Infographic on URIs in domestic cats
This is a short, very compact infographic on URIs in cats which are better described as the ‘feline viral respiratory disease complex’. The goal is to provide a quick snapshot …
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Why do indoor cats need rabies shots and other vaccinations for contagious diseases?
Clearly, a decreased contact with other cats is a powerful way of reducing the exposure of a cat to pathogens. And if a cat is kept indoors full-time under careful …
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38 facts about the common cold in cats
Here are 38 facts about the common cold in domestic cats. I like to present these sort of topics in succinct, bullet-point factual terms because I think it helps to …
Gently stroking and talking to cats at rescue centers prevents upper respiratory infections
You might not have heard of the words. I certainly hadn’t until today. They are “gentling” and to be “gentled”. Gentling is the action of stroking a cat gently and …
How do indoor cats get colds?
Indoor cats can get colds if they come into direct contact with infected discharge from another cat who has got a cold. Or they come into contact with contaminated litter …
Calicivirus: I told my vet I’m getting very upset because something is very wrong and I’m not leaving until we fix this
A Reader’s Forum article published by Laura Morrison on November 6, 2019 THIS IS SOME BAD STUFF IF YOU DON’T CATCH IT IN TIME. Beasley and Francisco just got diagnosed. …
120 cats killed at no-kill shelter because of calicivirus outbreak
Community Animal Rescue and Adoption (C.A.R.A.) decided, we are told, to kill every single cat (120) at their facility because of an outbreak of calicivirus. One of the volunteers who …
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How do indoor cats get colds?
Full-time indoor cats can get colds because the virus that produces the cold can get inside the house where the cat lives in various ways one of which is on the cat owner’s hands.
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