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Fading Kitten Syndrome

December 28, 2007 By

Fading Kitten Syndrome is a disease that is believed to be transmitted to the kittens as they pass through the birth canal. After birth all will initially appear fine. The mother is healthy and the kittens are nursing. Then within the next week or two, one or more kittens die. If this disease doesn’t appear [...]

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How To Tell If Your Cats Are Playing Or Fighting

December 18, 2007 By

It can be difficult to tell the difference sometimes between cat play or fighting. The following are a few general guidelines to help you determine which is which: When cats are playing, they may each hiss once or twice, but if your cats hiss several times, most likely they are fighting. Cats who play with [...]

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How To Take Your Cat’s Pulse

December 11, 2007 By

The first step in learning how to take your cat’s pulse, is to feel inside of her hind leg where it meets the groin for the femoral artery. This can be done while your cat is in a standing position. Now you will need to press your fingers on the artery until you can feel [...]

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Cleaning Your Cat’s Ears

December 4, 2007 By

Before you start to clean your cat’s ears make sure you take a good look inside them first, check for any sores, ear mites or signs of infection. If your cat has a blackish-brown crumbly material visible in her ears, that’s a tell-tale sign of ear mites. Your cat will need a visit to the [...]

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Mealtime Aggression

December 1, 2007 By

If you have a multicat household, there may come a time when you will have one cat who aggressively takes over the food bowl or even kicks another cat out of the kitchen. To help overcome this problem, you should make sure that each cat has their own bowl if you feed your cats on [...]

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Kitten Vaccine Schedule

November 19, 2007 By

The following is a general guideline for your kitten’s vaccine requirements. Note that your vet may change this schedule to suit your kitten’s risk factors. Six to eight weeks of age feline rhinotracheitis-calicivirus-panleukopenia vaccine #1 chlamydia vaccine #1 (this vaccine is optional, it is also sometimes combined with the above-mentioned vaccine) stool check for internal [...]

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Feline Artificial Respiration

November 8, 2007 By

Artificial respiration is needed when a cat has a heartbeat but is not breathing. It is very important to never try to attempt this on a cat who is breathing on her own. The steps to perform artificial respiration on a cat in an emergency are as follows: If the cat is wearing a collar, [...]

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Catnip: Grow Your Own

October 22, 2007 By

If you decide to grow your own catnip for your cat, it’s best to do so indoors in a window with plenty of sunshine. You can grow it outdoors as well but it can quickly draw the attention of every cat in your neighborhood to your garden. Catnip also spreads and can easily take over [...]

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