Unrelenting Itchy Ears
Instead of lying quietly curled up on your lap, your cat is shaking her head and scratching and digging at her ears. You look...
Red Alert: Cat Stops Eating
When your cat starts missing meals or her free-choice bowl isn’t requiring as many refills, you need to take action. Not eating can be...
Bone Cancer Metastases
Cats with bone cancers tend to be lame and usually have swelling at the cancer site. The area is often painful and feels warm...
Genetic Profiling for Cats Has Benefits
Advertisements for doing genetic profiling on your dog flood the internet, claiming you can find out his breed (or breeds, if he’s a mix)...
Feline Arthritis Pain Control
A new hope for pain control in cats became available when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Solensia (frunevetmab) as an injection for...
Transdermal Opioid Pain Reliever Approved
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the medication Zorbium (buprenorphine transdermal solution), the first transdermal buprenorphine animal drug intended to control...
The Role of Anti-Anxiety Meds
Everybody knows that stress and cats is not a good mix. Stressed, anxious cats are no fun. They often urinate and defecate around the...
Don’t Touch Me!
Imagine not being comfortable in your own skin. Literally. Your skin itches, burns, tingles. You have intermittent stabbing pains. Nothing seems to relieve it....
Battling Kidney Disease
If your cat has been diagnosed with kidney disease, your veterinarian probably recommended a prescription diet. These foods can be expensive, and you need...
FPV Has a Guarded Prognosis
I lost a 6.5-month-old, fully vaccinated kitten to panleukopenia. Everything I have read about panleukopenia says that fully vaccinated kittens should be protected, but...
Extra-Label Law
In 1994, Congress passed a law making it legal for veterinarians to prescribe extra-label medications. As such, many of the extra-label medications commonly used...
Dental Disease in Senior Cats
Between 50% and 90% of cats over 4 years of age have dental disease. And, just like you, bad teeth make it difficult for...