Intestinal worms in cats: an overview

Your cat may have worms, but there is no need to panic. Worms in cats are very common, especially in kittens. Typically, your vet will test your cat annually via a stool sample. Worms are intestinal parasites and may or may not cause visible signs of illness. Worms use your cat as a host in order to get nourishment, reproduce, and complete their life-cycle. There are a number of cat parasites, including a few major classes of worms.

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The biggest mistake cat owners make with their pet's carrier

Just about every cat owner has to face this problem sooner or later. You need to get your cat into their carrier to visit the vet, be taken to the cattery or to travel to another home and what do you know? Your loving and ever-present cat has scooted off in the opposite direction at the speed of sound!

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Cat vaccination - Are you signing your pet's death warrant?

Unfortunately there's no getting away from that fact that vaccinating your cat is going to cost you money.  So why should you even consider having to pay out money on something that you cat doesn't need? After all, she's not sick or injured, so why have all the aggravation of going to your vet at all?  Death, is the reason. Painful death and the heartbreak it will bring to you and your family should your cat catch one of the preventable diseases that will needlessly end her life.

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Get Ready For Kittens - Your Cat's Treading on Her Bedding!

So your barrel-shaped cat has been lounging around your home now for the past week or two, eating enough food to fuel an army and generally looking extremely pregnant.  You've distinctly been able to see and feel her kittens moving about in her belly for some time now and you've calculated their date of birth as accuractely as you are able.

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Common illnesses in cats - Get to know what ails your pet

Although all forms of felines are generally known to live long and healthy lives, the domesticated cats suffer from minor health disorders from time to time that can be easily overcome with preventive and timely treatment. Keep an eye open for any changes in your cat's usual behavioral patterns which may be an indication of some common cat ailment it is afflicted with.

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Cat beds - How to choose them for choosy cats

Whether you are getting a new kitten or thinking of changing things up for the cats you already have, cat beds are likely going to be a part of the equation.  If you still think cat beds are nothing more than a pillow for your feline to curl up on, you are quite behind the times. Cat beds have come a long way.

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