Its clinical symptoms include weight loss, anemia, fever, gingivitis, diarrhea and so on. Because of different degrees, the diagnosis is very difficult, and it must be judged by blood test. Cat leukemia model is similar to human HIV, which can cause immunosuppression, leading to lymphoma, blood tumor, anemia, renal insufficiency and so on. The virus can also lurk in the cat's bone marrow for several years and then come back. Although young cats are sensitive to this disease, they can infect cats of any age, breed and sex.
2. Chlamydia felis pneumonia is a highly contagious disease caused by Chlamydia parrot, which mainly causes pneumonia in cats.
The initial clinical symptom is conjunctivitis, followed by fever, severe tears and thickening of eye secretions; Symptoms of rhinitis may also occur, including increased nasal secretions, sneezing and nasal congestion. The later clinical symptom is suppurative pneumonia, which will cause dyspnea and pulmonary edema due to excessive tracheal and alveolar secretions. The whole course lasts about 30 days. Pathogens can still be found in the conjunctiva and lungs of sick cats for more than 30 days after infection, so sick cats will continue to be infected with pathogens even after recovery.
3. Cat plague, rice leukopenia caused by feline parvovirus, is highly contagious and destructive. The disease is mainly transmitted by contact, but also by blood-sucking insects or fleas, and young cats are the most susceptible to infection. The clinical symptoms are anorexia, depression, poor spirit, high fever, persistent vomiting, dark brown bloody dysentery, and finally death due to dehydration and blood loss caused by rapid reduction of white blood cell count and hemorrhagic enteritis, with a mortality rate of about 25-75%.
The virus is so stubborn that it can even be transmitted to kittens through the placenta.
4. karis's disease in cats. Cat Carisi virus mainly invades the upper respiratory tract of cats, causing bronchopneumonia or alveolar pneumonia. Clinical symptoms include oral and tongue ulcers, fever, depression, anorexia, sneezing, drooling, increased secretion of eyes and nose, pneumonia and so on. It is quite similar to the symptoms of cat rhinotracheitis and is difficult to distinguish clinically. The course of disease is about 1-4 weeks; The infection rate is high, but the mortality rate varies, up to 30%. 65438+kittens aged from 5 weeks to 6 months, infected with this disease, will have viral pneumonia and die of dyspnea; Others have neurological symptoms.
5. Cat rhinotracheitis is a highly contagious upper respiratory disease caused by feline herpesvirus, which often occurs in cats. Generally, it is mainly spread by contact or droplets. The main clinical symptoms are high fever, depression, cough, sneezing, photophobia, conjunctivitis, and ulceration of cornea, tongue and skin flap. Therefore, it can be seen that the secretion of aqueous humor and nasal cavity increased greatly, and the secondary bacterial infection turned the secretion into mucus. Secretions can be infected with viruses; If the pregnant female cat is infected with this disease, the virus will infect the fetus through the placenta and even lead to miscarriage.
Prevention methods of the above five infectious diseases in cats: cats, like people, are most sensitive to infectious agents in the first month of their lives. Newborn kittens are usually protected by antibodies from their mothers' milk, so mothers should be vaccinated before giving birth.
When the antibodies in the mother cat's milk subside, in order to maintain and enhance the resistance to diseases, a series of vaccinations should be given to kittens aged eight weeks to four months, and then vaccination should be given once a year for continuous prevention.
2. At present, domestic companion animal hospitals and clinics often vaccinate cats. Commonly used vaccines include: imported triple vaccine for cats, imported rabies vaccine, domestic rabies vaccine and domestic cat plague vaccine. Note that only healthy cats can be vaccinated. Subcutaneous injection.
1. Cat triple vaccine
Cat triple vaccine is an imported vaccine for cats, which is a universal product to prevent cat plague fever, cat calicivirus infection and infectious rhinotracheitis internationally. Immunization method: cats over 2 months need immunization (intramuscular injection) twice, with an interval of 2-3 weeks; After that, it was immunized 1 time every year. At present, this vaccine is effective in clinic.
