Cats Health
Cat Health Made Easy
It's probably true to say that most people who enjoy the company of cats in their home are particularly conscious of providing good cat health care.
Optimising good cat heath care will not only provide your cat with the potential of a long life, but also of a healthy, carefree one, too. It's very satisfying to see your cat happy, healthy and enjoying life.
What is the single most important thing you can do to ensure the your cat enjoys the best health?
Is it immunising your cat against all the common or known feline diseases?
Is it keeping your cat indoors, away from potential hazards such as fighting or car accidents?
Is it having them sterilised?
Perhaps it's in keeping their sexuality entire?
Could it be ensuring their teeth are clean?
What about providing a loving, secure and safe home?
There are probably as many opinions about what's important in cat health care as there are people!
Important though some of the above are, I don't think any of them are as important to optimise good cat health as something that they do every day.
Eating!
Diet and nutrition are of top priority in maintaining the health of your cat. To my mind, this is the single most important aspect in maintaining anyone's health., not just for your cat
You may be feeding your cat a top cat food, recommended by your veterinarian. You may feel that, with all the advertising, proprietary brands are the best cat food. But are they?
We all know that advertising makes hollow promises, as the advertiser is more concerned with making money than giving you the facts.
But surely you can trust your veterinarian. Can't you?
Did you know that the top pet food manufacturers financially contribute to veterinary colleges? I may be old fashioned, but to me that means the colleges aren't completely impartial. After all, you don't bite the hand that feeds you.
I suspect, that since you have reached this article, you're searching for another way to improve your cats' health, other than that recommended by your veterinarian - which is invariably everyone's first choice.
Contrary to popular belief, and to most vets who sell processed food, it is the processed food itself which wreaks such havoc with cat health. Cats evolved by hunting animals and consuming most of it immediately.
Their digestive system has evolved to cope with this. Cooked, processed, preservatives and the very low grade meat by-products which are the basis for the majority of proprietary cat food on the market, is the single, most damaging factor in the deteriorating health of your cat.
If your cat gets all his nutrition from raw food, you will see a remarkable transformation in a matter of days.
But you need to get the balance right. You need to get the quantity and variety right for a good, all round balanced diet. Otherwise you could run the very real risk of one or more deficiencies. A serious deficiency can be fatal.
And you need to know about the de-toxing effect a change to a good diet entails.
When I first started introducing raw food to my cats, it was fraught with difficulties. I made mistake after mistake. After studying and applying various other therapists ways, I finally worked out what worked and what didn't. What they said was right and what just couldn't work.
So I wrote a book about cat health, based on my own experiences. I wish I'd had it before I embarked on that particular adventure. It would have saved me so much anxt.
When you address this so very important aspect of cat health, the spin off is enormous - professional therapist fees are cut back drastically.
Is there anyone alive who doesn't love a win-win situation?
Madeleine Innocent is a practicing homeopath, a specialised modality of natural health care. She treats both people and animals in her busy West Australian practice. Madeleine loves to spread the good work of homeopathy and other areas of natural health care and writes extensively on the subject.For a complimentary ebook on how to have a healthy cat, starting today, visit http://www.naturallyhealthycats.com or http://www.bestcathealth.blogspot.com
Can someone settle this cat health debate?
Okay, so my cat is cute but dumb as toast and evidently got into a fight with one of the neighbourhood kitties who are quite a bit more skilled than he is. He is covered in scratches that have scabbed over.
My mom and brother, for some reason, seem to think that because the scabs have been there for almost a month, it's in my cat's best interests to remove them.
I, however, believe that the fact that the scabs are still there just means that the scratches were pretty deep and they're taking a while to heal, and that the scabs should stay to keep infection out.
Can someone please set us straight? (and I know, everything I've read says don't pick them or whatever. My family's just stubborn.)
Thank you! I'm just worried about my cat's health is all :(
(I realize it would be easier to turn to some information site, I just want other people to tell us what they think :/ )
thanks guys, the cat's fine, the scratches had already pretty much scabbed over when he came in after the fight. By now the scratches are all tiny, like the kind you get when you pick up an angry kitten. It's not so much worry about problems he already has, just the ones that'll result if my mom and brother decide to go at the scabs themselves. I just needed a convincing argument :)
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Cat Health - Lethargic, goopy eye buildup?
My cat is a purebred 1 year old Abyssinian, he's usually a picture of health, lots of energy, healthy appetite, seems happy, but he sometimes gets goopy buildup in the corners of his eyes. I clean them when I see it and didn't think much of it except now it's a lot more, a significant amount every day built up. And he's got a stuffed nose with hard, brownish, crusty buildup in them. The eye discharge is more moist, but the same color.
I've noticed this for a day or so, and today he seems rather lethargic. He's still running around a little, but he just seems off. And for him to not be bouncing off the walls is unusual and he's spent most of the day sleeping.
What could it be and what should I do? Thank you for your help
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I need some cat health help.?
Yesterday my cat a 12 year old male start behaving like it was having some health issues later on i saw him gasping for air i knew that my cat has asthma but he denied eating or drinking anything his nose and ears were hot and dry and had changed a bit of color on the tip of his nose.my cat never drunk water and only had a drop of milk every now and then he would enjoy sunbathing so i think he could have had been dehydrated as he shows the symptoms of being not interesting at anything he is breathing a bit fast and gasp for air when picked up {please note the cat has asthma} he hasn't slept in 1.5 days and haven't ate anything i'm trying to keep him cool because i live in a hot climate.I feed him some milk through a syringe and give him water the same way.The vet cant possibly tell me much he thinks it could be an infection i think it could be an bladder infection because he doesn't use the toilet.Im thinking of buying a drug called VIBRAMYSIN 50mg/5ml which is an antibiotic as the vet said to clear and bacteria in his body.Is the cat in danger or can it be treated at the house? please note the symptoms:Fatigue,Increased heart rate,not using his litter box,not eating or drinking,not sleeping.Please help.
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can someone explain the concept of pet insurance to me?
can you tell me the best company for cat and bird/exotic pet insurance?
do you only pay 12 dollars a month and they cover all the costs to x-rays and other stuff the pet needs?
are these good sites? :
http://www.petinsurance.com/Plans-And-Coverage/Birds-And-Exotic-Pets.aspx
http://www.petinsurance.com/Plans-And-Coverage/Cats/Health-Plans.aspx
not important details:
i never took my bird to the vet for 6 or 7 years so since i have a kitten im thinking about having them start going but im not a rich person. the kitten is weeks and sprained it front paw so unless it gets better in 2 days i have no choice.
the kitten didnt exactly sprain its paw but it jumped down and has a limp now. it drank its krm (kitten replacement milk) and went to sleep.
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cat health insurance?
ok a deductible is the amount you can spend yearly on vet visits right? this is a quote they gave me
Bianca
PurinaCare
plus Preventive Care
$1000 Deductible
20% Co-Insurance
$6.19 Sub Total
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