May your cat be healthy forever!
Spring is the season of love and fleas.
Spring is the biggest estrus of cats in a year. Male cats go out to beat female cats, sometimes they don't come home for a few days, sometimes they come back scarred, and some injuries can even be fatal, so they must be treated immediately. The mother cat is fidgeting all day, and the domestic cat wants to go out, so be sure to pay attention. Spring is the season when fleas start to move, so we should pay attention to bathing and cleaning cats.
Be careful not to turn on the air conditioner for heatstroke in summer.
In summer, it is very dangerous for cats to stay in closed apartments or cars for a long time, and symptoms such as heatstroke and collapse may occur. When going out, open the window, keep the room well ventilated and prepare enough water. However, it should be noted that the air conditioner should not be turned on too much. People think that watching proper air conditioning is too cold for cats, which may cause colds, physical decline and other diseases.
Appetite increases greatly in autumn, so we should prevent from getting fat.
Cats, like people, have a big appetite in autumn. Perhaps it is to supplement the weight lost due to the bitter summer, and my appetite is particularly large. Therefore, the body is getting fuller and fuller, and the hair is also very shiny. Cats at this time are the most beautiful in a year. But if you eat too much, you will get fat and destroy your body shape, so you must strictly fix your daily food intake. On the other hand, cats are easily infected with bacteria in autumn, because their physical strength has not recovered in the heat. When the cat has abnormal eyes, sneezing and runny nose, pay special attention.
Pay attention to warm packages in winter to prevent colds.
Cats are very afraid of cold. In winter, they look for warm places around the house, either under the covers or in front of the stove. Young cats and old cats are particularly afraid of cold. So make sure the room is always warm as spring. But if you are too close to the stove, you will worry about being burned or scalded by flying Mars. Take a nap on the electric blanket and worry that the temperature is not enough to catch cold. So do everything possible to avoid these accidents, such as using special heat insulation panels for cats.
Check your appetite.
Even healthy cats have no definite appetite. Generally speaking, cats have a fixed appetite. However, some cats are fickle because they don't eat anything. Cats don't eat twice at once, so there's no need to make a mountain out of a molehill and send them to the hospital. But find out why you don't eat. Even healthy cats will not eat when they are tired of eating certain foods, dirty tableware, uneasy because there are dogs nearby, have no appetite because they are eager for spring or production, and change their living environment because of moving or traveling.
If the following symptoms appear, please seek medical advice promptly. If 1-2-month-old cats lose their appetite within 8 hours, 2-3-month-old cats within 12 hours, 3-4-month-old cats within 16 hours and 1 year-old cats within 24 hours, there is no need to worry. If you not only have no appetite, but also are listless, have a fever, always squat, or even vomit and diarrhea, you should pay special attention. If you eat more, you will lose weight. If you don't drink water for two or three days or drink plenty of water, urine will be as tasteless as water. It will be sent to the hospital as soon as possible at this time. Besides visceral diseases such as stomach, intestine, lung, liver and kidney, there may also be oral diseases such as toothache and oral ulcer.
Careful observation of vomit often leads to cat vomiting. Sometimes I vomit because I am sick, and sometimes I vomit even if I am healthy. If you eat in a hurry, you will vomit after eating. Besides, when you eat something poisonous or indigestible, you will vomit to protect yourself from harm. It is also normal for long-haired varieties to vomit hair balls every 1-2 months. In either case, if you only throw up once in a while and you are still full of energy after throwing up, don't worry. However, if there are other symptoms after vomiting, it is necessary to carefully observe the appearance of vomiting and its vomit in order to correctly judge the cause.
If the following symptoms appear, please seek medical advice promptly. Before vomiting, your abdominal muscles and membranes will twitch, and you will vomit. If this happens several times a day, go to the hospital at once. In addition, if you keep vomiting every day, or there is bloodshot in the vomit, it is best to take it to the hospital for examination.
Check the cat's breathing.
After exercise, the body temperature rises and breathing becomes rapid. Cats breathe lightly. You will be in a hurry after exercise. In order to regulate breathing or body temperature, cats will breathe "ha, ha" or "ha, ha". Especially when the temperature is high, the cat will stick out its tongue and exhale the breath of "ha, ha", but this is only temporary, not sick. Even if the cat's respiratory organs are sick, there will be no symptoms until it is terminally ill, so the owner should pay special attention to observing the cat's breathing condition.