2. Rabies vaccine
There are two kinds of products used to prevent rabies: domestic and imported. Cats over 3 months old can be immunized. The protection period is 1 year, and they should be vaccinated 1 time every year. From the clinical effect, both imported and domestic rabies vaccines are effective.
3. Cat plague vaccine
Domestic vaccine against feline plague fever is a pilot product in scientific research, which has a certain protection rate against feline plague fever. It is an inactivated cell vaccine, which can be inoculated to kittens of 3-4 months old. The first inoculation should be intramuscular injection twice with an interval of 4 weeks. Cats over 4 months old were injected intramuscular 1 time, and the immunization period was one year. Injection 1 time per year.
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First of all, only healthy cats can be vaccinated.
So, how to confirm that the cat is in a healthy state? Generally speaking, veterinarians should give cats a clinical physical examination, including temperature, respiration, heartbeat times, body surface examination and medical history inquiry. The body temperature of normal kittens is 38-38.5℃, and that of adult cats is about 38.0℃, but it should not exceed 38.7℃, unless individual cats just get off a hot car, their body temperature may be slightly higher. Body surface examination mainly observes whether there are eye secretions and nasal mucus, whether the color of oral mucosa is abnormal, whether there are hyperplastic blood vessels in conjunctiva, whether there are vomiting, no eating, diarrhea and other phenomena, whether there is a history of infectious diseases, and whether there is contact with sick cats.
Secondly, after vaccination, there is a certain protection rate, but the protection rate is not 100%. This shows that vaccinated cats may also suffer from infectious diseases if they come into contact with sick cats when their resistance drops.
Third, a certain number of antibodies can only be produced after vaccination for about 7 days, which has a certain protective effect on cats; Therefore, cats that have just been vaccinated with 1-3 days are not in a safe period, and the role of the vaccine is not fully reflected.
Fourthly, it takes about 20 days for cats injected with serum to be vaccinated, because it takes some time for serum (containing certain antibodies) to disappear from the body or fall below a certain level.
Fifth, cats in the incubation period (such as cat plague) did not get sick at that time, but they will get sick within 1-7 days after vaccination and should be treated.
Sixth, the normal vaccination should be one year 1 time. You can't think that cats don't get vaccinated until they leave home, or that it's safe to get vaccinated for 2-3 times, which provides an opportunity for the spread of the virus, because the owner of the cat has to contact with the outside world and may be one of the infectious agents.
In addition, the vaccine is a biological product, and individual cats occasionally have allergies after vaccination. Therefore, after the cat is vaccinated in the animal hospital, it is necessary to stay for about 10 minutes to observe whether there are abnormal changes in breathing and heart rate or even shock. If so, please ask the veterinarian for timely treatment.
It is best not to take a bath within 1 week after vaccination, so as to avoid catching a cold due to overheating and affecting the immune effect, or causing infection due to contaminated needle eyes. Individual cats with poor immunity. We should pay attention to the fact that we can't produce enough antibodies after vaccination.
Iii. 1, 18 yuan, dogs and insects are swept away-dogs and cats are omnipotent, product features:
1, broad spectrum and high efficiency: it can kill various internal parasites that harm dogs and cats, including nematodes, tapeworms and trematodes.
2. Complete pest control: Besides adults, it can also kill migrating larvae and eggs.
3, a wide range of functions: regular deworming can improve the growth rate, keep the body fit and smooth fur.
4, high safety: dogs and cats have good tolerance to this drug, and there will be no abnormalities when the dose exceeds 1000 times.
5, good palatability: dogs and cats are willing to eat freely.
6, broad-spectrum insecticidal: kill roundworms, whipworms, tapeworms, hookworms, pinworms, trematodes, wet digestion on the spot, generally do not expel insects.
The necessity of deworming:
1. Adults compete with dogs and cats for nutrition, which affects their development.
2. Larvae swims in the intestines of dogs and cats, such as liver, kidney and cecum, which seriously harms the growth of dogs and cats and leads to infection and secondary infection.
Cats and dogs can infect people when they come into contact with people, because most of the parasites of cats and dogs are easy to infect people.
Usage and dosage: according to the body weight, take 1 tablet every 5 kg, once effective, 2-3 times a year.
