If your cat is suffering from diarrhoea or is vomiting but otherwise seems to be in good health generally, something a cat owner can do is to withhold all food for 24 hours and restrict water intake to small drinks … Continue reading →
This is probably the best tip cat owners will read on cat hair loss. It gets to the point and narrows causes down. There are other pages on hair loss on this site. One has hundreds of comments. Click this … Continue reading →
There are two important aspects to feline gum disease which come to my mind…(a) gum disease is fairly common, almost universal – one of the top 10 most common cat health problems (probably) and (b) it it easy to overlook … Continue reading →
Pau d’Arco is recommended as a home treatment for cats but how safe is it? For instance, it is occasionally recommended as a natural cure for cat ear infections. There is a trend towards home treatments of cat health problems. … Continue reading →
By Bruce in North Dakota, USA Intro by Michael: Occasionally chronic constipation is due to an enlarged, sluggish colon that is not working properly; it doesn’t contract to push the feces out. This condition is called megacolon. Feline megacolon requires … Continue reading →
It seems very strange that pumpkin, a fruit, can be feed to a cat as a cure for both constipation or diarrhea. Nothing makes sense in that sentence. A cat is a carnivore (they don’t eat fruit!) and constipation is … Continue reading →
The answer is that yogurt can be beneficial to cats with diarrhoea but the benefits are limited. Yogurt contains probiotics which is live bacteria and yeasts. The bacteria in yogurt is considered to be good bacteria. If the cat’s gut … Continue reading →
The mantra is don’t give your cat aspirin without a vet’s advice even baby aspirin. This is the default position and I think, by now, most of us know it. Aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid. Buffered or enteric-coated aspirin is safe … Continue reading →
I am writing this for people in places where it may be difficult or impossible to get to a veterinarian. I have been asked to write about home vaccinations by Ahsan in Pakistan who is a feral cat colony caretaker. … Continue reading →
Miralax hairball treatment for cats is something people suggest but Miralax is a treatment for human constipation and hairballs are not exactly constipation. As we know hairballs are often thrown up after eating grass or they are defecated. Miralax is … Continue reading →
