If your cat is losing hair on the back of ears, the first question that you should ask yourself is whether there is genuine hair loss because the hair on the back of a cat’s ear flaps (pinnae) is very … Continue reading →
SEEK IMMEDIATE PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT IF YOUR CAT’S VOMIT LOOKS LIKE POOP. Your cat is vomiting foul material that looks and smells like faeces. The probable causes are: Blunt abdominal trauma – i.e. hit in the abdomen either through an accident … Continue reading →
People ask Dr Google for the “reasons why my cat is throwing up”. Here is an overview of the reasons but it is not a substitute for taking your cat to a genuine doctor; a good veterinarian if needs must. … Continue reading →
“My cat’s breath smells bad” is a common concern for cat owners. Bad breath is called “halitosis”. The problem shouldn’t be as common as it is because it is likely to be the consequence of a failure to obeserve a … Continue reading →
Although I have a page on Genetic Diseases in Purebred Cats (gathered together from reliable and what I thought was complete source material), I have recently discovered that the much loved Bengal Cat can inherit Distal Neuropathy. In fact the … Continue reading →
Theoretically or technically cat ear mites are contagious to humans because they can crawl out of a cat’s ear canal onto a person who is handling the cat. However, it hardly ever happens and if it does the mite will … Continue reading →
From a medical standpoint this is a story about domestic cat head shaking. It is instructional. It is also a story about the brilliant work carried out by this famous animal rescue centre. A lot of people ask, ‘Why is … Continue reading →
By ‘standing up’ the questioner is referring to the habit of Munchkin cats to go up on their haunches in what I call the ‘meerkat position’. They rest their body on their feet and not their toes and lift their … Continue reading →
He is an adult ginger tabby-and-white who looks like a kitten. In the photo below he is being weighed at the vet’s and the scales record 1.61 kgs which is 3.5 pounds. His guardian says he weighs 1.7 kg (3.74 … Continue reading →
Right away I must say that this cat is exploited. Lucy is called The Bat Cat by her owner and she has 25k followers on Instagram. She is another one in a long line of online cat celebrities because of … Continue reading →