2.50 Yuan, Taiwan Province Judas Insecticide Tablets 10 Tablets, with quick curative effect, is an excellent GMP drug, developed by Taiwan Province Xinyuan Pharmaceutical GMP Factory. Each tablet contains piperazine diacid, which can paralyze the activity of worms and drive them away through intestinal peristalsis. Under general usage, it has little side effects, and can play a role quickly after taking it, playing the role of expelling ascaris.
Indications: expel roundworms, hookworms, hookworms and intestinal nematodes from dogs and cats.
Specification: 1 box 10 spindle
Usage and dosage: according to the weight of dogs and cats, take 1/2 tablets per kilogram, which is compulsory. Caution: Once given, insects can be repelled. If the drug needs to be given again, the interval is one month.
Xiaomiaoba in 40 yuan and Damiaoba in 50 yuan are divided into two types: large and small. Damiaoba is 8kg deep red, and Xiaomiaoba is 2kg light pink. Please pay attention to choose according to the weight of your cat!
Special insect repellent for cats can effectively repel roundworms, hookworms and tapeworms and prevent heartworms.
With regard to deworming, when kittens are born, they usually get roundworms from the mother cat or the environment. To make cats grow up healthily, it is necessary to expel insects regularly. When a cat swallows or walks in polluted soil, hookworms will penetrate the cat's skin and enter the human body. No matter how healthy a cat is, it should be regularly deworming. In daily life, cats eat infected food, mice or swallow fleas while cleaning their hair, all of which can be infected with tapeworms. Although you stay at home, you should expel insects regularly to ensure your health. When a cat is bitten by an infected mosquito, it will be infected with heartworm. The larvae of heartworm will enter the heart with the cat's blood circulation system, and sometimes attach to the liver and lungs until they grow into adults (it takes half a year). Mature heartworms continue to produce larvae in the cat's heart and continue to damage the cat's health until death. Because there is no comprehensive method to control mosquitoes, prevention is the only guarantee.
Common parasites can infect family members (especially children and the elderly) who have close contact with cats (such as hugging and kissing), resulting in physical discomfort. So it is very important to deworm cats regularly.
Advantages of "Miaoba" Insecticide
Eliminate common parasites in cats and prevent fatal heartworm at one time.
Pills are very small and easy to swallow.
A cat weighing 2-4 kg eats half a pill and a cat weighing 4-8 kg eats one pill, which is simple and convenient.
The pills won't turn into paste when wet, so it is convenient to take.
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How to take it: When giving Miaoba to a cat, make sure it completely swallows the medicine. If there are extra pills, the owner should give the cat a full dose as soon as possible.
Management time:
6 weeks to 3 months after birth: once every two weeks.
More than 3 months: once every 3-4 months.
Mother cat: It needs to be repelled at the same time as the kitten.
Note: this medicine is not suitable for kittens under 6 weeks old or weighing less than 0.5 kg. Every time you take it, it should be at least 1 week away from the last time. The effective components of the drug have been proved to be satisfactory safety for cats at all reproductive stages. If you suspect that your cat has been infected with heartworm, you should take your cat to the pet hospital for a blood test of heartworm, and you can start taking this medicine only after confirming that you are not infected. If you use this medicine to prevent heartworm, you must take it once a month according to your weight, in order to achieve the preventive effect of 100%.
Four, cat hair will not have other functions except increasing the cleaning burden.
89. Precautions for estrus cats
Generally speaking, when a cat reaches the age of 6- 12 months, it will start estrus. Some cats don't get estrus until 15 months old.
However, the maturity of cats' genitals and the time of first mating will be different due to different factors. These include their own nutrition, varieties and physiological maturity.
The mating cycle of female cats can start from 6 months old or as late as 2 1 month.
The estrus and maturity of male cats are generally 4-6 months later than that of female cats. Some male cats have produced sperm when they are 4-5 months old. It will also mate with a female cat, but if it can mate, it needs to weigh at least 3.5 kilograms.
Female cats can mate after one year old, and male cats have to mate after one and a half years old. Mature male and female cats can of course mate, reproduce and give birth to the next generation.
