food and Has Diarrhea After Milk and a Cat Treat – Why?
Vomiting undigested food and diarrhea are likely indigestion. A 2-month kitten has weak digestion and should not eat cat strips. Fast it, give probiotics, watch; after relief, feed the original food and transition diets gradually.
Since this morning, after eating cat food twice it vomited undigested food twice, then I withheld food, but it went on to vomit watery fluid with a trace of blood.
Vomiting undigested food then bloody water may indicate indigestion or gastric bleeding. Withhold food and water for half a day to a day, give pet anti-inflammatory and probiotics, and see a vet if there's no improvement.
Yesterday the cat was lively, but today it has no energy.
Lethargy with diarrhea may stem from digestive issues, infectious disease, or poisoning. Withhold food, give broad-spectrum pet anti-inflammatory and probiotics, and see a vet if there's no improvement.
Can cat rhinotracheitis spread to other cats?
Yes, rhinotracheitis spreads between cats. If an infected cat is not isolated with others, the others are easily infected. Recovered cats also shed virus long-term and must stay separated during that time. In multi-cat homes, always isolate the sick cat from healthy ones and disinfect the environment.
Can feline rhinotracheitis (cat flu) spread to healthy cats?
Cat flu is highly contagious and spreads through respiratory and digestive secretions of sick cats, such as nasal/oral discharge, sneezing, and coughing. Recovered cats also carry and shed the virus long-term, so isolate sick cats immediately.