Cat Health

This is an increased or decreased need to drink water.

Only use treatments prescribed by your vet and apply them as directed. When administering drops or ointment to the eye, hold the cat's head still and

his causes inflammation of the joints. There are two forms of arthritis that may affect cats - osteoarthritis and traumatic arthritis.

This may mean limited vision, of total lack of vision.

A cat can be considered old when he starts to take things easy and spends more time than usual sleeping. The old cat's reactions are sharp, his moveme

If your kitten enjoys an outdoor lifestyle, or comes into contact with other cats or dogs that do, then he will almost certainly require defleaing on

space blanket or large sheet of plastic 'bubble wrap' to maintain body temperature in cases of shock and hypothermia squares of clean cotton material

A cat��s excellent hearing is the ��Yang�� that goes with their superior ��Ying�� of night vision. Not only are their ears more sensitive they are mobile with a cat able to move their ears through 180� to face them towards any detected sound. This enables the cat to pinpoint the position of their prey, in both direction and distance.

Sometimes a normally active cat will develop problems that make exercise difficult for him.

This renders the body incapable of regulating the use of water.

More and more vets are now adopting a natural approach when treating sick animals, cats included. Natural medicine denotes the use of complementary n

Constipation comprises a failure by the cat to pass faeces or passing fewer motions, and less frequently than usual. It is a symptom, not a disease,

These are insect parasites very common in cats.

Advice on what to do in a number of first-aid situations is given below.

The cat's digestive system is adapted for a meat-eating hunter that may not always be successful in catching a meal, so may occasionally gorge at a la

Cats are at risk from bites by other cats, and by rats. If you suspect your cat has been bitten by another cat, clip the fur away from around the bite

This is inflammation of the intestines, causing diarrhoea.

Caused by a virus that affects cat under about three years of age, this infection is known to spread rapidly among cats, and so is particularly danger

Flu in cats is not uncommon and, in houses where more than one cat lives, and particularly in catteries, can soon spread to other cats. Generally, the

This viral infection affects the cat's immune-response system.