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tell you the notes of several cats, so your cat will be healthier!
first cat, the best from the kittens started to raise up (about 1.5 months of birth the best). Kittens can not only adapt quickly to new owners and the environment, but also has a strong curiosity and desire to learn. So if you want to with their own habits or keep one pair is not a partial eclipse, no bad habits of cats, from kittens raised from the ideal.
how to choose a healthy kitten it? the following points of reference, but do not start to open its mouth rude or off the tail. You can pick up gently it, play by observing its activities with the situation.
observation points are as follows:
1 eye: Chiung Chiung God's eyes are healthy elements to pay attention to whether there is mucus, congestion, or third eyelid outstanding ... ... and so on.
2. nose: see if a clean, moist, if pus nose when sneezing or there should be special attention.
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com 3. Ears: To observe the ear canal is clean, no smell, if the outer edge of ears tickle scratches.
4. Oral: Note teeth growth conditions, with or without bad breath, saliva had to, ulcers ... ... and so on, the cat's gums healthy pink.
5. Skin Color: whether the elasticity of skin and hair are dull, can be used as health indicators, should check whether the injury or crusted skin fleas and other skin problems. If the back of the spine is too prominent, too thin, said animal.
6. stomach: kitten's belly usually little swelling, enlargement, or if too thin, there may be intestinal parasitic infections. Hold it if the pain response, or lumps in a sense, when it should be noted.
7. limbs: check for trauma, or skin problems, observe the run, hopping gait is normal.
8. anus and genital area: health, when the anus should be clean and tight. If swelling and ulceration, may often diarrhea performance. Pee should be clean and not muddy, should not have hematuria or pyuria.
9. vigor and appetite: healthy cats should be lively, energetic, and good appetite.
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When you decide to cats, the best in the neighborhood looking for a reliable animal hospitals and veterinarians have the patience to carefully. The cat brought home the week after its health is an important observation time, it is also an important period to adapt to new environments. Normal cat one day need 16 hours of sleep, but awake, it should be lively, if a week is very healthy, appetite, spirit strong, normal defecation without eyes, noses and sneezing or discharge ... ..., you can bring it to a veterinary hospital for vaccination! usually kittens get colostrum from the cat's immune to the effects only last about two months, so two months should start to accept the first vaccination, then every other month re-injection of the second, to enhance immunity to infectious diseases. Before the completion of the vaccination, it is best not let the cat sick cats or cats with other contacts, to avoid infection. Regularly once a year after vaccination can be added. Now commonly used in veterinary hospitals cat vaccine triple vaccine (containing panleukopenia, viral rhinotracheitis cat, cat card Delixi virus disease), leukemia vaccine and Observing the vaccine (including tim cat plague, cat viral rhinotracheitis cat Kali West virus disease, leukemia, and cat chlamydia pneumonia). Are outlined below: 1. Panleukopenia (Feline panleukopenia) virus by the small cat (Feline parvovirus) Pan-induced leukopenia, generally transmitted mainly by blood-sucking insects can be infected fleas or highly infectious, 6 months kitten most likely infected with the disease. Clinical symptoms of anorexia, depression, poor spirit, high fever, persistent vomiting, diarrhea, often due to reduced immunity caused by pneumonia, and finally because of drastically reduced white blood cell count and hemorrhagic colitis caused by dehydration and loss of blood and death, the death rate of about 25 - 75%. The virus is very tenacious, even cross the placenta and infect the fetus, resulting in stillbirth or miscarriage, so that the cat received the best in pre-pregnancy swelling panleukopenia virus vaccine died. 2 cats love rhinotracheitis virus (Feline Rhinotracheitis) herpes virus by the cat (Feline herpesvirus) type I (Feline herpesvirus type 1) caused by the highly contagious upper respiratory disease, usually transmitted by contact or droplet-based recovery 80% after the cat will become carriers and continue to detox a few weeks, secretions may transmit the virus; pregnant cat, if infected, the virus will infect the fetus through the placenta, and even cause miscarriage. The main clinical symptoms are high fever, depression, coughing, sneezing, eyes, photophobia, conjunctivitis, and the cornea, tongue, mouth ulcers and other parts covered, so the eye can see liquid water discharge and a significant increase in nasal secretions, secondary to Bacterial infection causes mucus secretions become purulent, infected kitten mortality rate of about 20-30%, as the cat mortality rate is low. 3 cat Kali West virus disease (Feline Calicivirosis) cat cards force in the West virus (Feline calicivirus) mainly affects the breathing on the cat, causing pneumonia or bronchial alveolar pneumonia. Mainly by direct contact, can also be transmitted through respiratory droplets. Course of about 1-4 weeks; infection rate but the mortality rate varies up to 30%. 