The Aging Cat Needs a Careful Eye
When we hear someone tell us our senior cat “looks really good for her age,” we might want to give some thought to that...
A URI With Extra Oomph
One of the most common causes of upper respiratory infection (URI) in cats is feline calicivirus (FCV). Cats kept at home and/or in a...
Spotting Soft-Tissue Trauma
Cats have 517 muscles, and they seem to find just as many creative ways to damage them. Whether it’s a leg caught in furniture,...
Kitty Litter and Disease Transmission
Enteric coronavirus is a highly contagious viral disease that is passed in the feces of infected cats, where it can then infect other cats....
Cardiac Gene Mutation in Sphynx Cats
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a devastating disease that causes the heart muscle to thicken and makes it less efficient. The disease is most prevalent in...
U.K. Food Recall
Feline pancytopenia is a potentially fatal illness characterized by a decrease in red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Since April 2021, veterinarians...
Happening Now…
Working Cats—The Treehouse Humane Society in Chicago released 1,000 cats to fight the city’s growing rat problem as part of its “Cats at Work...
Cerebellar Hypoplasia Tremors
Q. I would appreciate your thoughts on our female 12-year old tuxedo kitty, who has had a neurological problem since kittenhood.
It’s not severe like...
Reality and Rabies in Strays
Rabies is almost universally fatal once symptoms are observed, but it can be difficult to detect. In 2017 in New Jersey, there was a...
End the Wave of Fat Cats
Maintaining a healthy body weight is a critical aspect of overall health, yet obesity continues to grow among cats, dogs, and even people. Obesity...
5 Things About Hypertension
Hypertension (high blood pressure) is as much a “silent killer” of cats as it is of people, so it pays to understand a little...
New Feline Surgical Training Model
SynDaver, the company known for synthetic human and animal simulators for education, medical testing, and training, has a new synthetic feline surgical training model,...