For all of us cat lovers out there, we all worry about our cats. We should and trying to find good information is sometimes an issue. I know of some common cat health problems and would like to share with you some of them and some remedies for them. This is for cat lovers that would like to find out about hairballs, fleas, constipation, diarrhea and worms.
Hairballs in cats is a normal thing if they get them once and awhile. If your cat has quite a bit of hairballs then maybe it could be from them shedding too much. Do you find them having lots of hairballs in the spring, the shedding season? If so there is an easy remedy for this from just combing them. Now if you find that combing doesn't help then ask yourself do you have other cats or does your cat hang around other cats? If so your cat could be grooming the other cats and getting hairballs from them. Then of course there is other problems such as diets, or digestion problems.
Now to fleas, you don't need to worry if your cat has a few but I would still recommend treating your cat. If you do not treat your cat it could let your cat become infested with them. If your cat does get infested with fleas, it is best to treat them as quickly as possible. In not treating a flea infestation you could let your cat become dehydrated from the fleas feeding off your cat. Treating your cat is simple with flea treatments, and to help prevent fleas you can get a flea collar.
Constipation is not nice to go through and sometime can be painful, as so with our cats. Even simple hairballs can let our cats be constipated, so remember to comb them regularly. If you are helping your cat from having less or no hairballs then perhaps you changed their diet? There are simple remedies for constipation that you can get. If you see bloody stool however then please take you cat to a vet immediately.
Now diarrhea is not a pleasant thing to think about, but if it last longer than 24 hours, you can help ease it. Diarrhea is a safety mechanism, if your cat ingest something it doesn't like, then it passes through the stomach with little water/liquid absorption which in turn becomes diarrhea. That is why I suggest to give it 24 hours as that is usually the time it takes to let it pass as long as it doesn't intake any more of what it doesn't like.
Worms in cats, there is four types I have found out to be fairly common for cats, roundworm, hookworm, tapeworm and heartworms. What I found out to be somewhat disturbing is that some of these worms, us the owners can get. So treating them is what we would like to get done right away. Not only us but our other pets like dogs can also get them. There are some great dewormers out there to help you get them treated. But it is sometimes best to take your cat to the vet as you may need them to be surgically removed.
These are some of the common cat health problems I found and as a cat lover would like to share with other cat lovers. The nice thing about this website is that they also would like for us to help each other and give them our own personal cat health problems we have come across, and if we know them, the remedies. I hope that all the cat lovers out there will help and give them other good topics on this to allow us all to have a good informative meeting place.
Thank You.
And happy cats to all!
