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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.
Cat Internal and External Deworming: Method and Notes
Deworming splits into internal (gut parasites: roundworm, nematode, tapeworm) and external (flea, tick, louse, ear mite). Here's the method and notes.
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.
What Causes Abnormal Bleeding in Cats
Abnormal bleeding in cats is also called feline coagulopathy, occurring when normal bleeding happens due to a clotting disorder. This article explains why cats bleed abnormally.
Why Does My Dog Sit on Me?
Space beside it, yet the dog sits on you; hot summer, yet on you; in the field, yet on you.
What to Do When Your Dog Has a Nosebleed
Today we look at whether dogs get nosebleeds. Note: dogs don't bleed from the nose as easily as people - so if yours does, take it seriously.
Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD): Causes, Signs and Treatment
Feline lower urinary tract syndrome (FLUTD) is divided into obstructive and non-obstructive types. Obstructive means the urethra is fully or partially blocked. Within 2–3 days of complete blockage, urine retained in the bladder flows backward to the kidneys; this back-pressure suppresses glomerular filtration, causing waste and toxins to accumulate in the blood and leading to uremia. If not treated within 3–6 days, the cat can die. The non-obstructive type is milder; with prompt catheterization and proper daily care, it largely resolves on its own within a week.
How to Tell If Your Dog Needs More Water
As dog owners, we should know just how dangerous dehydration can be for a dog.
Does a Dog Cover Its Face Out of Shyness?
People cover their face to hide embarrassment, and the most popular emoji does the same - so why do dogs cover their face?