Although the six-month-old female cat has already started estrus, you'd better let the female cat pair up after one year old, which is better for the cat's health.
Estrus is the pregnancy of a female cat. Generally, female cats estrus once every two to three months, and the number of estrus will vary according to the variety, environment, physique and age. The female cat will bark less and bark more, become friendly to people, rub people or things with her body, or roll on the ground. In spring, several female cats will have poor appetite or pee everywhere.
Some even have behavioral variations, or changes in diet and defecation habits. Roll around and become more clingy. The hind legs bend to the ground, the hips are slightly raised, the tail swings from side to side, and a low hum is made from time to time. Everyone else screamed and screamed.
When the cat is in heat, if the owner doesn't pay attention, he may not notice that the male cat comes when the female cat barks! In fact, in a free environment in the wild, male cats can smell the body odor emitted by female cats when they are in estrus from far away, and they are already ready!
Estrus lasts up to 4 days. The female cat will actively mate. During the mating season, the female cat will be in heat every 2-3 weeks until the mating is successful. Every female cat has her own cycle, but once these estrus cycles begin, they will follow a similar cycle.
If you don't want your cat to get pregnant and have children, and you can't stand the cat meowing because of estrus, you can take it to sterilization when it reaches 6-8 months old.
First, it can reduce the occurrence of diseases! It can also improve temperament!
Secondly, it can reduce stray cats! It can also improve the environmental quality!
The so-called sterilization is a measure to remove a woman's ovary and uterus or a man's testis by surgery, so that she can no longer have children.
Sterilization takes about 40 minutes for women and 10 minutes for men. Whether to be hospitalized depends on the physical condition of the animal after the operation. If there is no concern about wound infection, you can leave the hospital after anesthesia recovery.
Precautions before operation are:
One. No food for eight hours before the operation, and no water for four hours before the operation.
2. Clean the cat before the operation.
3. Make sure the cat is healthy.
What psychological changes will happen to sterilized cats?
1. After sterilization, cats will be more docile.
2. A cat will no longer be in estrus because of the physiological cycle, and it can also reduce the trouble that it will elope with other cats.
3. Sterilized cats are not easy to get sexually transmitted diseases.
Because cats have stopped breeding, they will be a little fatter if they don't have proper exercise on weekdays.
1. Necessary nutrition for cats
Eating "cat food" can cause malnutrition. Lovely kittens are carnivores like lions, so protein is the main food. According to calculation, compared with omnivores, 1 kg needs 6 times protein. Therefore, if cats are allowed to eat cat food with leftovers as before, protein will be obviously insufficient, and the cat's food should be mainly fish.
Let the cat develop the habit of not being picky about food. In Japan, when it comes to cats, you will definitely think of fish. This is mainly because the source of human protein is only fish. In fact, cats also like chicken breast and beef, so they should feed fish and meat in a balanced way. No matter which one you prefer, cats will become picky eaters, especially during the transition period from weaning to growing period, that is, from February to June after birth, so that cats can get used to various tastes and be easy to feed in the future. Others, such as liver, butter, egg yolk and steamed bread, also contain necessary nutrients, which can be mixed into staple food or fed to cats as snacks.
Even if it is clean after eating, the cat will grow up six months after birth, basically eating twice a day. For the sake of the cat's health, the time and place of eating should be stipulated, so that it can lead a regular life. A cat eats about as much as an adult's fist. Feed it half in the morning and half at night. Clean up the leftovers after eating. If you let it eat at any time, it will lead to obesity. In order to prevent diseases, don't forget to clean food containers every time.
2. Accustom kittens to various tastes
Feed the kitten three or four times a day. After two months of birth, you will eat as much as a big cat every day. But as a child, I can't eat as much as a big cat, so I feed it three or four times a day, and then slowly reduce it to two times when the kitten's appetite increases. The growing period is four to six months after the kitten is born. This is the period when it has strong bone carvings and muscles to lay the foundation for growing into a "human", so it is necessary to prepare rich food for it in protein. At this time, the kitten's appetite will surprise its owner, but as long as it wants to eat, let it eat. A kitten weighing 1 kg needs twice as many calories as an "adult cat". In order to grow up, this kind of heat is still necessary, and kittens will become stronger and stronger. It should be noted that you can feed it more, but be careful not to prove that it has diarrhea. When it comes to diarrhea, it should eat less and feed it something easy to digest like white fish.
