A Michael Broad Blog
Overgrooming in cats can be quite a serious health problem. Cats can lick the fur off their bodies and don’t even stop there, sometimes. A cat can lick exposed skin raw to the point where it bleeds and becomes infected. Then the skin might itch. Your cat might scratch it and so the problem …
I’ll tell you why my cat overgrooms. I am writing about Charlie my three-legged cat. When I first adopted him after my mother died, I did notice that he had a slightly bald patch on his stomach. I thought nothing of it. For the first year I did notice that he groomed with a …
By Elisa Black-Taylor Our cat Sealy has healed and is now living life as a normal indoor cat. For those who need to catch up on his stories, they are all listed here as well as many photographs taking over the past five months: http://www.furbyshouse.com/Sealy-s-Journey.html. On PoC one of the first pages on Sealy …
All vets should provide full information to cat caretakers about the pros and and cons of cat vaccinations so that they can consent to the procedure armed with all the information that they need to make a good decision that is in the interests of the cat. What percentage do? Alternatively, the vet can …
An allergy to fleas can result in feline miliary dermatitis. The important point about a flea bite allergy or flea-bite dermatitis is that you don’t need a lot of fleas. In fact it seems that a single flea bite will suffice. Although a lot of cats are flea bite tolerant, some cats can develop …
by Bill (Dallas, TX) Santa Cat My 5 year-old Ragdoll cat has developed skin scabs that appear all over, especially the neck area. They get better when flea treatment is applied, but return after 2-3 weeks – too soon to re-apply flea treatment, according to instructions. Has anyone had experience with this situation and …
One form of feline acne treatment5. Treatment for feline acne often only lasts for a limited time because the underlying cause remains the same. Feline acne is not similar to human acne to the point where one can draw an analogy from it. However treatments frequently employ very similar drugs – see below. But…never …
by Michael (London, UK) Is there such a thing as feline dry skin? People search for it on the internet – hence this article. But how do they know or think that their cat’s skin is dry? You can’t see a cat’s skin, except at the extremities of the cat’s body where the fur …
