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Winning Ways to Cut Down your Kitty’s Hairballs
Chances are, if you own a cat, you have witnessed your cat coughing up a hairball. It’s as awful of an experience for your cat to go through, as it is to watch. You’ve seen it happen enough times that you know exactly when your cat’s hairballs are coming out. First, you hear the hacking noises. Next, you notice the yellow spots on your carpet. Not too long after, you notice the hairball.
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The Pros and Cons of Declawing your Family Feline
Declawing is a very controversial issue among cat owners and cat lovers. There are those that believe that declawing a cat is wrong under any circumstances. The opponents of declawing believe that there is always another option that can be chosen. On the other hand, there are many people who believe that declawing is harmless. That it does not harm the cat.
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The Lowdown on the Top Five Diseases in Cats
Since cats are, in most cases, life-long friends to humans, you have to give time to taking proper care of your cats. This means not only feeding them well, playing with them and providing a safe home for them, but also taking proper health care into consideration. You wouldn’t do any less for your child—from dental care to skin care—so don’t be surprised that the same market and expectations also exist for cats.
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Scheduling your Kitten’s Vaccinations – Are They Really That Important?
A new kitten can bring extreme joy, happiness, and playfulness to the life of an owner. There is nothing cuter than a little furball running around and exploring the world and possibly getting into mild mischief! However, there are protocols that must be followed in order to ensure the health and safety of your new feline companion. These include proper grooming, proper diet, and most importantly, timely vaccinations.
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Say Cheese – How to Keep your Cat’s Teeth Healthy
Maybe the idea of oral hygiene for animals just seems a little too odd to be true, but the reality is that, just like humans, cats need to have their teeth cleaned and monitored both by their owners and by the vet. Perhaps in the future there will be specialized dentists for animals?! Although the idea is a slightly bizarre one, if you think about it purely in rational terms, it makes perfect sense that all the food that cats ingest will result in bacteria in the mouth in basically the same way in cats as it does in humans.
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Listen Up! Proper Ear Care for your Kitty
Ear care for cats is something to think about for the entire life of your cat, or for the entire amount of time for which a cat is with you. However, do remember that special attention should be paid to older cats and cats who show some sign of problems in the ears. Although ear diseases are more common in dogs than in cats, proper attention should always be paid to both dogs and cats.
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Helpful Hints for Nursing your Cat through a Urinary Infection
If you have a cat, chances are you’ve had an experience with hairballs. When your cat starts hacking and you notice yellow spot on the carpet, you already know what time it is. Hairballs are just as much annoying for the cat to cough up as they are for you to clean up. It is an unpleasant experience for the both of you. In some cases, hairballs have been known to cause death among cats.
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Gum Disease in Cats – It’s More Common than You Think
Although animals are not as likely to show physical signs of pain (and of course, they can not open their mouths and complain to us like our kids do), but that doesn’t mean that they are not suffering from diseases that not only put their health at risk, but also that, most likely, make their daily lives more painful.
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Don’t Get Ticked – Tips on Avoiding or Treating your Kitty for Ticks
Ridding your pets and home of ticks can be a pesky job once an infestation occurs; it is for this reason that a little bit of prevention can go a long way. A female tick lays 100 eggs at a time, so the last thing you want is a tick laying eggs inside your home or somewhere very close by entrances to your house. Ticks are waiting in the grass, just watching and waiting for something warm (blooded) to walk by, and when something does (either you or your pet), they jump right on.
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Avoid the Fat Cat – Delectable and Healthy Treats for your Furry Feline
Obesity is the number one nutritional problem in cats. It isn’t natural for cats to be overweight. If your cat is overweight it can lead to many other serious medial problems. Obesity in cats has been known to cause lameness, diabetes, and even death in cats. The best thing you can do for your cat is prevent from him from ever becoming obese. If you notice your cat has started putting on a little weight, there are some things you can do to help your cat lose a little bit of weight.
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A Rundown on the Most Popular Houseplants that are Toxic to your Cat
Cats love to chew on plants, many cats love to anyway, and since we humans love to put greenery and flowers throughout our houses to brighten things up and make it seem a little less like we’re indoors, we have to think about keeping our cats safe. Most dogs eat grass occasionally, but won’t usually chew on houseplants. Additionally, your dog is not very likely to jump up onto the kitchen table and start gnawing on that vase of tulips as a centerpiece, but your cat just might spring up there.