Cats don't need seasoning. There is impeccable cat food on the market recently. This kind of cat food can be used when there is not enough time, but it is also a pleasure for the owner to feed the kitten that has just been born for four months. At this time, give it all kinds of food, the size should be easy to swallow. Basically, it is to mix some beef, liver, slightly boiled white fish, egg yolk and so on. If you want to feed a single food, you should pay attention to changing varieties frequently. If you don't pay attention, you will put salt and soy sauce, but you don't need to put salt.
3. Understand the characteristics of various cat foods.
Cat food is cheap and nutritious. Cat food is mainly meat and fish, so it is a bit expensive. If it is because of nutrition, it will definitely cost too much money. So make good use of cat food, because it is economical and convenient. Now speaking of cat food, it means cat food, which is very popular.
Dry food and cat food with balanced nutrition can be roughly divided into three types: dry food, canned food and semi-cooked food. Dry food is a kind of comprehensive nutritious food with essential nutrition. Adding some water to this food is basically enough. The tastes are beef, chicken and fish, each of which is crisp and chewy. This kind of food can not only exercise gums, but also is cheap and easy to store. So, if possible, try to give priority to this kind of food. Pay attention to replenish enough water when feeding.
Canned food is very popular because of its variety and delicious taste. Canned food made of high-grade raw materials such as shrimp and fish is more popular with cats than dry food because of its wide variety, easy selection and delicious taste. But it doesn't contain all nutrients, so it's best to mix it with dry food. Canned food is convenient for long-term storage, but it is easy to deteriorate after opening. Semi-cooked food is between dry food and canned food, suitable for old cats.
4. What cats can't eat
For the sake of the cat's health, please remember what you can't feed. Some superstitious foods that have not been scientifically verified do not need to be specially eaten by kittens. Sometimes the host will pay attention, but the child will feed, so the whole family should be careful.
Onions: Onions contain ingredients that destroy red blood cells in cats. Although it will not be fed separately, be careful not to mix it with meat.
Fish bones and chicken bones: Some people think that cats can chew bones well, but in fact cats don't chew food, but swallow it. Big bones are in danger of pricking the stomach, so it's better to remove them.
Dessert: Some owners think it is interesting and clever to feed the cat with cake, which seems irrelevant, but such a thing should be avoided because it will lead to tooth decay and weight gain. If these things are fed regularly, cats will get into the habit of eating sweets. Raw pork: Because pork has Toxoplasma gondii, it must be important.
Cuttlefish and Octopus: It is said that the waist joints of cuttlefish and octopus will become soft after eating them. The actual situation is not clear, but they cannot be eaten or used as regular food because they are not easy to digest.
Abalone and conch: It is said that eating these things will cause ear hair loss, but it does cause mild allergies and dermatitis, especially for people with thin ears.
Life practice of kittens
Cats should pay attention to the cultivation of correct habits and habits. For example, cat owners love cats and often let cats sleep with people, so that cats can be passed on to people when they are sick, such as bow disease and fungal infection. Another example is that cats are timid and like to climb high, thinking that high places are safe. The handicraft cabinets and dining tables at home are places that cats don't want to visit. Once the valuables go bad, the owner of the cat doesn't want to taste the food first. However, it is normal for cats to climb high. Cats can be forbidden to go where they shouldn't go through training and adjustment. It can be seen that even if cats are pets, some basic training should be carried out so that cats can integrate into the family as soon as possible without becoming a burden to the family. This includes "coming" training, standing, lying down and tumbling, jumping and drilling circles, holding things, grinding claws, drilling cat holes and so on.
The rules of eating and playing.
