Cat Health

Bridget asked:


Not complaining. As I am typing this, I have a severe case of COL (cat on lap). So warm and purring. Guess who runs this household?
Anyway, so many health problems. Any Manx folks out there?

Ximena

skooter asked:


My cat was healthy, happy cat. No health problems I heard her crying one night and we found her dead under the porch. I think someone poisoned her.

Brenna

reatha S asked:


Is there any place in south west louisiana where they give free cat vaccinations, and/or free check-ups/care?Also,what age am i suposed to wait till i give my kitten its first shots?

Amari

SACHIN D asked:


I do not know English well.I wipe the floor with phnyl.And My cat drank the milk on same floor 5/6 hours later.To wash sideeffects I gave the cat milk.Will it get any harm?Please suggest what care to be take now?

Martin

Beth asked:


I recently just got another cat. Its owners left him and he became a stray. Because his teeth are so bad he couldn’t eat regular stuff so he became extremely skinny. Does anyone know anything that i could feed him to fatten him up a little bit? It has to be soft because of his teeth.

Trinity

Delilah (aka levdubya) asked:


I know that spaying and neutering have health benefits for cats. It helps prevents cancers and removes the urges that cause them to roam and fight, among other things.

However, I have yet to discover what benefits declawing contributes to a cat’s health. So, my question is what does declawing do to benefit the cat?
So, if there is no benefit to the cat, then why would people do it their cats?
Surely it couldn’t be for selfish reasons, could it?
I would like to hear from people who believe there are benefits to the cat. Or, perhaps there aren’t any?
I’m having a hard time buying into the whole ‘rather have my fingers amputated than not live at all’ reasoning. Humans in civilized cultures would never have to face that decision. Amputation for anything other than a severe medical condition would be considered torture by any reasonable society and the offender would surely be prosecuted. You can’t tell me that having the tips of your fingers cut off would not have some negative impact on your well being.
This comment is for those wondering why I would ask this question when I’ve clearly indicated my views against declawing in other posts. The answer is simple. I think it is healthy for people to challenge their own viewpoints occassionally, especially those we feel very strongly about. I don’t want to fall into the trap of being so strongheaded about something that I fail to consider other possibilities. In this case, I wanted to make sure that I was not blindly missing some beneficial things. After all, declawing is legal in the US so I figured there might be good reason.

Based on the responses I’ve seen here, I think I’ll stay with my current viewpoint. However, one answer has a scenario I hadn’t considered before and I do agree that in that particular situation, declawing actually did benefit a cat’s health.

Rodney

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz asked:


My cat overall seems just fine, he’s playful, looks healthy however under his right eye it looks like tears or a clear discharge… The eye itself looks just fine. I was just wondering if anyone else’s cat has had that before and if so what does it mean. I can also say that he is quite the curious and adventurous cat always getting into and looking at stuff so my thought is he got too close to something and it just irritated that eye. He has irritated one of his eyes before when he got to close to something that was hot and had steam coming from it and he was fine after one day.

Samuel

Juliah D asked:


My cat of mixed breeds has lost alot of weight recently, this morning his jaw is like locking and clicking so he cant eat, he has is tongue poked out and he is drooling Alto. Please i need urgent help, do i take him to the vet?

Chloe

Shainy G asked:


if my cat is acting shy what do i do

Laila

Carolyn asked:


We have an aging male neutered cat who we adopted as a stray yrs ago. He is a diabetic & gets 2cc insulin twice/day. He also gets a strict diet of Feline DM, which is a canned cat food for diabetics. In Jan he showed noticable weight loss & lethargy & when we took him to the vet his intestines had to be manually cleaned out as he was not fully cleaning out. It cost us about $600. Now he is showing signs of the same problem, even tho he now gets a kitty laxitive. Does anyone know of a home remedy we could try to help him? We are far from rich & cannot afford to spend $600 every couple months to get him cleaned out. Thanks, J&C & Sam(the patient)

Naomi