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Should I give My Cats Shots for Diseases ?

Should I Give My Cats Shots for Diseases ?

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date November 4, 2015
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All of my cats receive their yearly shots. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I live by this saying when it comes to my feline friends.

Distemper shots will save your kitten or cat from suffering or dying from a horrible disease. Years ago, some of our farm kittens got distemper. The kittens would have terrible coughs and diarrhea, and runny eyes. A few lucky kittens with an excellent immune systems would survive.

Even if your cat is always indoors, I recommend a Rabies shot. A rabid bat may enter your house. Bats can come into your house at any time. A bat may enter your home when you put a new roof on your house. A bat may land on your clothing; when you walk into your house, the bat comes with you. Bats are a high carrier of rabies. If your cat comes into contact with the bat, your cat could get rabies from the bat. You would not want to get rabies and go through all of the painful shots humans have to have for rabies.

Feline leukemia can be prevented with shots. I would highly recommend a trial for feline leukemia.

Make sure you ask your vet about Heartworm prevention for your cat. Your cat’ss heart can be completelyremovedr with Heartworms without proper prevention.

Take your kitten or cat to your vet and have him give your cat all of its necessary shots. Make sure you keep all of your cat’s photos up to date. Please keep a record book for each cat in your household and keep it current. By keeping a record of each cat, you will not miss any of their necessary yearly shots.

I hope your cat stays healthy and does not die from any of the mentioned diseases.

Tags Kittens, Signs of a Sick Cat, Whats Upsetting My Cat ?

Outdoor Cat Building

My Father made a building for my outdoor cats. He built the structure for my cats because he knew how much I loved cats.

The building is made with two by 4’s and outdoor plywood. The cat building is insulated and is set on skids, so it does not touch the ground. There is a shelf in the building that my cats can sit on. One side of the building has an old chicken nest filled with fresh straw for my cats to sleep in. I have a shelf by the window in the building that is a good place for my cats to take a sun bath while they lay there. I have a heated stainless steel water dish for my cats in winter. There is an enclosed heated cat bed for my cats to get cozy during cold winter nights. I also have a heated mat with a cover over it.

The original cat flap wore out over the years. I made a new opening out of a piece of plywood. I took a large coffee can and marked around it on the part of plywood. I used a jigsaw to cut out the opening on the piece of plywood.

Raccoons were eating up my cat food. A friend told me how to make the opening raccoon-proof. I took several pieces of ductwork for a furnace and fastened them together at different angles. The raccoons cannot maneuver the different angles and, therefore, cannot get in my cat building anymore to eat up all my cat food in the middle of the night.

I put an oil stain on my cat building yearly to protect the plywood from the elements. My outdoor cats love the building my Father so kindly made for them. I hope your cats have an excellent facility to stay safe and cozy.

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Weruva Pumpkin Patch Up! Food Supplement from Chewy.Com

Weruva Pumpkin Patch Up! Food Supplement for Dogs and Cats from Chewy.Com

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date October 7, 2015
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I was provided Weruva Pumpkin Patch Up! Food Supplement for Dogs and Cats from Chewy.Com. to facilitate my review. All thoughts are 100 % honest and my own.

My cats loved every morsel of Weruva Food Supplement for dogs and cats. Russ, Lorenzo, Sherlock, Mr. Gray, and Hilford licked the food dish completely clean of this excellent Pumpkin food supplement.

Weruva Pumpkin Patch Up! is Food Supplement for Dogs and Cats that supports stool quality. Weruva supports healthy gut motility and is pureed for easy mixing. The supplement is BPA and gluten-free. The supplement has only two ingredients pumpkin and water. Feed with your dog’s or cat’s food replacing up to 10% of the diet. It may be fed daily with each meal. Pumpkin Patch Up! is intended for supplemental or intermittent feeding only.

Pumpkin is good for helping your cat with loose stools. Pumpkin also helps with digestive issues your cat may have. Sherlock was having loose stools after Sherlock ate some of the Pumpkin Patch Up! Supplement, his chairs were tighter and firmer.

The next day I gave my cats next door some more of the Pumpkin Patch Up! Food Supplement. My three kittens, Sherlock, Mr. Gray, and Hilford, went after the supplement immediately. Lorenzo licked the dish completely clean.

I was thrilled that the Weruva Pumpkin Patch Up! Food Supplement from Chewy. Com helped Sherlock with his loose stools the next day after eating them. I love a supplement that does not have dyes or artificial preservatives in it. Weruva calls their supplement ‘ The Happy Belly Maker,’ I agree with their slogan. Pumpkin has a lot of soluble and insoluble fiber to help with digestion.

I highly recommend Weruva Pumpkin Patch Up! Food Supplement for Dogs and Cats from Chewy.Com. The supplement meets all of my expectations and more.

Tags Cat food, cat treats, Signs of a Sick Cat, supplements

Breast Cancer Signs of a Sick Cat

Breast Cancer in Your Female Cat

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date September 23, 2015
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My cat Sugar died from breast cancer. I got Sugar when she was eight years old. She was my first house cat. She was a purebred Siamese. She loved to lay on my lap and sleep in bed with me. She loved to play with tiny sponges. She would gather up any she saw lying around the house. She would toss them up in the air and catch them. Sugar loved to catch flies in her paw and eat them.

