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Cat water fountain recommended by Ben the Vet on TikTok

A water fountain that monitors you cat’s water intake (useful for health management)

In the video we see Ben the Vet on TikTok recommending a water fountain for cats which is very sophisticated. It’s worth a look at even if he is promoting it for a commission. Ben is now a social media influencer and he’s decided to make a bit of extra money probably because he was …

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8-year weight loss program

How it took me 8 years to become slender with health benefits

This article is indirectly about cats so please don’t think that it is not. It’s looking at the subject of domestic cats obliquely but it is just as relevant because there is a link between obese people and obese cats. The problem runs in parallel because people normalise obesity and don’t recognise it either in …

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Diabetics are more prone to infection

How common is diabetes in cats? It varies depending on where you are.

Cats with diabetes most commonly suffer from the Type II form (80-90%) which occurs when glucose levels are high because cells in the body do not respond appropriately to insulin and when the pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin to manage blood sugar levels. So how common is diabetes in domestic gas? The answer …

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Dream a Burmese cat

Why are Burmese cats 5 times more likely than other breeds to develop Type II diabetes?

I endeavour to answer the question as to why Burmese cats are 5 times more likely than other breeds to develop Type II diabetes? The general view is that Burmese cats are about 5 times more likely than other cat breeds to develop Type II diabetes (diabetes mellitus). One study says that the predisposition to …

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Diabetes tester

Average domestic cat weighing 13 pounds is at a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes

The average domestic cat weighing 13 pounds or more is at a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. That’s just 3 pounds overweight for a standard-sized cat which would normally weigh about 10 pounds. The point to note is that it is very easy for a cat owner to overlook a 3-pound increase …

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Stray ginger tabby survives Quebec winter and comes in from the cold

Sick, male, stray, unneutered ginger tabby survives Québec winter and asks to come in from the cold

He has a classic unaltered male domestic cat face with those jowls. His face also has the harshness of the Québec winter etched all over it. In February, in Québec City, the high temperature is a high of -4°C and the low as -13°C. It’s exceedingly cold and this boy survived it. We don’t know …

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Cat checked for health

Top three cat health insurance claims

This page discusses the top three cat health insurance claims in America as per five pet insurance companies (2018). Trupanion said that their number one insurance claim concerned undiagnosed vomiting and diarrhoea. The second and third were urinary tract infections and kidney disease respectively. ASPCA reported the top three as: gastrointestinal conditions, hyperthyroidism and thirdly …

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Palmerston the Foreign Office cat

Fifth of UK cat owners don’t know that their cat is a carnivore

A fifth (20 out of 100 cat owners) don’t realise that their cat is a carnivore so concludes a 2,000 cat owner survey by a cat food manufacturer, Lily’s Kitchen. This lack of basic and essential knowledge on cat nutrition has some startling consequences. Ten percent of British cat owners feed their cats raw vegetables …

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