Taking Care of Cats Health

It is always wise to talk to your vet about vaccination for your cats to keep them healthy and free of parasites.

Inoculations can help to prevent health problems and keep your cat in top shape and free of any diseases. Diseases such as feline leukemia are easily detectable by your vet and well worth testing for. Feline leukemia can be transmitted from one cat to another so you need to be aware of this if you take your cat to visit other cats or if it is to be left in a cattery while you are away on holiday.

One of the most common illnesses that cats can suffer from is feline respiratory disease. Cats can become very ill with feline respiratory disease and while it is still possible for a vaccinated cat to become ill it will not be as serious as those cats that have been vaccinated so talk to your vet if you have any concerns in that area. There are contagious viral infections such as Panleukopenia that can be transmitted to your pet from various different sources including the shoes that you have been wearing out and about during the day.

Worming is something that most people administer to their kittens and cats, however many people are unaware that by doing so too frequently you can cause other problems by upsetting their intestinal membranes. If there are no signs of worms in the cats stool, and this can be tested by a veterinarian, then it is unnecessary to give your cat any worming treatments.
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