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The intensions of this book are to give you helpful information about the health of your pet cat. It is to provide helpful facts and information to help aid in raising your cat or kitten. This book and its information is not for self-diagnosing your pet cat with any illness or sickness.
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Cat Symptoms and Illnesses - James Andrew Jones
Cat Symptoms / Illnesses
BY James Andrew Jones
Copyright 2012 by James Andrew Jones
Smashwords Edition
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Acknowledgements
Sharon Jones
Lianne Jones
Molly Giovannelli
Dedication
I am dedicating this book to my girlfriend Molly Giovannelli, My mum Sharon and my sister Lianne. The most important people in my life.
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The intensions of this book are to give you helpful information about the health of your pet cat. It is to provide helpful facts and information to help aid in raising your cat or kitten. This book and its information is not for self-diagnosing your pet cat with any illness or sickness. Professional help should be sought - Visit your local veterinary surgeon or practitioner; you may also need to consider whether your pet cat or kitten should be taken to a cat hospital. Be warned vet bills can be very costly, we strongly recommend the purchase of pet insurance before health problems occur. Cat health insurance is a must as Cat illness can be very expensive; insurance will give much needed help in affording health related bills.
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Contents
Cat Allergies
Cat Bad Breath
Cat Birth
Cat Blindness
Cat Cancer
Cat Chronic Renal Failure
Cat Colds
Cat Conjunctivitis
Cat Constipation
Cat Corona Virus
Cat Diabetes
Cat Diarrhea
Cat Drooling
Cat Fibrosarcoma
Cat Hair Loss
Cat Immunodeficiency Virus
Cat Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Cat Intestinal Cancer
Cat Leukemia
Cat Lymphoma
Cat Lymphosarcoma
Cat Oral Cancer
Cat Sarcoma
Cat Scabs
Cat Sneezing
Cat Stress
Cat Symptoms
Cat Temperature
Cat Tumours
Cat Vaccinations
Cat Vomiting
Cat Weight
Cat Wheezing
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Cat Allergies
Types of Cat Allergies.
Like people, cats can suffer from different types of allergies and the amount of cats suffering from allergies seems to be rising. Cats with allergies react very similar to people with allergies were they will wheeze, sneeze and in very bad cases have respiratory problems. This can also lead to your cat developing asthma. An allergic reaction in your cat can be seen by excessive scratching from a developing skin problem. Cat allergies can be categorised into three main categories, these being: Food allergies, Flea allergies and Atopy. Your pet cat may be susceptible to more than one allergy.
Cat Food Allergies.
Food allergies are an allergic reaction to your cat’s food. It could be only one ingredient that causes the allergic reaction but could also be more.
The more common allergic reactions are from:
Beef
Milk products
Cereals
Wheat
Corn
Soya
Chicken
Eggs
What causes the allergy and any reactions is unknown.
Common symptoms for your cat having an allergy to a food type are:
Itching excessively
Licking excessively
Chewing excessively
Otits Externa is an ear infection, combine this with a skin problem and this can be a common symptom of food hypersensitivity.
Digestive problems such as diarrhoea can be a problem associated with cat food allergies.
Cat food allergy symptoms can arise at any time in your cats life, it can be down to a change in what you feed them or it could be a factory change in the ingredients that may cause an allergic reaction.
Cat Food Allergies
If a food allergy is the main suspect for your cat feeling poorly, the most efficient way for this to be diagnosed is to put your pet cat on an exclusion or hypoallergenic diet for around 10 to 12 weeks. This diet is to provide food that your pet cat has not been feed before, the main cause for an allergic reaction is normally a protein. An exclusion diet can consist of venison, duck or fish as these are not often found in normal pet foods. This diet can be either maid at home or a prescription commercial food that is bought.
If your Cat is suffering from a food allergy
Once the recommended time period on the exclusion diet has past, your cat should appear to be better. Once your cat is feeling better in order to identify the source or sources of the