| About the most frequent cat health care | | | | advice and cat flu needn't be overly worrying for |
| complications that our feline friends experience in | | | | you or your feline friends. |
| this country is feline flu. The main reason it's so | | | | A few of the very common signs and symptoms |
| problematic is it can easily be worsened by | | | | of feline flu to be aware of are sneezing and |
| secondary infections and can be life-threatening. | | | | coughing, a clear discharge coming from the nose |
| Ironically, despite its potential for serious harm, it | | | | and eyes, increased salivation, depression, loss of |
| really is easily preventable. cat health care is | | | | appetite, lameness and ulcers on the tongue, nasal |
| jeopardised by feline flu as there are two sorts | | | | area or top of the mouth. If your feline acquires a |
| of the condition: viral feline flu in addition to | | | | secondary bacterial infection then the discharge |
| bacterial feline flu. Pet cats can pick up either or | | | | from the nose and eyes can become thicker and |
| both, with bacterial feline flu as a frequent | | | | yellow in colouring. All of these symptoms are |
| secondary infection in cats with viral flu. Like | | | | indicative of a cat health care problem and the |
| happens with human beings getting colds and flu, it | | | | animal should be taken to a vet. Under these |
| is most commonly and most quickly transmitted | | | | circumstances, the cat's best chance of survival |
| between cats who are kept in big groupings, such | | | | lies with intensive treatment from a vet. Bacterial |
| as those in catteries or cat rescue organisations. | | | | feline flu can be treated with antibiotics prescribed |
| This is one of the principal reasons why cattery | | | | by a cat health care vet but there is nothing that |
| owners demand your pet is vaccinated ahead of | | | | can be done to get rid of viral feline flu. |
| its stay. | | | | Because life threatning cat flu has no established |
| A fairly large proportion of cat owners worry | | | | treatment, cat health care professionals are |
| greatly about the dangers of cat flu. An equal | | | | always working to raise awareness of the fact |
| number believe myths and misconceptions about | | | | that vaccination as a kitten with ongoing boosters |
| the disease and its severity. That said, do not | | | | is vital. Vaccination is the only established means |
| underestimate how serous the illness can be, | | | | of protecting against feline flu. |
| simply follow the established cat health care | | | | |