A Michael Broad Blog
Our study supports that vitamin B6 dietary supplementation may be indicated in junior to adult animals diagnosed with an infectious, chronic, or acute condition or healthy cats with body weight ranging from optimal to overweight. In older cats, even if healthy, underweight to optimal cats appear to be at risk of vitamin B6 deficiency. …
Introduction I hope you find this page useful. It has been updated. One of the difficulties for a good cat caregiver is to know whether there cat is genuinely ill if and when they vomit. Domestic cats are good at vomiting. But sometimes it’s just a day-to-day matter; something not to concern a good …
Your cat is sick after eating commercially manufactured cat food. There are two ways to interpret the word “sick”. It might mean that your cat is vomiting or it might mean that your cat is vomiting AND looks unwell for a while because of other behaviours. 1. Poisoned? It’s going to come down to …
The question in the title (a Google search term) implies that a cat owner is having problems ensuring that their cat eats enough because they have lost their appetite due to sickness. Therefore the question is really, “How can I get my sick cat to eat?”. This leads to another question about what an …
Today I’d like to introduce the PoC community to a very well known fosterer for Greenville County Animal Care in Upstate South Carolina. This man is a dear friend to all of the Greenville cat advocates and has made a name for himself by nursing sick kittens and cats back to health. Bobby Knight …
A short cat health thought/tip, no more. There are diets – “nutritional therapies” – for sick cats. They are meant to improve the chances or rate of recovery. Their effect is slow and certainly not immediate. The cat caretaker should reflect on the appropriate time to introduce a new diet to their sick cat. …
By Maria This is the very first picture of Kiki relaxing on our deck. He’s around 6 months old, his paw was shaved in the emergency hospital. I found him a few days earlier in our front yard starving, sick and screaming for help. I was not sure I’d be able to keep him …
Cocoa on my pillow I think he loves me! My big boy In the dog chair How to feed a cat who can’t eat….Hmm. I was hesitant on whether to make that the title or “How To Feed A Cat Who WON’T Eat.” After almost a week of syringe feeding a cat, I thought …
