What affects us affects cats
The question in the title is current as according to VCA Hospitals in the United States, almost 60% of domestic cats in that country are overweight. There is a domestic cat overweight problem in the UK as well. A domestic cat is considered overweight when they weigh 10-20% more than their ideal body weight, …
Cat skin problems? No. This fine looking cat is scratching his or her chin. The picture is here to simply illustrate the page and this cat has no skin problems that I know of. Skin problems in cats are quite wide ranging. They are listed on this page. It seems that these problems can …
Do cats get dandruff? I think this is a far question because the best book on cat health that I have does not refer to the type of dandruff humans have but to walking dandruff caused by a reddish brown mite. This is not the same thing. However cats can it seems develop conventional dandruff for various reasons such as a poor diet.
The testimony of a visitor tells me that coconut oil can be used as a home treatment for cat skin scabs. And a vet website indicates it can be used to help alleviate skin irritation. So here’s a post about a possible home treatment for cat skin irritation. If anyone has first hand experience …
This is a page that gives some clues as to cat health trends in the USA backed up by statistics. Banfield Pet Hospital is the world’s largest veterinary practice. It is an American business operating in America. The company has a poor policy on declawing, which I have to mention as they dealt with …
By Elisa Black-Taylor This past weekend we celebrated Sealy’s one year rescue anniversary. He and 250 online friends joined us for a day of catnip and treats. It’s hard to believe he’s been with us a year now. It’s even more difficult to believe he’s lived through everything he has to become the sweet, …
An even worse nightmare than taking one of our cat to the vets, is taking them both….. Jozef saw a strange cat in our garden one evening last week and saw it off after a bit of a battle. He came in full of himself and we could see no wounds but decided to …
This is a cat health problem question posed by a visitor today. It is reproduced verbatim. This is the link to the comment. My cat has skin scabs, have used flea products, sprays powders and carpet treatments. none of which have helped. I have not found any fleas ,and our two dogs do not …