Sugar was a very talkative cat. She would meow loudly. A Siamese cat, indeed, sounds like a baby crying.

Sugar was not declawed, and I loved going outdoors occasionally. She would eat grass outdoors. Eating grass helps dislodge your cat’s hairballs.

Sugar grew up in a house that had birds. I had a parakeet. She would sit and watch him sing for hours. When my parakeet died at age ten, she was unfortunate.

Sugar loved to go for car rides. Sugar would sit on my lap and look at the scenery as we drove.

I noticed a lump on one of Sugar’s breast one day. I took her to my vet, and he removed the cancerous lump. The test of the breast tissue removed came back positive for breast cancer. Sugar was eating well and seemed to be getting along fine.

A new lump appeared on her breast. My vet gave her a shot that seemed to slow the growth of the cancerous tumor. Sugar had many growths in a couple of years.

Cancer covered all of her breasts toward the end of her life. Sugar was now sixteen years old. I called my vet to make an appointment to have her put to sleep. I had a burial box with cat toys and a towel to wrap her in. I took her home and buried her. I missed her terribly for a long time.

I never want to see a beloved pet suffer. I remember all of the beautiful times together that we had.

I hope your cat never gets breast cancer.

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Food Supplements and Vitamins for Cats

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date September 20, 2015
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I give food supplements to my cats if they are not feeling well.

I had a cat dying from lung cancer; I gave him cod liver oil and omega – 3 liquid form supplements. I also gave him Brewer’s Dried Yeast Formula with garlic and fortified vitamins in a pill form. I had a cat dying from liver cancer. I gave him Omega – 3 and vitamins. I think it helped them a little.

My house cat Kohl has been sneezing off and on. I started giving him Brewer’s Yeast with vitamins. He seems to be better now.

When I have had pregnant cats on the farm, I give them vitamins. I pour a liquid form of vitamins over their cat food. Vitamins provide the pregnant cat a little boost to her body to help with her pregnancy. I have also sprinkled Brewer’s Yeast on her food. Yeast is a good form of vitamin B.

Your vet will have different kinds of cat food available with supplements and vitamins for your cat. I have bought their food for sensitive stomachs and gastrointestinal health. Both foods have helped my cats considerably. If one food brand is not allowed, buy a different brand. Another brand may work wonders for your cat’s health.

I order my supplements online or buy them from a farm or pet store.

If your cat continues to feel bad, take your cat to your vet for a complete check-up. Have him give your cat a blood test when in doubt. A blood test confirmed that my two cats that died had cancer. X- rays will show a cancerous mass.

I hope your cat is on his way to feeling better with his supplements and vitamins, and yeast.

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Caring for Your Senior Cat

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date September 10, 2015
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I have had two cats that lived to be eighteen years old. One was an indoor Siamese cat. Trisha was an outdoor calico Siamese mix cat. She had a heater in the building she had lived in for the last few years. Trisha was always a very active cat. She chased a rabbit down when she was 17 and almost,t catch it. She kept hunting up until the time of her death. Ginger, my Siamese house cat, got relatively thin toward the end of her life. She was very active until about the last month of her life.

Kohl, one of my house cats, is ten years old now. He was born with a respiratory problem. The respiratory problem causes him to sneeze often. My vet recommended giving him two distemper shots a year instead of just one a year. The different picture seems to have helped his sneezing attacks somewhat.

It is a good idea to have your cat’s teeth cleaned. Bad teeth can lead to poor health down the road. Most of my cats have had their teeth cleaned for the first time at around age eight or nine. Regular checkups with your vet are a must for a long-lived cat. I take my older cats to my vet the minute I notice anything wrong with them. A small problem in a senior cat can quickly lead to a big problem. As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is a pound of cure. Make sure you keep all of their shots up to date and have them wormed regularly. Worms can take a healthy cat down very quickly.

I like to have heated beds available for all of my cats. A heated bed is a must for an older cat. They have more trouble getting around in their old age, just as we do. The heat helps them stay more limber. Some older cats have trouble chewing their dry cat food. I feed them canned cat food or tuna canned in water.

Remember, your older cat still loves to play with a cat toy now and then. They still love to sit on your lap and relax. You will notice as your cat ages; he will sleep much more than he used to.

I hope you and your cat age gracefully together. You and your cat should have regular checkups to live to a healthy, ripe old age. Remember to keep your cat as active as they can for their period.

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Tidy Cats 24/7 Performance Cat Litter from Chewy.Com

Tidy Cats 24/7 Performance Cat Litter from Chewy.Com.

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date July 24, 2015
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I was provided Tidy Cats 24/7 Performance Cat Litter from Chewy.Com to facilitate my review. All thoughts are 100% honest and my own.

All of my cats like using Tidy Cats 24/7 Performance Cat Litter. It is a clumping litter for multiple cats. I have never had any trouble with Tidy Cats cat Litter. My cats have always used their litter box when it contains Tidy Cats Cat Litter. Tidy Cats’ 24/7 cat litter forms nice solid clumps that are easily removed from your cat’s litter box.