Please see a doctor in time if you have the following symptoms. When a cat breathes with its mouth open, it may suffer from pneumonia, emphysema and other lung diseases. If the cat breathes slowly and deeply, it seems uncomfortable when inhaling. It may be stuck by a foreign body, or it may be a symptom of tracheal compression. There are many diseases such as cat flu infection, thymic lymph node enlargement, empyema, pneumothorax, vomerous fracture and so on. , can cause difficulty breathing. In short, as long as you can't breathe well, including drowning, fire and smoking a pipe, you should be sent to the hospital immediately.
Check the cat's feces
Observe the color and hardness when cleaning feces. If the cat's digestive system is abnormal, it will show up in the feces, so when cleaning the toilet, you should carefully observe the cat's feces. The focus is on the color and hardness of feces. When healthy, the cat's feces are moderately hard and dark brown. However, it will be different according to the cat's physique, so it is very important to carefully observe the state of feces when the cat is healthy.
If the following symptoms appear, please seek medical advice promptly. When the stool is bright red, you may have colitis or large intestine bleeding. Even if there is only a little bloodshot in the stool, it may be caused by some disease of the large intestine. When the feces are burnt black, it may be that the small intestine is sick. In any case, the feces should be taken to the hospital for testing in plastic bags or plastic wrap.
Cats are prone to constipation, so it is normal to queue up once every two days. If you can't reach this frequency, touch the cat's stomach with your hand. If you feel hard stool deposition, you should send it to the hospital immediately. Mild constipation can be cured by mixing a spoonful of margarine in food.
I have loose bowels, but there are no bloodshot and foreign bodies in my stool, no fever, and I am still very energetic. At this time, let's starve it all night and see what happens. If it stops after 1-3 times, don't worry. Hungry 1 day later, slowly give it some digestible food. However, if there is a lot of water in the feces, mixed with bloodshot and fishy smell, it will be sprayed out when it slips, and it will not last long before it is sent to the hospital. In addition, if accompanied by fever, vomiting and other symptoms, and the stomach seems to be very painful, it is necessary to go to the hospital. Because there are many diseases that can cause diarrhea, it is necessary to inform the veterinarian of other symptoms in detail.
Give the cat a general examination.
Pay attention to the abnormal state of the cat. If you think cats are unlucky at ordinary times, there may be a serious disease hidden in them. Observe carefully and take it to the hospital for examination if necessary. Shake your head all day, shake your head many times. If it's just ear lice, don't worry, but if it's a nervous system disease, you should send it to the hospital as soon as possible.
Squatting still, squatting there all the time, listless, no appetite, you need to be careful at this time.
When you stagger and walk straight, staggering and walking in a strange way may lead to anemia, weakness or nervous system diseases. When walking with arms and legs out of balance, it may be a fracture, joint injury, or a neurological abnormality. When you fall and stand unsteadily, you must be sent to the hospital as soon as possible.
Systemic spasms are basically caused by brain abnormalities. Brain examination requires cT, but few hospitals can do it, so please ask a full-time veterinarian to introduce it.
to monitor body temperature
Take good care of your body temperature when you are healthy. When a cat is sick, it will have a fever in most cases, so once it is abnormal, you must take your body temperature first. The normal body temperature of cats is generally maintained at 38-39℃, and it feels warmer than people when held in their arms. The correct way to take a cat's temperature is to take it at the anus. But if the cat strongly opposes it, it can also be disposed of under the armpit and at the root of the hind leg. To master the body temperature in a healthy state, you need to measure a fixed place. When a cat has a fever, even the usually cold ears and tail tips will be hot, exhausted and collapsed on the cold floor. At this time, even if you don't take your temperature, you can know that you have a fever.
If the following symptoms appear, please seek medical advice promptly. When the body temperature exceeds 40℃, it should be sent to the hospital immediately. It may be a bacterial infection, or it may be an infectious disease caused by the cat's immune deficiency. Low fever, always listless, is the early manifestation of high fever, so be careful. In addition, when the body is purulent somewhere, it will continue to have a low fever. Loss of energy source or abnormal metabolism will make the body temperature lower than usual, which is a late symptom and must be sent to the hospital immediately.
Skin examination
Pay attention to the cat's coat color, depilation and itching. Healthy cats comb their hair whenever they have time, so white hair is the best, except in the season of hair removal, which generally does not lose hair. The owner should pay attention to the coat color, depilation, itching degree and skin condition when combing its hair.
