Cat fights accompanied by injuries are common, particularly in cats that go outdoors or live there. Since cats have an enormous amount of bacteria in their mouths, bites can be serious, often developing into severe infections and abscesses. The wounds usually heal quickly, scabbing over, leaving no exit route for the bacteria. The white blood […]
Science Daily reports that a recent study shows that even healthy cats exhibit symptoms of illness when their routine is changed. The study drastically changed the routines of both healthy cats and cats with feline interstitial cystitis, a chronic illness, and found that all the cats exhibited the same symptoms of sickness behaviors, and just […]
All animals shed to a degree. The amount of shedding and regrowth of hair varies with age, breed, environment and health. Dogs normally shed twice a year, in spring and fall. Shedding is a normal process that rids the coat of dead hair. Shedding in the spring allows the dog to rid itself of its […]
