Antibiotics for Feline Diarrhea

Antibiotics may resolve feline diarrhoea but the veterinarian has to do extensive tests in order to diagnose antibiotic-responsive diarrhoea. The veterinarian has to rule out all other possible causes of the diarrhoea first. Apparently, it is not uncommon for cat owners to ask if antibiotics can cure their cat’s diarrhoea but antibiotics are only …

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A Definition of “Nuisance Cat”

The Trustees of the town of Carbondale, Colorado, USA have passed an ordinance (a law) which defines “a nuisance cat”. The intention is to reduce the number of outside cats which includes strays becoming ferals. The definition: A nuisance cat is one which causes unprovoked personal injury, that wanders at large and whose owner …

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Cat owners should get rid of house dust regularly

Research indicates that house dust contains flame retardant chemicals (from sofas and chairs), arsenic, lead and DDT. I suspect that, through usage, flame retardant chemicals are ejected from furniture over time. Although DDT was banned in America in 1972, it remains in many homes because it stays in the home at the base of …

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Transdermal Methimazole Treatment For Hyperthyroid Cats

I’ll get straight to the point. Transdermal Methimazole treatment works but ask your vet. That is the general conclusion. I had to check. There has been a useful clinical study on this. They concluded: “Clinical improvement, as well as a significant decrease in T4, was noted in all cats.” T4 means serum thyroxine levels. In …

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