If you have the following symptoms, please see a doctor immediately. The cat's constitution is damaged. When you don't want to wash and dress, your hair will lose its luster. At this time may be suffering from gastrointestinal diseases, parasitic diseases or infectious diseases. Due to fleas, lice and mold, the body itches, and the body is injured, depilated and swollen. In order to eliminate physical discomfort, cats will bite themselves. Sometimes because of liver disease, kidney disease, diabetes, mental stress, the body will be severely scratched. In either case, it should be sent to the hospital for treatment before it becomes serious.
Allergy, dermatitis and mycosis caused by flea saliva may all lead to depilation. Mycosis is caused by mold, characterized by depilation as large as 1 min. This disease can also be transmitted to people, so it must be treated as soon as possible. Due to excessive grooming, when the fur is worn, it will also cause the cat to feel uncomfortable.
Eye examination
Eyes can show physical discomfort. When a cat is healthy, its eyes are bright and watery, and there is no chewing gum. Abnormality may be a symptom of systemic diseases, so pay attention to it.
If the following symptoms appear, please seek medical advice promptly. Gingiva may be caused by conjunctivitis, keratitis or upper respiratory tract infection. If it is a newly born cat, there may be acute suppurative conjunctivitis. There is a kind of membrane in the eyes of cats called instant membrane, which is usually hidden in the corner of eyes and opened when necessary to protect eyes from dust and dirt. If the blink membrane keeps opening and does not retract, it may be caused by conjunctivitis, visceral diseases, weakness or strong stimulation.
Suffering from conjunctivitis, keratitis and other eye diseases, infectious peritonitis and other viral infections and respiratory diseases, the eyes will be congested and should be taken to the hospital for examination. If you keep scratching your eyes, you may get conjunctivitis. In order to avoid eye injury, please go to the hospital as soon as possible and see a doctor for treatment. Cats that often shed tears may suffer from viral rhinotracheitis, and may also have symptoms such as runny nose and sneezing.
Check the nose
Pay attention to symptoms such as dry nose, runny nose and sneezing. Cats are usually wet except when they sleep. And healthy cats don't have a runny nose or sneeze. Sometimes sneezing and runny nose may cause mild rhinitis. When sneezing continuously, but there are no other symptoms such as loss of appetite, it may be allergic rhinitis caused by indoor dust or pollen. Be careful not to block your nostrils, and pay attention to cleaning the dust and getting some air at home. When rhinitis is serious, you should consult a veterinarian to discuss the countermeasures.
Long-haired varieties have short noses, and their noses will be sticky when they catch a cold, making it difficult to breathe. Thorough treatment, so as not to leave the root of nasal empyema or chronic rhinitis.
If you have the following symptoms, see a doctor as soon as possible. If you have a runny nose, it may be caused by a nasal infection. If a runny nose is like pus, it may be suppurative rhinitis and must be treated. Frequent sneezing may be caused by nasal mucositis, laryngitis, viral rhinotracheitis and bronchitis. If accompanied by cough, it may be pneumonia or emphysema, and it should be treated as soon as possible. Snoring and nosebleeds may be caused by inflammation of the nose. Older cats may be tumors and should be sent to the hospital for examination immediately.
Check your ears.
Early detection of ear scabies and timely treatment of healthy cats' ears are upright and clean, and cats don't scratch them often. Your ears may be sticky because of excessive fat secretion, so don't worry. But clean it up as soon as possible to prevent the growth of mold and bacteria.
If you have the following symptoms, please go to a doctor to get the wax as soon as possible and keep scratching your ears. There may be ear scabies when shaking your head. This is caused by ear ticks. The sooner it is discovered, the more likely it is to be cured. So send it to the hospital as soon as possible, clean the cat's bed and floor, and take precautions. Smelly ears are the result of long-term purulent inflammation. In addition to otitis externa, it may also cause malignant tumors such as earwax and adenocarcinoma, which need to be sent to the hospital as soon as possible.
When your ears are red and swollen and seem to hurt when you move, you may have a disease called ear hematoma. This disease is caused by bleeding between the skin and cartilage of the ear. Ear crack may be skin cancer caused by excessive sun exposure. If it can be found and removed early, it can prevent proliferation.
oral examination
Pay attention to symptoms such as mouth and drooling. Healthy cats have clean tears around them, no bad breath, pink gums and tongue, and uneven protrusions on the tongue.
