A natural cure for cat’s ear infection can become an effective means to end the constant shaking of the head and scratching of the ear that accompanies this common ear problem. Or it may alleviate the condition. While your feline … Continue reading →
Full-time indoor domestic cats should not get mange but they might. Mange is caused by an external parasite called a mite which lives on and in the skin of the host animal. There are a variety of species of mite. … Continue reading →
I thought this video may interest some visitors. It is distressing though. Pruritic cat means a cat suffering from chronic itching. In this case the legs and feet itch. The tortoiseshell cat constantly licks them. It is the human equivalent … Continue reading →
Here is a list of itchy skin diseases other than a current infestation of cat fleas. One of them may apply to your cat. However, there is no substitute for taking your cat to a good veterinarian. Unless you are … Continue reading →
A pruritic cat is an itchy cat. The medical term for itching is ‘pruritus’. I am not a veterinarian but I think this is one of the more disconcerting diseases that a cat can suffer from. I feel for pruritic … Continue reading →
Domestic cat scratch themselves for the same reason that we scratch ourselves: to relieve an itch. Before I explain some reasons for itchiness in domestic cats there are two aspects which are noteworthy, (1) cats sometime scratch themselves far too … Continue reading →
There are two places in and on a domestic cat where a food allergy can show up (1) the skin and particularly the ears and (2) the gastrointestinal tract (GI). The skin I think it is important to recognise that … Continue reading →
Does your cat scratch the inside of his/her ear flap for no apparent reason? When you look at the inside of the ear there is nothing wrong except perhaps a small scratch because he is scratching the inside of his … Continue reading →
I received a bit of a lesson from my veterinarian the other day and I am pleased about it. It is a simple lesson about cat self-mutilation which is not an uncommon cat health problem. By “self-mutilation” I mean overgrooming … Continue reading →
A cat health question from Brittani Bell who left a comment on the ‘hair loss in cats‘ page. I hope this page helps some visitors but this is only a discussion page. It is not a diagnosis and neither is … Continue reading →
