You don’t need to be a doctor in order to know how to respond to and treat cat bites and cat bite infections. You need to apply common sense and to be vigilant. The great problem with cat bites is … Continue reading →
Some experienced cat owners swear by grapefruit seed extract for cats to cure many ailments including rattlesnake bites. It’s based on personal experience rather than scientific testing.
Continue reading →Moet is a blind cat living in Oman. She is all-white and became blind in both eyes through neglect. We are not told what happened but the blindness is almost certainly due to an untreated secondary bacterial infection after a … Continue reading →
Someone asked on Quora.com: Will I be okay after being scratched by a feral cat? The answer to this question depends on which country you live. In the UK, rabies has been eliminated. In the USA it has not. This … Continue reading →
GRAPHIC IMAGE: This is the worst looking cat eye infection that you will see in my view. I was reluctant to publish it. However, it is so common to see stray cats with ghastly bacterial eye infections rendering the poor … Continue reading →
Firstly sneezing is a sign of nasal irritation and is a reflex action. Sneezing can be caused by (1) a minor nasal irritation or allergy (2) dust, pollens, cigarette smoke etc. (3) feline viral respiratory disease – the first signs … Continue reading →
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada: A cat has been diagnosed with Q fever, a bacterial infection (Coxiella burnetii). Until today I hadn’t heard of domestic cats being infected with Q fever. It commonly affects farm animals such as goats, sheep and … Continue reading →
This is about cat flu. It is written in plain English. It is also written in a way which makes the information more simple. There is more to cat flu than I have mentioned here. Cat flu is a bit … Continue reading →
I have consulted with Dr Google and quickly realised that there is no reference, on the internet, to Alabama rot (cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV)) affecting cats but that does not mean conclusively that it does not affect cats. … Continue reading →
“Lockjaw” is a layman’s term for tetanus. It is said that tetanus is extremely rare in cats. The reason why it is called lockjaw is because one of the symptoms is difficulty in opening the mouth. Other symptoms are spastic … Continue reading →