Please see a doctor as soon as possible if you have the following symptoms. The stench attacks people, which may be caused by oral suppuration. In the mouth, when the gum ulceration is serious, it may be stomatitis. Toothache can also cause severe bad breath.
When the cat's immunity drops, the gums will be red and swollen. The reasons for the decline of immunity may be leukemia infection, cat immunodeficiency bacterial infection and so on. When the gum swelling is serious, it will lead to gingivitis and even pull out all the teeth, so the most important thing is to find it early.
The tongue is covered with crater-shaped ulcers, fever, loss of appetite, and may be infected with cat flu bacteria.
Cats drool a lot when they get carsick or suffer from heatstroke. If you are carsick, it will take 20-30 minutes. But if it is heatstroke, it is necessary to cool its head and body and send it to the hospital. There is a foreign body in the mouth, and drug poisoning will drool. But if you drool frequently, you may have pathogenic rhinotracheitis, stomatitis and gingivitis. When the tongue coating is whiter than usual, it may be caused by anemia. When the tongue coating is purplish red and it is difficult to breathe, it is a symptom of hypoxia.
Check anus
Early detection of parasites, proctitis caused by parasites and other diseases, rectal diseases will be manifested in the anus. Always lift the cat's tail and look around the anus. Clean means healthy. If the anus is stained with feces, the feces will be abnormal. Check the feces first.
Please seek medical attention as soon as possible when the following symptoms appear. The cat is licking its ass back and forth on the floor. It may be itchy anus or a small pimple. At this time, it may be that the rectum in the anus is sick, so it is best to go to the hospital for examination. White particles the size of rice grains in the anus of a cat are a tapeworm. This kind of growth is 4-30 cm and consists of several cucumber seed-like segments of about 1 cm. With the growth of the worm, this segment will fall off and be discharged from the anus or with feces. If you find this bug on the anus, or there is hair around the anus, you should go to the hospital to get the medicine immediately. Tapeworms are spread by garbage and must be cleaned up in time.
Check the genitals
Pay attention to symptoms such as genital bleeding, increased secretion and stiffness. A month after the cat was born, Gu Wan began to develop obviously. The female cat's vulva is located under the anus 1 cm. There are often some congested liquids and milky secretions in the genitals and nipples. As long as there is no tumor, there is no problem.
If the following symptoms appear, please seek medical attention as soon as possible. Female cats have abnormal bleeding and purulent genitalia, but they are prone to estrus after estrus. At this time, it may be caused by ovarian or uterine diseases. Male cats have swollen nipples like female cats, which may be due to mastitis and breast cancer. There are some small pimples around the nipple, which seems painless to the touch. It may be breast cancer. Send it to the hospital as soon as you find it. The earlier the operation, the higher the chance of success and the less recurrence.
About the cat's fur ball
Friends who own cats sometimes find that their cats spit out a long soft thing, so don't worry. It's the hair that the cat licks into its stomach and spits out. It is a normal physiological phenomenon for cats to spit fur balls, especially for long-haired cats, which have more chances to spit fur balls. Because a cat is a clean animal, it often cleans the dirt with its tongue. A cat's tongue is like a brush, with barbed bones. It can not only help cats drink water and lick food conveniently, but also comb their hair. In this way, cats will lick a lot of hair into the gastrointestinal tract while cleaning themselves.
Cats eat a lot of body hair when tidying up their bodies, which will form hairballs in the gastrointestinal tract of cats. These hair balls are difficult to pass through the digestive tract, and pancreatic digestive enzymes in cats cannot be completely decomposed. These fur balls have become a major obstacle to the digestive tract, and the cat's natural reaction is to spit them out. When a cat spits out a fur ball, it will curl up on its limbs and start to feel queasy. At this time, there will be vomiting, sometimes it will be spit out soon, and sometimes it will take a while. Most of the things spit out are strips, which may be accompanied by some feed and water, and there will be some small bubbles on the hair ball. If it is not a hairball, you should pay special attention. May be infected with other diseases!
If cats can't spit out hairballs, it will cause the so-called hairball disease. A large number of hair balls block the digestive tract and become bigger and harder in the intestine. Make the cat's spirit listless and lose appetite, and serious cases need surgery to be ruled out.