Many owners often boast that our cat is very smart and can stand up straight to pick up something to eat. It is also said that people will sit in chairs when eating and so on. This is not a good sign. Before long, the owner will begin to feel distressed, because kittens always want something to eat instead of their own cat food, and they will become more and more picky, even ignoring the full house of guests, like a wild cat who has never been disciplined, jumping on the table to find something they like to eat, which makes the owner very embarrassed. Therefore, cats should be taught to eat regularly, regularly and quantitatively from an early age. Never give it human food. Cats must eat food specially designed and made for cats. Human food is not completely suitable for its nutrition and growth. The three-week-old kitten played almost all the time when she was awake five months ago. This is also the cutest and most interesting time for them, whether playing with them or just watching them play. After five months, its gameplay will be reduced, but I still want to play it often. Children's toys, such as Lego games, may not be suitable for it. Some are too small, some have sharp edges, some may be chewed up, and it will be very troublesome to swallow them carelessly.
Defecation training
Cats stink when defecating, and wild cats often cover them with soil after defecating. Some cat owners choose sand or cat litter, which is better than sand in cleaning and preventing parasites. Cats like to be clean. If they are trained from an early age, they will form a good habit of defecating somewhere.
Cats need to be persuaded to change their food.
What kind of food does a cat need? Many "mother cats" like to feed their cats with home-cooked meals. Don't you know that too much fat in domestic fish can easily lead to inflammation and pain of cat fat, while too much vitamin A in domestic chicken liver can easily lead to arthritis in cats? Therefore, in order to make cats grow up healthily, it is very important to guide cats to switch to professional cat food.
It takes a while for pets to switch from one food to another. Pet experts suggest that a small amount of cat food can be mixed with existing food at first, and then gradually increase the weight of cat food and reduce the weight of the original food. After 3-7 days, cats can fully adapt to professional cat food. Or dry cat food can be slightly moistened with warm water to make it soft and delicious, giving off the fragrance of fish and meat, which will attract cats more. You can also mix canned cat food and dry cat food evenly, which is also one of the effective cat food replacement skills. /kloc-kittens under 0/year old should choose small cat food. For 4-9 weeks old kittens, you can feed them with one part of warm water and three parts of dry food. For 10- 12 weeks old kittens, their teeth have developed, so you can reduce the amount of water you drink accordingly. In addition, multi-flavor flavoring agents also help cats adapt to cat food as soon as possible. In view of the different eating habits of cats, it is suggested that you change several flavors of cat food for cats to guide your cats to change their eating habits smoothly.
Correct the cat's nighttime behavior
Cats have the habit of lying down during the day and going out at night. They are not very active during the day, but they are very active at night. If it is allowed to wander around at night, it may get injured or dirty in the process of catching rats, mating and fighting, which is not good for health and will also affect the hygiene of the room. In addition, cats are often wild after night swimming, which is difficult to raise and manage. If they bring back infectious diseases, they may also damage the health of their owners.
Therefore, domestic cats should not be allowed to swim at night, and correcting cats' nighttime behavior must start with kittens. You can domesticate it in a cage first, let it out during the day, let the cat move indoors, forbid it to go out, and then catch it back at night. Over time, it will become a habit. Even if the cage is removed, I will not go out at night.
Nutritional requirements and feeding of young cats
In the first few weeks of life, kittens rely entirely on breast milk and don't need extra food. During this period, the ideal growth rate should be100g per week. However, due to the influence of nutrition, breed and female cat weight, there are great differences among different individuals. Sometimes the supply of breast milk is insufficient, so it is necessary to provide special milk substitutes, which are available 24 hours a day. Like a puppy, it not only helps to feed, but also helps to urinate.
From the age of 3-4 weeks, young cats began to become interested in the food of female cats. Give the kitten some finely divided soft food or dry food soaked in milk or water. The food can be for the mother cat or specially made for the kitten. Once a kitten begins to eat solid food, it also begins the weaning process. Kittens gradually eat more and more solid food and are completely weaned at 7-8 weeks old.
Because the physiological function of kittens is still not perfect, it is recommended to supply high-energy food and feed it many times. Unlike small dogs, kittens don't like to eat too much and should eat freely. Young cats weigh 600-1000g at weaning, and male cats are significantly heavier than female cats. This trend will be maintained for life. The peak energy requirement (840 kJ/kg body weight) is about 10 week old, and then it gradually decreases. However, due to the rapid growth, the demand in the first six months is still relatively high.
