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Fleas on Cats and Kittens
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Wound Care
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Laceration
My cat was found in a neighbor's engine as she was driving and heard noises. She pulled over and found my cat stuck in the hood of her car. My cat is suffering from a limp leg, lacerations (not bleeding more like cuts), a closed eye, and a fractured mouth. What can I do at home to care for my ...
Hives for Cats
GENERAL DESCRIPTION Hives (urticaria) and a swollen face (angioedema) are common results to an allergic reaction. Small bumps will appear all over the skin and often the hair will be standing up over the swelling areas. When the body is exposed to one of the many allergens out t...
Hives Dogs
GENERAL DESCRIPTON Hives (urticaria) and a swollen face (angioedema) are common results to an allergic reaction. Small bumps will appear all over the skin and often the hair will be standing up over the swelling areas. When the body is exposed to one of the many allergens out there, the im...
Fleas on Cats and Kittens
GENERAL DESCRIPTION Fleas are small, flat, wingless, external parasites that feed off the blood of your adult cat or kitten. Fleas are not only an annoying problem for cats and owners; they also cause diseases such as allergies, anemia and tapeworms. Fleas can bee seen crawling on your cat...
Feline Calicivirus
GENERAL DESCRIPTION Feline calicivirus is one of many upper respiratory infections your cat or kitten may likely experience. Upper respiratory infections are the most common infectious diseases in cats and are easily spread in multi-cat environments. While they rarely cause death...
Heat Stroke in Cats
General Description Heat stroke or Hyperthermia occurs when your cat is unable to keep its body temperature below a healthy range. Because of the way cats breathe and sweat, they are not very efficient temperature regulators. Sources & Cause(s) Normal rectal ...
Heat Stroke
General Description Heat stroke or Hyperthermia occurs when your dog is unable to keep its body temperature below a healthy range. Because of the way dogs breathe and sweat, they are not very efficient temperature regulators. Dogs with flat noses such as pugs and bulldogs are extremely ...
Feline Leukemia Virus
GENERAL DESCRIPTION Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is a common disease of cats that occurs in outdoor cats or multi-cat households. It is the most common cause of cancer in cats and is often fatal. FeLV is the cause of a variety of diseases, not just leukemia. FeLV is specific to memb...
Feline Herpesvirus Infection
GENERAL DESCRIPTION Feline herpesvirus (also called feline rhinotracheitis virus or feline influenza) is one of many upper respiratory infections your cat or kitten may likely experience. Upper respiratory infections are the most common infectious diseases in cats and are easil...
Pyrantel Pamoate
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Pyrantel Pamoate is prescribed by a veterinarian to treat hookworms and roundworms in pets. Roundworms and hookworms are typically picked up by your pet when it eats infected soil or feces. It is not effective against tapeworms or whipworms. Your veterinarian m...
Metronidazole
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Metronidazole is commonly used as an anti-diarrheal medication that treat inflammation of the large intestine. It is also effective against certain protozoal and bacterial infections such as Giardia, Trichomonas and Balantidium coli. It is effective against only anaero...
Praziquantel
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Praziquantel is prescribed by a veterinarian to treat tapeworms in pets. Tapeworms are spread by ingesting a flea or louse that has in turn ingested a tapeworm egg. A flea preventative may also be prescribed in conjunction with administration of Praziquantel to prevent...
Giardia
GENERAL DESCRIPTION Giardia is sometimes confused with “worms” because they invade the gastrointestinal tract and can cause diarrhea. Giardia is a one-celled parasitic species classified as protozoa. Giardia can infect cats and dog and sometimes can be passed to h...
Coccidiosis
GENERAL DESCRIPTION Coccidiosis is an intestinal tract infection caused by a one-celled organism or protozoa called coccidia. Coccidia is not a parasitic worm. They are microscopic parasites that live within cells of the intestinal lining. Because they live in...
Leptospirosis (Canine)
General Description Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease of dogs and other mammals that primarily affects the liver or kidneys. Source & Cause Dogs can contract the bacteria by ingesting infected urine or rodent-contaminated garbage is the most import...
Calicivirus
GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Calicivirus is a small viral particle that is a component of the upper respiratory complex infection seen in cats, or “cat flu”. The Calicivirus in only infectious in the cat family. SOURCE & CAUSE(S) Cats that become infected w...
Abscess
GENERAL DESCRIPTION A localized area of infection that generally looks like a lump or bump and contains pus. SOURCE & CAUSE(S) Abscesses generally form as the result of trauma to the skin and are most commonly the result of a cat or dog fight where the incide...
Roundworms
GENERAL DESCRIPTION Roundworms are an intestinal parasite found commonly in cats and dogs, especially young pets. These worms live in the stomach and intestines and can grow to be 7 inches long. Roundworms are the most common internal parasite found in dogs and cats. In adult dogs, r...