Reducing the cat's intake of body hair can avoid the possibility of hairball disease, and of course it may be completely eradicated. The most reasonable way is to help the cat comb its hair every day, which can help the cat clean up its hair and comb out the excess old hair to prevent them from entering the cat's stomach; The second is to eat hair cream properly, which is sold in pet shops. It can help cats remove the accumulated hair in their bodies. Dosage and frequency of use can refer to the instructions. There are many brands of hair cream on the market, and each brand has a different taste. You can choose a hair cream with better palatability. The third is to grow cat grass for cats. Grass is good for cats' health. It contains some vitamins and rich cellulose, which can be used as an effective emetic to induce vomiting and help cats spit out unwanted things such as hairballs.
How to deal with cat's trauma urgently
Don't panic when your cat is unfortunately injured in the accident. If the owner can calm down first, give first aid immediately, and then send it to the hospital for treatment, even cats with serious injuries can get back their lives! Now I provide several emergency methods to deal with cat trauma, so that the owner can prepare for a rainy day.
First, bite: the most common trauma of cats is mutual bite and scratch, and this kind of bite and scratch, regardless of the size of the wound, is very easy to cause suppuration, sometimes too much body hair can not be found in time, or the owner neglects to find it for a while, which will cause suppuration due to delayed treatment, especially the suppuration caused by dark injury is the most terrible; Therefore, when the cat fights or comes back from the outside, it is necessary to check whether there is a wound, because there is a kind of bacteria in the cat's toes, claws or mouth that most easily purulent the subcutaneous tissue below the wound, so when it is found that it is bitten, it must be disinfected first, and then treated by the veterinarian to ensure the health and safety of the cat.
Second, burns: Like people, when a pet burns, remember not to apply ointment immediately, but to cool the affected area with running water first. If the foot is slightly burned, first wrap the cat in a towel and quickly cool the affected area with running water. If it is a head burn, first apply ice to the affected area, then wrap the affected area with a bandage. At the same time, apply ice to the doctor immediately. If the whole body is burned, it needs to be soaked in water immediately, then wrapped in a cold wet towel, and then let it lie on the board for first aid, and at the same time feed emulsion diluted with water to prevent dehydration symptoms.
3. Fracture: If you can't walk or drag your feet because of a fracture, don't touch the affected area casually, so as not to hurt nerves or blood vessels; At the same time, in order to prevent vibration, auxiliary wood must be attached and sent to the hospital; If the wound is in the back, you can lie on your side on the board and fix it with a rope. If there is deformation, trauma or bone protrusion, put a towel on the fracture and then carefully send it to the doctor for emergency treatment.
Fourth, drowning: Because the cat's body hair is slender and has little oil, it can't repel water, and it is most afraid of getting wet. If the cat fails to drown in the expected situation, it can hold its hind feet upside down for ten to twenty seconds with both hands, and then swing up and down for three or four times to spit out the water entering the lungs; When breathing is weak, artificial respiration can be performed.
5. Traffic accident: When a cat is unfortunately injured in a traffic accident, you can make a general examination of the trauma first, and find a piece of wood and a cloth instead of a stretcher to let the cat lie down. If there is bleeding, you can first find out the location of the bleeding, and then cut off the body hair around the wound. If there are foreign bodies or glass fragments, be sure to take them out first, do simple hemostasis first, and send them to the hospital immediately. However, sometimes the cat has an accident and looks healthy, with no trauma or fracture. But after a day or two, symptoms such as hematuria or vomiting appear.
6. Fishbone stings the throat: If it is found that the cat suddenly stops eating, or wipes its mouth with its front foot or drools to make it painful, its throat is very likely to be stabbed by fishbone; Therefore, similar fishbones will be thin and easy to stab the bones in the throat. Try not to feed them. Even if you want to feed them, you should take out the bones first to avoid accidents. As for the treatment of the cat's fishbone throat, the left thumb and forefinger press against the canine teeth, open the mouth, pull out the tongue, illuminate the inside of the throat with a flashlight, and then carefully remove the foreign body with the round tweezers at the front end. If you find it difficult or meaningless, don't force it. It is better to send a doctor urgently.
Seven, foreign objects into the eyes: once a foreign object enters the eyes, the cat will squint, look dull, and will keep rubbing bloodshot and tearful eyes. At this time, if people use eye drops or wash foreign bodies out of love, it will aggravate the condition. Therefore, the best way is to send the doctor immediately, and it is more appropriate for the veterinarian to deal with it urgently. Of course, in the process of sending a doctor, in order to prevent the cat from rubbing its eyes with its front foot, a bandage can be used to wrap the cat's front foot to prevent the cat from rubbing its eyes.