Cat Illnesses

Cat Illnesses...learn the cat symptoms to catch cat diseases early. As we continue delving into the sick cat issues you may encounter with your pet, there will be links to click on, taking you to more details on that particular problem or disease. The disease topics will be in bold, with a brief synopsis, and will have a highlighted link. Cat illnesses are not typically fatal and I will point out a few of those issues. Diseases are dealt with in another area called Cat Diseases

A sign of diabetes in cats ...a fastidious cat urinates outside the litter box, a cat with a healthy appetite eats a little more but loses a bit of weight, or a cat has increased fluid intake and more frequent urination. Details: Diabetes in Cats

A feline with cat fever will often stop eating and feel too ill to purr. Some felines with cat fever also stop drinking, leading to dangerous dehydration. A prolonged fever puts a strain on most body organs and is one of the cat illnesses. Go to Cat Fever.

How many times do you hear your cat sneezing, see the runny nose, and after several days start to worry. It could be a feline version of the "flu" and may run its course within a week but check out information at Cat Sneezing.

Cat constipation is a term that gets used loosely as one of the cat illnesses but it is really three distinct cat conditions:constipation, obstipation, and megacolon. Although they have some similarities they also have significant differences so veterinarians treat them differently. See Cat Constipation.

Cat cataracts are relatively rare. They might be diabetes-induced cataracts, and although inherited congenital cataracts do exist in some breeds the incidence is low. See Cat Cataracts.

Most cats have an occasional vomiting episode during their lifetime and in many cases the reason for the vomiting is easy to detect. A hairball, they ate some grass or a houseplant etc. But, sometimes its not so obvious. Go to Cat Vomiting.

Another illness is Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV). FIV is a retrovirus in the same family as HIV. However, FIV is not transferable to humans. Early signs of FIV are mild and transient. The disease is slower and your cat appears normal for a long time. Your cat may run a fever and not eat for a few days, and act as if he has a human flu. Gingivitis and difficulty recovering from an infection are also signs. Indoor cats who have been tested and received a negative diagnosis have virtually no chance of becoming FIV positive.

Cat Illnesses

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