If your cat shows a lively interest in the world around it, behaves normally, looks well fed, has a thick, glossy coat and clear, bright eyes, and licks itself enough to stay absolutely clean, you can generally assume that it is healthy.
If you observe the behavior of your cat attentively every day when you comb it,
you will notice quickly if anything is wrong. When you feed the cat, you see how much it has eaten, and when you clean out the litter box you can […]
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Healthy Cat vs Sick Cat
Teaching a Persian Cat Its Name
A Persian is easily taught its name, much faster than dogs. Call the cat’s name, immediately scratch its back near the tail. Call the name again, and again, quickly scratch the rump. By the third time, the kitten will likely twirl on tiptoes in response to the name. Keep reinforcing this name every few days, […]
Tapeworm
This long flat parasite lives in the small intestine of the cat. It buries its head into the lining of bowel, holding on with suckers and hooks. It can be up to 50 cm (20 inch) in length, divided into segments called proglottids. These proglottids break off from the end of the worm and are […]
Ticks
Ticks are wingless, parasitic insects that bury their mouthparts into the skin of their host, gripping firmly while they fill their bodies with a massive meal of blood.
They sart off as a small grey, white, or cream colored dot attached to the skin, and gradually grow
over a few days to look like a large wart […]
Nasopharyngeal polyps
Cats quite often suffer from chronic snuffles, most commonly due to nasal sinus infections that may follow on from a bout of cat flu. Antibiotics may help, but often do not result in a complete cure.
Another more rare, yet fascinating cause of chronic snuffles in cats are nasopharyngeal polyps. It is a non-cancerous tumors that […]