My de-clawed cats have no trouble using Tidy Cats cat litter. My kittens used Tidy Cats 24/7 cat litter when I put it in their litter box. They covered up their feces and urine immediately. Tidy Cats litter is 99.6 percent dust free. Tidy Cats 24/7 Performance has around-the-clock odor control, plus odor erasers to neutralize ammonia and tackle feces and urine odors; you can rest assured it will stay strong every day of the week. The only two ingredients in the Tidy Cats 24/7 cat litter are a natural clay product and a deodorizing system.

Tidy Cats 24/7 Performance cat litter from Chewy.Com leaves my home with no horrible litter box smells that can travel your entire home. I love the solid clumps of Tidy Cats’ 24/7 cat litter. Some cat litter does not clump well, and it takes you forever to clean out their litter box because your constantly picking up broken clumps of cat litter. I do not notice any litter box smells when I enter my house.

All my cats liked the smell of Tidy Cats’ 24/7 cat litter. I have had cats smell some cat litter that would not go near the litter box containing that particular brand of waste that they found offensive to their noses.

My cats dig Tidy Cats 24/7 Performance Clumping Litter for multiple cats. I highly recommend Tidy Cats 24/7 to all my family and friends. Tidy Cats have an exceptionally wonderful performing cat litter.

Tags Litter Box issues, Signs of a Sick Cat, Whats Upsetting My Cat ?

Liver Cancer

My Wondeful Cat that Died from Liver Cancer

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date July 20, 2015
3 Comments on My Wondeful Cat that Died from Liver Cancer

I adopted a young male cat that I had found at a restaurant. A friend and I went out to eat, and I spotted a beautiful cat under a car. My friend had taken some of her food homes. Luckily she had some butter with her. We spent at least one hour trying to catch him. I put some of the butter on the tip of my finger. Finally, he came and licked the butter off the end of my finger. I was able to grab him by the nape of his neck. My friend held him on the way home to my house. When we arrived at my place, he purred and purred.

The poor cat was full grown and only weighed three pounds. I put him in quarantine for about four months. I took him to my vet for a check-up and shots. He put weight on slowly. I feed him dry cat food and canned cat food from the vet with particular nutrients. He gained more weight on the food from the vet. He finally reached a weight of eleven pounds.

I bathed him, and he loved to be in the water, which is unusual for cats. Once, he jumped in the bathtub on his own and splashed around in the water.

He liked my house cats immediately, and they wanted him as well. They wanted to play with toy mice together. He tried to sleep in my bed at night and on a recliner. He was friendly and would lie on my lap or follow me around the house.

When he was eight, he developed a high temperature of 106 degrees. He was listless and lying under a chair. I touched his forehead. His head felt very hot. I took his temperature and saw that it was way too high. Your cat’s temperature should be 101.3 degrees. The vet said I saved his life by taking his temperature and taking him to the vet right away. He got better on a round of antibiotics. Ask your vet how to take your cat’s temperature, which may save his life someday.

He became listless two years later. His appetite was waning. I took him to my vet. He put my cat through many tests and discovered he had liver cancer. His ears were yellow, and his skin was under his hair. His urine was dark brown due to his liver cancer. I took him back home for about one week. He continued to get worse. I took him to my vet and had him put to sleep. I still miss him dearly. He was a lovely, loving cat. I cannot stand to see any pet suffer. Remember, putting your beloved cat to sleep is always better than watching them suffer.

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Litter Box Issues

Some cats like spotless litter boxes or will not use them. I clean my litter boxes 2 to 3 times a day.

Cats get used to certain brands of cat litter. They will not use the brand you put out for them if they do not like it. I tried crystal cat litter once, but they did not use it.

I had a Siamese cat that was very meticulous about her cat litter box. She started using my rubber tree plant as a litter box. I gave her two litter boxes, and the problem was solved.

In a multi-cat household, have at least one extra litter box. If you have three cats, have four or more litter boxes. This will avoid the nonuse of the litter box.

Sometimes when you get a new cat, your old cats will entirely use their litter box. This is your cat’s way of letting you know their thoughts about the new cat. Again add an extra litter box and spend more time with your old cats. They are feeling neglected now.

If your cat has a health issue, it may stop using its litter box. Take your cat to the vet and have them checked for worms or a bladder infection.

I used a different scented litter one day. They did not like it at all. Stay with your brand of litter if they want it. If you must switch brands, also have the old one available for their use. This will help them make the transition gradually.

Cats like a litter box that is easy for them to access. They want their litter box where you cannot watch them use it. They like their privacy when they are using their litter box.

I keep my litter boxes in my basement. Keeping litter boxes in the basement will make your main floor smell much better. I have also put a litter box in my bathroom for my older cats.

I buy litter boxes that are large and sturdy. I bought one at a discount store once, and it immediately got holes in the bottom. I like metal litter scoops. All of the plastic spoons I have had a break in a short amount of time. Wash and clean out your litter boxes thoroughly with a pet-safe cleaner—a clean litter box results in a healthier cat and a lovely pleasant, smelling home.

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