Pet Factsheets

Cats Health

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Abnormal eating habits and chewing in cats (Pica)

Acromegaly in cats

Adder bites in cats

Aggressive cats

All about anaesthesia

All about fleas

All about neutering

All about worms

Allergies and how to help your pet avoid allergens

Anemia

Anorexia - what to do when your cat won't eat

Antibiotic resistant bacterial infections

Antibiotic treatment

Antifreeze (ethylene glycol) poisoning in your cat

Arthritis

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Basic training for cats

Biopsy

Birth control in the queen

Bladder and kidney stones

Blood transfusion - is it right for my pet?

Bordetella

Brachycephalic upper airway obstruction syndrome

Brain tumour or cancer

Breast cancer in cats

Breeding from your cat

Bringing home a kitten

Cancer in your cat - possible options

Cancer treatment - lymphoma chemotherapy

Cancer treatment - chemotherapy

Cancer treatment - chemotherapy safe handling

Cancer treatment - radio-iodine treatment for thyroid cancer

Cancer treatment - radiotherapy

Cannabidiol (CBD) oil and pets

Cannabis in pets – what are the risks?

Cardiomyopathy in your cat

Care of the recumbent or paralysed cat

Care of your pet's bandage

Caring for the amputee cat

Caring for the older cat

Caring for your cat before and after surgery

Cat bite abscesses

Cat communication

Cat flaps

Cat flu

Cat pox

Cat scratch disease

Cataract

Chlamydia

Choosing a cattery

Chronic otitis

Coccidiosis

Cognitive dysfunction syndrome

Collecting a urine sample

Complementary therapies

Congenital heart disease - ventricular septal defect (VSD)

Congenital heart diseases

Congenital portosystemic shunt

Conjunctivitis in cats

Constipation in your cat

Corneal ulcers - a sore eye

Coughing

Cushing's disease (hyperadrenocorticism)

Cystitis (bladder inflammation)

Dental disease in your cat

Destructive cats

Diabetes mellitus

Ear cleaning

Ear problems in your cat

Endoscopy - the inside story

Enucleation

Epileptic seizures and epilepsy

Excessive vocalisation in cats

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI)

Eye examination

Fading kitten syndrome

Fainting (syncope)

Fear of fireworks

Feeding your cat

Feeding your kitten

Feline acne

Feline aortic thromboembolism

Feline asthma

Feline blood groups and incompatibilities

Feline eosinophilic granuloma complex

Feline fungal disease (aspergillosis)

Feline Herpes virus (FHV-1)

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)

Feline Infectious Anemia (FIA)

Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)

Feline injection site sarcoma

Feline leukaemia

Feline Leukaemia Virus (FeLV)

Feline lymphoma

Feline oral squamous cell carcinoma

Feline panleukopenia (Feline infectious enteritis)

Feline solar dermatitis

Feline stomatitis

Feline triaditis

Fever - is it serious?

Flat chested kitten syndrome (FCKS) and pectus excavatum (PE)

Flea control

Food allergy

Furballs in cats

Garden hazards – how to keep your cat safe

Gastrointestinal foreign bodies in cats

Genetic testing for cats

Giardiasis

Giving your cat oral medicines

Giving your cat topical medicines

Grief in cats

Hair loss (alopecia)

Haw's syndrome

Health insurance for your cat

Heart disease - drug treatment

Heart disease in your cat

Heart murmurs

Heart rhythm disturbance (atrial fibrillation)

Heartworm disease

Heat stroke

Hernias in cats (diaphragmatic)

Hernias in cats (perineal)

Hernias in cats (umbilical and inguinal)

Horner syndrome

How to calculate sleeping respiratory rates

How to cope with the loss of a pet

How to explain pet loss to children

How to give eye drops to your cat

Human medicines and pets

Hypertension

Hyperthyroidism - disease and treatment

Ibuprofen and Naproxen toxicosis

Immune-mediated thrombocytopaenia

Inappropriate elimination

Incoordination - ataxia

Increased water intake in cats

Indoor cats

Inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory CNS disease

Injection techniques

Insect stings

Intervertebral disc herniation or slipped disc

Introducing your new baby to your cat

Investigating heart disease

Ischaemic myelopathy

It's an emergency

Kidney disease in your cat

Kitten socialisation

Kittening/queening in cats - potential problems

Laparoscopic ovariectomy (keyhole spay)

Leaving your cat behind

Litterbox training

Liver problems in your cat

Living with a blind cat

Living with a deaf cat

Low stress veterinary visits

Lumps and bumps

Lungworms in cats

Malassezia

Managing pain in cats

Managing stressful situations for cats

Megaoesophagus

Monitoring diabetes in cats

Moving house with your cat

Multi-cat households

Muscular dystrophies

Myasthenia gravis

Mycobacterial infections in cats

Myositis

Nasal discharge in cats

Nasopharyngeal polyps

Neuro-diagnostic tests

Neurological examination

Neuromuscular disorders

Noise sensitivities in cats

Normal feline behavior

Obesity

Over grooming (feline psychogenic alopecia)

Palliative care and animal hospice

Pancreatitis

Paroxystic events

Pemphigus

Periodontal disease and how to prevent it

Peritonitis

Permanent identification of your cat

Pet healthcare

Pet passports

Physical therapy and rehabilitation

Poisoning

Polycythaemia

Problems passing urine - the ‘blocked cat’

Pyometra ('pyo' or womb infection)

Pyruvate kinase deficiency

Rabies

Raw food - is it the healthiest choice for dogs and cats?

Rearing orphan kittens

Removing a tick

Ringworm

Salt (sodium chloride) poisoning in cats

Samples - how they help your vet

SARS-CoV2 / COVID-19 in cats

Saying goodbye - information and guidance on euthanasia

Scanning - the inside picture

Scratching in the house

Shock - how to recognise the signs

Skin problems

Snoring in cats

Spraying - urine marking in the house

Stages of kitten development

Storage diseases in your cat

Stress in cats

Stroke (cerebrovascular accident)

Taking your cat abroad

Taurine deficiency in your cat

The fitting cat - an emergency?

The importance of exercise – how to get your cat to do more

Thrombocytopaenia (decreased platelet count)

Tick control

Tips for interpreting signs of aggression in cats

Tips for reducing zoonotic disease risk

Toxoplasmosis and risks to pregnant women

Travelling with your cat

Treatment of epilepsy

Understanding your pet's blood tests

Vaccinating your cat

Vaccination protocols and safety Owner Factsheet

Venomous snake bite in cats

Vestibular syndrome

Vomiting and diarrhoea

'Walking dandruff' (Cheyletiellosis)

Worm control

X-rays and Ultrasound