Pet Factsheets

Cats Health

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Acne in cats

Acromegaly in cats

Adder bites in cats

Aggression - tips for interpreting signs

Aggressive cats

Allergies and how to help your pet avoid allergens

Amputation - post-operative care

Anemia

Anesthesia in cats

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

Antibiotic resistant bacterial infections

Antibiotic treatment

Antifreeze (ethylene glycol) poisoning in your cat

Aortic thromboembolism

Arthritis

Aspergillosis (fungal disease)

Asthma in cats

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Bandages - how to care for them

Behavior in cats - what's the norm?

Biopsy

Birth control in the queen

Bladder and kidney stones

Blindness - living with a blind cat

Blood groups and incompatibilites

Blood tests

Blood transfusion - is it right for my pet?

Boarding catteries - choosing the right one

Bordetella

Brachycephalic upper airway obstruction syndrome

Brain tumor or cancer

Breast cancer in cats

Breeding from your cat

Cancer in your cat - possible options

Cannabidiol (CBD) oil and pets

Cannabis in pets – what are the risks?

Cardiomyopathy in your cat

Cat bite abscesses

Cat communication

Cat flaps

Cat flu

Cat pox

Cat scratch disease

Cataract

Chemotherapy - safe handling

Chemotherapy cancer treatment

Chemotherapy for lymphoma

Chlamydia

Coccidiosis

Cognitive dysfunction syndrome

Complementary therapies

Congenital portosystemic shunt

Conjunctivitis in cats

Constipation in your cat

Corneal ulcers - a sore eye

Coughing

Cushing's disease (hyperadrenocorticism)

Cystitis (bladder inflammation)

Deafness - living with a deaf cat

Dental disease in your cat

Destructive cats

Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes monitoring

Diaphragmatic hernias

Ear cleaning

Ear problems in your cat

Elimination diets for adverse food reactions

Emergencies

Endoscopy - the inside story

Enucleation

Eosinophilic granuloma complex

Epilepsy treatment

Epileptic seizures and epilepsy

Euthanasia - information and guidance

Excessive vocalization in cats

Exercise - how to get your cat to do more

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI)

Eye drops - how to administer them

Eye examination

Fading kitten syndrome

Fainting (syncope)

Feeding your cat

Feeding your kitten

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)

Feline Infectious Anemia (FIA)

Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)

Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV)

Fever - is it serious?

Fireworks - fear behavior

Fitting - an emergency?

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

Flea control

Fleas - an itchy business

Food allergy

Furballs in cats

Garden hazards – how to keep your cat safe

Gastrointestinal foreign bodies in cats

Genetic testing for cats

Giardiasis

Grief in cats

Hair loss (alopecia)

Haw's syndrome

Health insurance for your cat

Healthcare - routine measures

Heart disease

Heart disease - drug treatment

Heart disease in your cat

Heart disease investigation

Heart murmurs

Heart rhythm disturbance (atrial fibrillation)

Heartworm disease

Heat stroke

Herpes virus (FHV-1)

Horner syndrome

Human medicines and pets

Hypertension

Hyperthyroidism - disease and treatment

Ibuprofen and naproxen toxicosis

Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia

Inappropriate elimination

Incoordination - ataxia

Increased water intake in cats

Indoor cats

Inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory CNS disease

Injection site sarcoma

Injection techniques

Insect stings

Intervertebral disk herniation or slipped disk

Introducing your new baby to your cat

Ischemic myelopathy

Kidney disease in your cat

Kitten development

Kitten socialization

Kittening/queening in cats - potential problems

Kittens - what's involved

Laparoscopic ovariectomy (keyhole spay)

Leaving your cat behind

Leukemia

Litterbox training

Liver problems in your cat

Lumps and bumps

Lungworms in cats

Lymphoma

Malassezia

Megaesophagus

Microchipping - permanent identification of your cat

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

Neutering your cat

Noise sensitivities in cats

Obesity

Old age - caring for your elderly cat

Oral medications - how to administer them

Oral squamous cell carcinoma

Orphan kittens - rearing

Otitis - an ear infection

Over grooming (feline psychogenic alopecia)

Pain management

Palliative care and animal hospice

Pancreatitis

Pancytopenia in cats

Panleukopenia (feline infectious enteritis)

Paroxystic events

Passports - rules and regulations

Pemphigus

Perineal hernias

Periodontal disease and how to prevent it

Peritonitis

Pet loss - explaining it to children

Pet loss - how to cope

Physical therapy and rehabilitation

Pica - abnormal eating and chewing habits

Poisoning

Polycythemia

Pyometra ('pyo' or womb infection)

Pyruvate kinase deficiency

Rabies

Radioiodine treatment for thyroid cancer

Radiotherapy

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

Recumbent or paralyzed cats - how to care for them

Ringworm

Salt (sodium chloride) poisoning in cats

Samples - how they help your vet

SARS-CoV2 / COVID-19 in cats

Scanning - the inside picture

Scratching in the house

Shock - how to recognise the signs

Skin problems

Sleeping respiratory rates

Snoring in cats

Solar dermatitis

Spraying - urine marking in the house

Stomatitis

Storage diseases in your cat

Stress - managing stressful situations

Stress in cats

Stroke (cerebrovascular accident)

Surgery - pre- and post-operative care

Taurine deficiency in your cat

Thrombocytopaenia (decreased platelet count)

Tick control

Tick removal

Topical medicines - how to administer them

Total ear canal ablation

Toxoplasmosis and risks to pregnant women

Training your cat

Travelling abroad with your cat

Travelling with your cat

Triaditis - pancreas, liver and small intestine inflammation

Umbilical and inguinal hernias

Urinary problems - the 'blocked' cat

Urine sample collection

Vaccinating your cat

Vaccination protocols and safety Owner Factsheet

Venomous snake bite in cats

Ventricular septal defect (VSD)

Vestibular syndrome

Veterinary visits - minimizing stress

Vomiting and diarrhoea

'Walking dandruff' (Cheyletiellosis)

Worm control

Worming your cat

X-rays and Ultrasound

Zoonotic disease - tips for reducing risks