Category: Cat Care & Grooming

Cat Shock Information Cat Shock is caused by a severe insult to your cat’s body – heavy bleeding, trauma, fluid loss (from vomiting, diarrhea, or burns), infection, heart failure, or breathing problems. It is a syndrome in which the heart and blood vessels are unable to deliver the nutrients and oxygen to the cells and are equally unable to remove the cells’ toxic waste products. If not treated promptly, the shock process may be impossible to reverse and your cat can die.     The major signs of cat shock are: Pale or muddy gums. A weak and rapid pulse. Capillary refilling takes longer than two seconds. Rapid breathing (over forty breaths per minute). A low rectal temperature (below 100°F), with skin and legs cool to the touch. cat Shock requires prompt veterinary attention. For immediate aid, you should be sure the cat’s airway is clear so it can breathe. If not, administer artificial respiration, check the heartbeat and pulse,

Cat Abscess Information A cat abscess is a walled-off collection of pus caused by a bacterial infection. Pus is a collection of live and dead bacteria, dead tissue, white blood cells, and other cells called on to defend your pet’s body. Any damage to the skin, especially lacerations or puncture wounds, can admit bacteria into the underlying tissue.   Cats may form abscesses if their immune system is “sick” (i.e., feline leukemia virus or my infection). If the cat’s body cannot fight the bacteria, the tissue will be damaged and an abscess will form. A cat abscess is potentially dangerous: if prompt medical andiron surgical attention is not provided, the infection can spread to the chest, brain, heart, kidneys, or liver via the bloodstream.   A cat abscess is characterized by a warm swelling that is painful to the touch. Your cat may also be lethargic and have a fever. A common occurrence is having a cat brought to the office with lameness and lethargy that has become worse over a few days.

Cats that are underweight Cat or have lost weight usually are not receiving enough calories. If your pet is burning up more calories than usual (by living in a hot environment, exercising more, or becoming excited over nearby female in heat), eating a new food that may not be as digestible or eating less food(and therefore fewer calories), it can lose weight. If you have moved recently, brought another new pet home, or had a baby, your cat may be upset and may not eat well. But weight loss can occur from medical problems as well. In certain diseases of the thyroid, pancreas, liver, and intestines, food is not absorbed properly (diarrhea and/or vomiting will be present also). A weight-loss accompanied by increased urination and water intake may indicate the presence of hyperthyroidism, diabetes, or kidney disease. Heart disease (such as Cardiomyopathy or heart-valve disease) can cause a weight loss called cardiac Cachexia, in which the body does not get the proper nutrition because of poor circulation forms can steal the nutrition your cat’s body needs.

Cat and Hygiene Cat and hygiene is an important issue affecting the owners of the pet. Cleanliness of any pet at home is crucial in order to prevent illness among pets as well as the family members. Although cat is known for self grooming and in general has cleaner habits as compared to other pets, a close supervision is required by the owner. Owner needs to be agile towards the cleanliness of cat residing at home. Especially if the house has children this becomes more pertinent. Health issues like rabies and respiratory disorders are very common among children whose house have cats. The owner needs to maintain a daily cleanliness regime for the cat residing at home. Advice can be sought from the veterinary doctor who is the best person to guide. In this article on cat and hygiene we will try to focus on some basic cleanliness issues related to cats: Brushing the Cat It is very important to brush the cat regularly.

Let me tell you a secret. Cats don’t need cat litter. We think a bit of dirt or sand is just fine. Cat litter was invented for humans. Get that? for humans. Humans wanted something that was more absorbant, easier to clean and smelled less. Facts About Cat litter There are clay litters that you dump out. There are scoopable litters and many choices of those. There are alternative litters, made from wheat or corn cob litters. There are a variety of biodegradable litters. Cat litter, is in fact, a fairly new invention. Prior to this, if cats were to use a litter box, humans went outside and scooped up some dirt and placed it in th box. If the cat was very lucky, then perhaps there was a some sand from outside that was used in the box. Clay litter came along. It was more absorbent than most sand. It was, however, a bother to change and many owners wanted something better.

I love to sit in the window and look out and think about cat care. When the door opens sometimes I poke my head out to see what’s outside. I’m pretty happy inside but other cats are less inclined. Let’s face it, Siamese are inquisitive and we want to know what’s happening and we want to be a part of it. You’ve read and you may have even agree with the breeder to keep your Siamese inside. You have cat trees and scratching posts and you have interactive cat toys and lovely cat beds but your Siamese still wants to be outside. So, lets know more about cat care below: How To Do Cat Care? You may have window ledges up and they enjoy lookin gout. You’ve even put up a nice bird feeder where the birds will congregate near where your cat sits and still your cat wants to do outside. What are you to do?

Every Siamese should have a cat scratching post. Scratching posts serve a number of functions in a cat’s life. They offer us a way to relieve excess tension and anxiety. They allow us to stretch. The scratching offers us a way to scent an area to claim it as ours. Scratching also keeps our claws healthy. Cat scratching on the furniture because it’s there and it’s a place to claim territory. If there are other choices to make, that have a preferred covering, your cat will not scratch the furniture. What cats like to scratch is very individual. I’m a big carpet fan and I tend to scratch on the stairs, often dragging my body along the stairwell as I scratch. I have heard this is a uniquely Siamese thing. Other cats prefer wood. Humans say that sisal is a great material for scratching as it allows us to work our claws but is less likely to catch than carpet.

Cat Pregnancy Information Congratulations your cat pregnant. This is definitely a reason to rejoice but cat pregnancy also increases the anxiety of the owner. It leaves you thinking and planning how to manage the pregnancy of your dear cat. I am sure every owner is anxious for the safety of his cat pregnant. So many questions and doubts shred the mind of the owner – how to keep the cat safe during pregnancy, how to take care of its nutritional requirement, will it deliver safely, and so on. While your cat’s pregnancy is nothing much to get anxious you must have the basic awareness to deal with the situation successfully. Here are the basic related to cat pregnancy facts: How to make out whether the cat pregnant? For the owners who are breeding the cat, it is easier to detect the pregnancy. Otherwise, you have to look for other symptoms like weight gain, enlarged nipples, morning sickness,

Cat Care Tips, Cat Vaccination Tips One should be aware of proper cat care tips in order to keep his or her pet kitty healthy and strong. Other than dog, cat is the animal that is commonly tamed and domesticated as a pet by man. Cats have different behavioral approach compared to that of dogs. If proper pet care is taken with right technique of instruction the unruly cat can turn out to be an obedient pet for you. One of the primary cat care tips is that you should need to make your cat feel that you care for her and love her. To make the cat care tips effective you are required to make sure of the following aspects before keeping the loving feline as your pet. Before keeping a cat as pet you should decide whether to domesticate a male or a female cat. Female cat are gentle, cautious and quite in nature.