Unfortunately, every year the same story: litters of cats abandoned everywhere, volunteers with houses full of abandoned kittens that are busy saving them and growing them, newborn kittens abandoned because the cats are not sterilized. The situation is this, so I decided to create a video and an article with …
Read More »Hairless cat: what are naked cats and why?
Many people say that they have caressed a hairless cat and fallen in love with it: perhaps even in the case of the cat, the dress does not make the monk, or rather, the hair does not make the cat? But what are the breeds of peeled cats and why …
Read More »Cat squamous cell carcinoma: prevention, symptoms, treatment
One of the most common skin cancers unfortunately in cats is cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, or squamous carcinoma. In fact, it represents 15% of skin cancers in cats, and sun exposure is a very important factor to keep in mind, especially in white cats. So let’s see what are the …
Read More »The flehmen and the organ of Jacobson or vomeronasal in the cat
Have you ever seen your cat smell something, then open your mouth and stand still for a few moments with your mouth open? That kind of grimace is technically called flehmen, and at that moment your cat was using Jacobson’s organ or vomeronasal organ to analyze pheromones. We see in …
Read More »Sleeping with the cat: is it good or bad?
If we live with one or more cats, we will surely have slept at least once with our cat or on the bed at night or on the sofa after watching a movie or in an armchair after reading a good book. But is sleeping with the cat good for …
Read More »I want a cat: veterinary steps of the kitten’s first months
In this article we will see with Dr. Enrica Rigolon what to do in the first months when we adopted a kitten. Saying “I want a cat” is not enough, better to find out first about all the things to do when we have our kitten and what are the …
Read More »Drinking fountain for cats: how to choose the best one
The cat is an animal that has desert origins, so it sometimes tends to drink too little, in fact in nature it assimilates most of the liquids it needs from its preys. However, in our homes, cats are often fed mainly with croquettes, and the cat drinks too little. It …
Read More »How to put the cat in the carrier and get it used to without stress
In this article we will see the advice of the veterinary Enrica Rigolon on how to put the cat in the carrier and tips and tricks to get him used to the carrier without trauma and stress. Is it a tragedy for your cat to travel with a carrier? And …
Read More »Cat with wheezing: because the cat breathes badly
Have you ever heard your cat breathing hard? What does it mean and can there be any problems? Let’s see what happens when the cat breathes badly and how to move if it happens. How the cat normally breathes How to breathe the cat, what is your normal breathing? These …
Read More »Cat herpesvirus: symptoms, remedies and cure
Feline Hespervirus is a specific virus that affects the cat, and is the cause of a particularly widespread infectious disease called infectious rhinotracheitis. It is one of the diseases against which, normally, the cat is vaccinated as a child, especially to avoid the most serious symptoms because the vaccine is …
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