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Neutering – An Important Part Of Your Cat's Care
With the large number of homeless and feral cats in the world, it is no wonder that people are beginning to realize the importance of neutering their cats. After all, since cats can reproduce several times a year and mature quickly, just two feral cats can quickly become twenty.
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Feeding Your Cat – Make Sure Your Cat Gets The Nutrition He Needs
So, you have a new kitten. You can just dump some cat food in a bowl and get on with your life, right? Well, there's a bit more to the process than this. To keep your kitten healthy, you will need to be sure that you meet all of his nutritional needs.
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Cat Vaccinations – Protecting Your Cat
One of the most important things you can do for your cat is to be sure its health is protected. Cat vaccinations can protect your cat from many common cat ailments. You should begin vaccinating your kitten when he is six to eight weeks old. Before this time, his mother's antibodies have been protecting him from many of the diseases that vaccinations protect against. However, now that he is weaned, he will need to develop his own antibodies.
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If you've never owned a cat before, you may not realize that cats can suffer from quite a few different health problems. Some of these problems are easily preventable, while others are hereditary.
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Cat Grooming – Keep Your Cat Looking Great
Cats do not like to be dirty. Most cats spend a good part of their day licking their paws and face to stay clean and tidy. However, despite this, few cat owners think about grooming their cats.
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Cat Flea Control – Get Rid Of Those Itchy Insects
Has your cat become infested with fleas or ticks? If his buggy skin has been keeping you up all night, it is time for you to get those fleas or ticks under control. Even the cleanest cats can end up with a flea infestation. All it takes to turn your flealess pet into a flea bag is one friendly stray cat or dog that comes along for a visit and leaves his fleas behind. When a person or cat walks outside, he will pick up the fleas and bring them inside. Even one flea can lay quite a few eggs. When the eggs hatch, you will have a full scale infestation.
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The Cat Bath - How To Wash Your Cat
Everyone knows that cats absolutely hate water, so why on earth would someone want to bathe their cat? Well, although cats don't enjoy paddling in the swimming pool with their doggie pals, they still can get just as dirty or flea infested as dogs. There are times when there is just no other option besides giving your cat a bath. As long as you do not bathe your cat more frequently than once a month, you will not damage his hair or skin.
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Never gamble with your cat's health. While it is important to treat cat diseases as soon as you recognize the symptoms, it is best to leave the diagnosis and treatment to a veterinarian. If you have any doubt about your cats health, call the veterinarian immediately. Somehow cats have gotten the reputation that they hide all the time or are constantly skittish.
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The Importance On Getting Your Cat Fixed
Spraying, neutering, fixing and altering are terms used to describe the one medical procedure every cat needs. The procedure involves removing the sexually functioning parts of your cat. Female cats are sprayed; male cats are neutered.
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Keeping Your Indoor Cat Happy And Fit
Cats can be happy and satisfied if kept entirely indoors. A survey has shown that they are likely to live twice as long, they cannot be stolen or run over, or pick up disease from another cat. Also, if your home has been made safe for your cat, he cannot get into danger such as being locked accidentally into a shed or vehicle, fall off roof, get into fights, or be chased by a dog.
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Helpful Tips Before Getting A Cat
Before you look for a new cat, know what you are getting into. Despite their reputation for being aloof, cats are not animals that you can ignore. Unless you are prepared to spend time with them, do not get one. If you have never owned cats, you may not realize that they do certain things and need certain cat things.
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It is important to feed your kitten wet meals. Feed them five small wet meals a day, more if you have time. Pay careful attention to the ingredients of all foods since a kitten's small body can be very sensitive to foods. Specially formulated kitten foods are ok but not required.
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Hair: A cat's grooming schedule depends on his hair length, the amount of time he spends outside and whether he is an only cat. Some cats may need brushing once a day and some once a month. Cats who go outdoors roll in dirt or on concrete which helps remove loose hair, so they may be able to go longer between grooming sessions. Shorthaired indoor cats may need to be brushed every one or two weeks.
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When it comes to grooming, cats are pretty good at taking care of themselves. But because he is living indoors, he needs some help being groomed. Claws need trimming and hair needs brushing. Grooming him once in a while can help keep your home nice and your cat happy.
