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How to Take Your Cats Temperature Safely

There are ways to make it easier for both you and your pet. Here are some practical tips.

MRI: The New Frontier

Use of this modern diagnostic tool is burgeoning these days in veterinary medicine. Heres how it can help your cat.

The Feline Pancreas

Its a tiny organ with the potential for serious health problems. Pancreatitis tops the list of life-threatening conditions.

Your Cat and CSD

Bartonellosis - sometimes called cat-scratch disease - is a threat mostly to children under the age of 17. Heres why.

The Great Cat Watch for Wellness Sake!

Learn to recognize the subtle signs of sickness.

Arthritis: A Challenge

This painful condition is incurable, but it can be relieved medically or surgically. Heres help for your ailing cat.

Diet for Diabetes

A change from dry food to canned can help some cats that are insulin-dependent.

Silent, But Deadly: Feline Infectious Peritonitis

This fatal disease is difficult to diagnose and impossible to treat. We explain why.

Feline Brain Tumors

The most common type - meningioma - can usually be dealt with surgically. Here are the signs to look for.

Dealing With Diabetes

Most affected cats will require dietary change and daily insulin injections, but overall it’s a highly treatable condition. Here’s help.

Kidney Failure and Diet

Providing enough calories to prevent further weight loss is one of the objectives when feeding a cat with kidney disease.

Treat Ear Conditions

Otis externa and other conditions will usually respond well to prompt, professional treatment.