15-week-old kittens to six months of age if infected, will present viral pneumonia, and died because of breathing difficulties; this will have neurological symptoms. Clinical symptoms of mouth ulcers, fever, depression, anorexia, sneezing, salivation, eye and nose secretions increase, pneumonia, bronchitis and nasal symptoms of cat is very similar, clinically difficult to distinguish. Recovery will continue after the detox a few months or years! 4 feline leukemia (Feline Leukemia) is a cat leukemia virus (Feline leukemia virus, felv) caused the leukopenia; infectious diseases in cats of all media, this virus is most contagious one, even if only with patients contact with a cat that will be infected, and life for the carriers. The clinical symptoms include weight loss, anemia, fever, gingivitis, diarrhea, etc., but because of the differences, making diagnosis very difficult, requires the help of blood tests to determine. Although feline leukemia is not transmitted to humans, but its pattern is similar with the AIDS virus, would cause immunosuppression and lead to lymphoma (a type of glandular cancer), leukemia (blood cancer), anemia, renal insufficiency, and enteritis, etc. This virus can be lurking in the cat to rest a few years after the onset of the bone marrow. Although kittens are more sensitive to the disease, but the disease is able to infection of any age, breed and sex of the cat. This vaccine can be given the first dose of 8-10 weeks, 12-14 weeks old on to the second agent, reinforcing once a year thereafter. 5 cat chlamydia pneumonia (Feline Chlamydial Pneumonitis) by the parrot Chlamydia (Chlamydia psittaci) caused by the highly contagious disease, mainly caused by the cat of pneumonia. The initial clinical symptoms of conjunctivitis show, and is then accompanied by fever, severe tearing, and eye secretions become pus-like; will appear rhinitis symptoms, including: nasal discharge, sneezing, nasal sinusitis, etc.; late clinical symptoms of suppurative pneumonia, a result of secretions within the airways and alveoli caused by too much difficulty in breathing and pulmonary edema. Full course of about 30 days, but more than 30 days of infection, still in the sick cats found in the conjunctiva and lung bacteria, so the sick cats, even if the recovery will continue to spread the bacteria, leaving the surrounding cats infected with the disease. Other common diseases as outlined below: 1. Cat infectious peritonitis (Feline Infectious Peritonitis, FIP) by a coronavirus (Coronavirus) caused high mortality, vulnerability 2 years and 9 years old cat. Clinical symptoms continued loss of appetite, weight loss, fever, ascites, peritonitis, such as dry, you may neurological symptoms and eye lesions. 2 Cat Toxoplasmosis disease (Toxoplasmosis) from the T. gondii (Toxoplasma gondii) infected with the disease, the dietary exposure, blood transfusion and placental infection, the cat is usually asymptomatic infection, but there will be severe diarrhea, difficulty breathing, swollen lymph nodes, weight loss , reproductive disorders and even death, the eggs through the feces to infect other animals, cats its final host. This disease is a very important human and animal infectious diseases will be common cause meningitis, spinal cord inflammation and pneumonia ... ... and so on, and can infect pregnant women, resulting in stillbirth, miscarriage or birth defects and other complications ... .... 3. Heartworm infection (Heartworm Infection) from the heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) infection through mosquitoes or fleas as the vector, the adult parasites in the right ventricle and pulmonary artery, the cat's clinical symptoms significantly better than dogs, but cats of insects protein released by the body after the death of an allergic reaction after the death of the parasite and the cat's heart and blood vessels easily thrombosis, causing shock and death, it is not recommended to kill the adult, it is best to give the cat a monthly oral heartworm preventive medicine, to kill the larvae to prevent their development into adults. 4. Roundworm infection mainly via the placenta or parasitic infection in the small intestine through the mouth, absorb nutrients, causing digestive disturbances kittens severe symptoms than the adult cat. 5. Tapeworm infection transmitted by fleas, worms usually about 15-50 cm, the first section will suck in the small intestine and large intestine, and continue to discharge film festival, so often found in cat feces found in the mature tapeworm film festival. When the body has a large number of tapeworm parasites, can cause malnutrition, weight loss, and even intestinal obstruction. Film festival will stimulate the anus and discharge itching feeling, then the cat will be on the ground rubbing ass to relieving itching. 6. Fleas infected cat fleas infected with the most common cat flea, in the skin, rapid activity in the environment is very easy to parasitic reproduction, by drawing the host's body fluids, blood or skin material and living. Parasitic fleas, the cat will cause itching, hair loss or allergic dermatitis, can also transmit tapeworm, causing the cat discomfort. When the fleas too, sometimes even the owner will be bring disaster, and was covered in bites itching swelling of the kitchen. But to help get rid of fleas cat careful, Freeze with dog flea agents, especially the flea organic phosphorus agents, or the cat vulnerable to poisoning, it is best to consult a veterinarian or to buy special cat flea products! 7. Scabies mites ear infection group life cat scabies mites often have ear infections, this is contagious, can cause itching cat ears, constantly scratching or rejection ear, ear canal have a lot of brown or black secretion material and blood clots, if so, it is best brought to the veterinary hospital for treatment as soon as possible. I wish you success