The food for young cats is not only high in energy, but also should consider improving some nutrients. For example, the diet of young cats contains more protein than that of adult cats (about 10%). The contents of calcium and phosphorus should be strictly kept at an appropriate level, and too high or insufficient will lead to abnormal bone development. It should also be emphasized that adding calcium additives to a balanced diet, just like feeding an unbalanced diet, will cause many problems. The effect of taurine on reproduction, growth and development has been proved, and this aminoethyl sulfonic acid should be added to the food of growing cats.
At the age of 6 months, the weight of most kittens has reached 75% of the maximum weight; After that, the weight gain was not caused by bone development. So kittens after 6 months are suitable for feeding adult cats. Adult male cats are significantly heavier than female cats and have a longer development time. Because both male and female cats are still growing slowly between 6- 12 months old, free feeding will last for a period of time, and their development will reach a stable state when they are one year old. Although many people feed many times throughout the day, they can reduce the feeding times after 6 months.
Cat epilepsy and epilepsy
I. General recommendations:
It can't be ignored, because cats are likely to suffocate during seizures, and epilepsy often indicates more serious potential diseases.
Second, the causes of epilepsy in cats:
1, infection (including parasites, bacteria and viruses)
2. Tumor
3. Poisoning
If there is no other reason or inducement, we think it is simple epilepsy.
Third, the diagnosis:
You can help the veterinarian to make a definite diagnosis by carefully observing the cat's performance during the attack, but what really matters is all kinds of laboratory tests, such as comprehensive surgery and nervous system tests, as well as a series of complicated blood tests. On this basis, it may be necessary to do spinal fluid examination and various angiography (such as CT, which can diagnose tumors). The whole diagnosis and treatment process requires patience and time, and more importantly, the care of the owner.
Fourth, treatment:
A complete cure depends on finding out the real cause and eliminating it effectively, but sometimes the diagnosis is quite time-consuming and it is often difficult to find out the real cause. In this case, it is unwise to let your cat undergo various tests, so most of them choose the treatment of epilepsy itself.
Phenobarbital and diazepam are commonly used drugs, but proper dosage is very important, otherwise it will cause liver damage, which requires you to carefully observe and determine the minimum dosage that can inhibit epilepsy. Sometimes potassium bromide can also be used, especially if the cat has liver disease or phenobarbital treatment is ineffective.
Others think that the lack of taurine can lead to epilepsy, which has not been confirmed by scientific experiments, but it is certain that a cat suffering from epilepsy should have a balanced diet and sufficient taurine.
In many cases, your veterinarian may have never heard of this disease because it is really rare in cats (dogs are more common). At this time, it is necessary to go to some teaching hospitals for more testing and treatment.
Verb (short for verb) The host's responsibility:
1. See a veterinarian: If the cat has more than two seizures in 24 hours, you should seek medical advice promptly.
2. Understand the general knowledge of epilepsy
3. Understand the veterinarian's treatment of your cat: generally, a blood test is needed, and the prescription should also contain phenobarbital. If you think he doesn't seem to understand the disease, you'd better change doctors.
4. Do what you can: It is a good choice to choose drug control in the case of huge cost and slim hope. Some cats use phenobarbital to completely control their illness for more than 5 years.
5. Perseverance: In some cases, your cat may need to take medicine for a long time. If it needs to take medicine regularly, you should put it on your schedule. Even if you have to leave your cat for a long time, you should make arrangements.
How to use deodorant
Sometimes you can't wait, you can spray deodorant where you don't want it to sharpen its claws, or sprinkle vinegar that cats hate. But the effect is temporary, once the smell disappears, the effect will be gone, so it can be said that patient education is still the most important.
Seven, cats are naturally afraid of water, and it is rare to see native cats like to take a bath. Besides, cats can clean themselves. If the domestic cat does not go out, it has always been in good health, without skin diseases and fleas, and can be washed all the time.