Why does my cat smell bad if cats groom themselves?
A healthy cat shouldn’t have much odor, so a bad smell is usually a clue
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When is my cat’s vomiting an emergency?
Treat it as urgent when vomiting repeats within a day, when she can’t keep water down, or when it comes with lethargy, a painful or bloated belly,…
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Why is my cat throwing up white foam?
White or clear foam is usually stomach fluid and mucus brought up on an empty stomach, often when too long has passed between meals or after a…
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What is stud tail in cats, and should I worry?
Stud tail is a waxy, greasy, sometimes crusty buildup near the base of the tail, where a cluster of oil glands sits
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What should healthy cat poop look like?
A healthy stool is brown, formed and firm but not hard, roughly the shape and segmentation of a small log, and a cat typically goes about once a day
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Why do cats need taurine?
Taurine is an amino acid cats can’t make enough of on their own, so they have to get it from their diet, and it comes only from animal tissue
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Why does my cat have such smelly gas?
Occasional gas is normal, but truly foul, frequent gas usually traces back to diet or how she eats
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Why Is My Cat Eating Less?
A cat eating less isn’t the same emergency as a cat eating nothing. The everyday reasons (stress, boredom, a change at home), the medical ones that hide in the same pattern, and how to tell which you’re dealing with before it turns into a bigger problem.
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Senior cat behavior changes: when it’s aging, and when it’s not
Night yowling, disorientation, house-soiling and new clinginess in an old cat can be feline cognitive dysfunction, or a treatable illness in disguise. How to tell, and how to help.
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Are cats lactose intolerant?
Most adult cats are
