Pet parents should keep their cats indoors to reduce this risk and keep their cats safe from potential exposure to the virus. Unvaccinated cats are at high risk of rabies infection since they lack critical protection against the deadly virus. How Veterinarians Diagnose Rabies in Cats To help in...
The causes range from harmless to deadly. Kittens, senior cats, cats with chronic disease, and pregnant cats are all at increased risk of death-related to complications from untreated diarrhea. If diarrhea is not self-resolving within a 24-hour period, especially in these populations, you ...
Saying that something smells like death can mean different things to different people, but it’s usually just a creative, if dark, way of saying that something smells really bad. Since cats are normally “groom first and ask questions later” animals, if your kitty smells like death or other...
The peak-end rule is a cognitive bias that causes us, when looking back on an experience, to focus on two things: the most intense part of it and the end. I’m not saying that these things aren’t important. But the peak-end rule can—and has been shown experimentally to—cause us...
What causes cardiomyopathy? What are the stages of cardiomyopathy? What are the symptoms of dilated cardiomyopathy? What is stress induced cardiomyopathy? How is cardiomyopathy diagnosed? What is postpartum cardiomyopathy? How does dilated cardiomyopathy happen? What is congenital heart disease in cats?
Tularemia is an infection typically found in squirrels, wild rodents, certain birds, and rabbits. It's a rare disease that affects no more than 200 people per year in the U.S. Aside from ticks, mosquitoes, and deer flies can also transmit the bacteria that causes the illness:Francisella tu...
Chris Pachel on the causes and prevention of cat stress.Neutered cats and indoor-only cats also appear to be at greater risk than sexually intact cats and those who spend time outdoors.However, both of these factors also tend to predispose cats to obesity — mostly because people overfeed ...
The former professional baseball player died of “natural causes” on Sept. 30. He was 83. Frank Fritz Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images Frank Fritz TheAmerican Pickersstar died on Sept. 30. Aortic stenosis and cerebral vascular disease were both contributing factors in his death. He was 60....
As always, travel, especially to a new place, causes me to reflect on the beautiful diversity of life. What must it feel like to pass each day overlooking the same fields my parents looked at each day? What must it be like to be able to walk right outside my door and know that all...
For this to have been even a tiny bit better, the cats would have to be symmetrical. The Hotdog Angel This specific hotdog seems to have died and gone to hotdog heaven where it got its angel wings and halo. May it rest in peace. Hot dogs are u...