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What Is Feline AIDS (FIV) and What Are Its Symptoms?
The name 'feline AIDS' often confuses people. Its full name is Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV), different from human HIV. Infected cats may show chronic mouth inflammation, fever, weight loss, and more, but it does not spread to humans, dogs, or other animals.
Cat Eye Care Methods
In the past cats caught mice; today they are family, so daily care deserves special attention—including the eyes.
How to Treat and Remove Cat ‘Black Chin’ (Feline Acne)
Why does my cat have black dots on the chin that return after cleaning, then turn red and spread? Let's look at the causes and treatment of feline acne.
What Are Feline Coccidia, Tritrichomonas, and Giardia?
Coccidia, tritrichomonas, and giardia usually cause gastrointestinal symptoms in cats, like diarrhea and blood in stool. Here's an introduction.
What Is Feline Kidney Failure: Symptoms and Treatment
Lower urinary tract disease (bladder and urethra) is common in both sexes; mechanisms are bladder-wall injury and irritation of sensory nerves, increasing resistance to urine flow or causing pain or inflammation. Symptoms: long squats, frequent urination, blood in urine or outside the box, reduced appetite or vomiting.
Understanding Why Dogs Drool and Have Bad Breath
The most basic reasons for drooling and bad breath are periodontal disease, from tartar around teeth causing periodontitis, eventually possibly tooth loss; take extra care.
Cat Ringworm: Treatment and Prevention
Ringworm is a common feline skin disease, mostly in low-resistance cats. Microsporum canis and Trichophyton are the two main fungi; 90% from M. canis, evolving into irritating ringworm. Here's the detail.
What Color Is a Cat’s Eye Discharge?
As a good owner, learn to judge your cat's health by eye-discharge color! Here's what each color means.
Everything You Need to Know About Cat Deworming
A deworming primer from experience. New owners often ask about food, litter, vaccines, deworming.
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs
This article explains what Rocky Mountain spotted fever in dogs is. It is an infectious tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia. When an infected tick transmits the disease, it must attach to the host for 5 to 20 hours.