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Form a Partnership With Your Veterinarian
I've always encouraged cat parents to form a partnership with your veterinarian. Next to genetics, your cat's health is the most important factor in determining his or her's ultimate life span. We all want our cats to live longer, and your veterinarian should be your prime source of not only veterinary care, but advice about your cat's health.
Cat Age
We who love cats want our cats to live as long as possible, since they are members of our family. Although genetics may have an effect on longevity, there are many things we can do to maximize our cats life potential, starting when they first come under our care.
Subcutaneous Fluids (Sub-Q) for Cats
Dehydration in cats should be treated immediately, as it has the potential for killing a cat. Learn more about dehydration and replacement of lost fluids.
BPA Lined Cat Food Cans Pose Health Risks
BPA lining in cat food cans has been found to be harmful to the health of cats.
Signs of a Healthy Cat
The well-toned upper body of a healthy cat will give the impression of supple strength, which in movement translates to speed, agility, and grace. Learn more about the neck, shoulders, and front legs, feet, and claws of a healthy cat.
Veterinary Care for Cats
Are you one of those cat caregivers who only take their cats to the veterinarian during emergencies? Delaying routine exams is actually a financial risk, as potentially serious illnesses can be nipped in the bud by early diagnosis. Your cat could fall victim to economic euthanasia, if you waited to long to seek veterinary care. These articles...
Fat Cats
Fat cats are unhealthy cats. More and more cat caregivers are coming to realize that. Serious feline diseases such as diabetes and hypertension target morbidly obese cats. Excess fat has a way of creeping up as cats age, and become more sedentary if we do not remain aware.
Cat Health 101: Veterinary Care for Cats
Your cat has a better chance at maximizing his or her potential lifespan when you form a partnership with your veterinarian for kitty's health care needs. Learn more with this lesson from Cat Health 101.
Signs of a Healthy Cat
The well-toned upper body of a healthy cat will give the impression of supple strength, which in movement translates to speed, agility, and grace. Learn more about the neck, shoulders, and front legs, feet, and claws of a healthy cat.
Help in Selecting a New Veterinarian
Finding a new veterinarian for cats is always a challenge, whether moving into a new area or dissatisfied with the former vet. Although referalls from other happy clients are a big plus, it is always advisable to be prepared with a list of questions to ask any prospective veterinarian for your cat.
Treating an FIV+ Cat - the HIV Connection
Bud, an FIV+ cat, has been kept alive with a combination of drugs used to treat HIV and OTC supplements. The result has been total measurable viral suppression, to the extent that in his latest test, the viral load was so low that FIV was not detected. Read his remarkable story by Joel Kehler, Bud's human caregiver.
Have you had to put a cat to sleep because of the rising costs of vet…
In a deepening recession, with no foreseeable end, more and more veterinarians have to euthanize cats and dogs because their owners do not have the money to pay the high veterinary costs incurred with emergencies or seriously escalating chronic disease. If this has happened to you, share your story and how you reached the final decision on putting your cat to sleep
Your Fat Cats Weight Control Plan - Share Your Plan and Progress in t…
My two cats, Jaspurr and Billy, have a weight problem. I'm instituting a weight control plan for both of them, as detailed in the attached article. If you are worried about your own obese cat's health, you are encouraged to either follow my plan or another your veterinarian recommends. Please see your own vet first for an assessment of your cat. Then post your plan and your cat's progress in the …
Cats Health Quiz
How extensive is your knowledge about cats' health matters? Do you know common symptoms of health problems in cats and what they might mean? Take this javascript-based cats health quiz to test your knowledge and learn more about your cat's health.
What is Rippling Skin Disorder?
I read about that rippling skin disorder, and I think my cat has it. He does a lot of crazy running around with the skin on his back rippling. Also he wanders around at night, meowing loudly. What is it, and how can I help him? Learn more about rippling skin disorder, its symptoms, possible causes, and treatment, through this FAQ.
Fat Cats Weight Management Program
Weight gain in cats can creep up unnoticed. However, it has been apparent for some time now that both of these cats are seriously overweight. My goal for 2009 is to help them gradually reach a healthy weight. Excess weight is dangerous for cats. It can lead to feline diabetes, hypertension and other heart problems, and arthritis. Follow our...
What to Do About Hairballs
Although hairballs may be the topics of jokes among thoughtless humans, they are a source of discomfort or worse, for cats. Learn how to recognize hairball problems and how to help your cat get rid of them
About.com Readers' Choice Awards Nomination: Best Website on Cat Health
This year, among other awards, the About.com Readers' Choice Awards will honor the best Website with information on Cat Health You may nominate up to five cat care books with this fill-in-the-blanks form.
Special Needs Cats Profiles
Special needs cats, or "other-abled" cats often need special care. They may have been born with special needs, contracted retroviruses such as FIV or fELv, or lost limbs through accident, cruelty, or amputation. Blind or deaf cats may have come that way at birth, through malnutrition or disease, or by other means. The one thing all special needs...
Mad Cow Disease - Are Cats at Risk?
In addition to the 100 domestic cats which, as of the turn of the century, have died from feline spongiform encephalopathy in the UK, are sixteen big cats, which, in the latter case, most likely succumbed as the result of eating contaminated raw meat. Could our cats be at risk? Read more to find out.