3 06, 2013

Care Options For Cats While You’re Away

By |2020-01-20T01:20:02+00:00June 3rd, 2013|

Summertime is travel time for many people, and if you own a pet, trip planning requires some extra thought. Decisions need to be made about who is going to care for your cat and what changes may occur in his routine. Owners rarely take their cats along on trips since most cats don’t enjoy travel. If you do take your cat, be sure he has at least one form of [...]

13 05, 2013

The Cat Who Forget Where The Toilet Was

By |2020-01-20T01:20:02+00:00May 13th, 2013|

Elmo is a big, sweet, 14-year-old cat. His owners brought him to my clinic for several issues, but one of his problems was eliminating outside of his litter box. Elmo used to use his box, but over the past months, his behavior had changed, and this was causing his owners to become very frustrated with him. Elmo shared his box with another cat, and the owners assured me that the [...]

8 04, 2013

Straining Could be a Sign of Something Serious with Cats

By |2020-01-20T01:20:02+00:00April 8th, 2013|

Three-year-old Teddy wasn’t acting right, and his owner hadn’t seen him urinate in a couple of days. He presented to our clinic as an emergency because he was very weak and vomiting. Initially his owner  thought he had eaten part of a sponge, but as soon as we did our initial exam, we uncovered the true cause of Teddy’s illness – a blockage of the urethra, the tract through which [...]

11 03, 2013

What To Do When Kittens Behave Badly

By |2020-01-20T01:20:02+00:00March 11th, 2013|

Kittens are energetic and fun, but it is crucial that they get trained at a young age to interact properly with humans. Frequently, I see owners with cuts and  scratches all over their arms when they bring their kittens in for a veterinary visit. I also frequently handle pet kittens that scream and bite when they are held. Feline behavior is based on genetics, but also on a kitten’s socialization [...]

18 02, 2013

Teeth A Key Part Of Good Health For Cats

By |2020-01-20T01:20:02+00:00February 18th, 2013|

February is National Pet Dental Health Month, so I want to convey the importance of dental health and how it can improve the quality of life of our pets. I am going to tell you the story of Rusty. Rusty needed a new home. He was an 8-year-old cat whose owners  couldn’t keep any longer, and who fortunately was adopted by some of my long-term clients. He was a very [...]

14 01, 2013

Laxative Can Aid With Regularity In Cats

By |2020-01-20T01:20:02+00:00January 14th, 2013|

Litter box habits are not the most pleasant discussion topic, but they are an important part of keeping your cat comfortable and happy. Many owners don’t know what is normal and what is not when it comes to kitty outputs. Problems with elimination are probably the second or third most common problems we treat in feline medicine. Most healthy adult cats urinate twice daily and defecate once daily, and deviations [...]

24 12, 2012

Sneezing Can Be A Sign Of Something Serious

By |2020-01-20T01:20:02+00:00December 24th, 2012|

Cats sneeze, and often it is hard to know whether sneezing warrants medical attention. Almost every day I see patients who sneeze and are congested. Most sneezing is due to mild upper-respiratory infections, but sometimes it is due to something more serious. Two weeks ago I met Kasey, an 11-year-old domestic shorthair cat. He had been having sneezing and nasal congestion for a few weeks, and he had a red [...]

12 11, 2012

The Roller-Coaster Ride of Saying Goodbye

By |2020-01-20T01:20:02+00:00November 12th, 2012|

Last week I had to say my final goodbye to my beloved 17-year-old kitty, Keiki. I have written about her previously, along with our 2 1/2- month battle with her pancreatic adenocarcinoma. She was a great kitty who brought me a lot of joy during our lives together. Amazingly, my 15-year-old, Shaka, who was treated for three years with chemotherapy for high-grade intestinal lymphoma, is outliving her. We got Keiki [...]

15 10, 2012

Owners Of Sick Cats Can’t Be Too Picky On Food

By |2020-01-20T01:20:02+00:00October 15th, 2012|

When they were younger, my cats would eat anything and everything, and I actually had a problem regulating their weight. I had to use timed feeders to control portions and keep them from bugging me when they were hungry. They would eat canned or dry food and loved to share our chicken and fish when we had leftovers. They loved almost any treat I would offer them. But now that [...]

17 09, 2012

New Cat Products Approved

By |2020-01-20T01:20:02+00:00September 17th, 2012|

It seems like most of the products on the veterinary market are geared for dogs, but a couple of great products have recently been approved for use in cats. One is a flea-control product called Comfortis. The other is a pain reliever called Onsior. Numerous flea-control products are available and some of the spot-on prescription-only veterinary products are now available in over-the-counter generic forms. Current oral products are Program, which [...]

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