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Grooming
cat
Grooming the cat is help to remove dead hairs,
reduce problem such as fur ball, help reduce hair accumulating in
the stomach. In general longhaired cat need daily grooming while shorthaired
cat can be groomed once or twice a week. |
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Cat
refuses to eat
When the cat refuses to eat, it may be caused
by such as unhealthy factors : stress from change of location, change
of ownership, traveling, stranger or other animal present at feeding
time, change of environment. |
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Eating
grass
Grass will often induce the cat to vomit. This
will help in the situation when the stomach is overfull or where a
hair ball or other indigestible matter is partly blocking the stomach.
However, if the cat continued to eat the grass by prolong or persistence
vomiting, we would recommend you to seek veterinary help for the cat.
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Eating
difficulty
Usually difficulty in eating is often a sign
that the pain may present in the mouth when the cat is eating. Other
possible causes of difficulty in eating can be the trauma or injury
to the mouth or teeth. |
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Cat
is thin
When the cat loses her weight, there may be many
causes such as environment, stress from moving house, change of owner,
change of feeding. |
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Limping
cat
A cat may walk lamely because of a problem in
her leg. It is not easy to find out which leg is causing the pain.
To watch cat moving could help. The causes of limping such as arthritis,
bone fracture, sprain, dislocation, infected bite. |
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Cat
scratches things
Scratching is a normal behavior of cat which
does not offend until she does in an inappropriate place. You should
save your things by creating a scratching post, made from wood, standing
in a vertical position. Alternatively, the scratching post may be
situated near the cat's bed so that the cat can scratch it upon waking
up Or it can be situated near the door that cat can scratch before
going outside the house. |
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Prolong
scratching
Cats scratch things because they have itch. Their
cats' claws and vigorous action can cause considerable damage and
open the way for bacteria to invade the skin. If the skin is very
itchy with combination of hair loss from scratching, biting, and licking.
If scratching persists, seek veterinary help. |
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Constipation
Constipation is a difficult and pain caused by
trying to pass hard lump of feces. Some common causes of constipation
are eating bone, hair in intestine, lacking of exercise. |
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Dull
coat
A healthy cat presents a sleek, well-groomed
appearance with a clean, glossy coat. Daily grooming could help. |
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Cat
licks herself excessively
Licking is a part of the normal grooming procedure
for cat to clean off the coat or paw, or to clean a wound or excessive
secretion. If the cat is seen licking excessively at one area of the
body, check for an unsuspected injury. |
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Shedding
hair
Normally the cat shed her dead hair through the
year, especially the long haired breed. Consistently grooming would
help. |
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Cat
stops eating
A sudden change for the cat's routine feeding
would make the cat to stop eating. Cats are very sensitive to the
change of the environment such as location, food bowl, or noise level.
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Cat
doesn't use litter tray
When the Cat doesn't use litter tray. She may
have some reason such as: the litter tray may be located too close
to the cat's eating area or her sleeping area, or the litter isn't
enough , or change the type of litter, uncleaned litter tray. |
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Cat
has abnormal defecation or urination habit
Abnormal of defecation or urination may underline
a medical problem such as urological syndrome. Other causes are the
inappropriate site for litter tray, lacking of clean litter trays,
or stress. |