Spring is the season when the temperature warms up and everything recovers and grows. Environmental and climate changes have also put cats at risk to their health. Today, Pointe will popularize some common diseases of cats in spring and corresponding preventive measures to help cats spend this spring healthily!
1. Feline ringworm. In the spring season, the temperature is humid and warm, the fungal proliferation rate becomes faster, when the fungus is stronger than the body's immunity, fungal ** disease will be produced, and cat ringworm is one of them. Feline ringworm often occurs on the face, ears, limbs, toes, claws, trunk and other parts of the affected cat. In addition to being round, the lesions are oval, irregular, or diffuse, and occasionally accompanied by large-scale lesions. Infection** Surface with scales or erythematous bumps.
So how to prevent ringworm in cats?
1.Scientifically formulated cat food is the staple food to ensure adequate and balanced nutritional supply, prevent low immunity caused by malnutrition, and allow the body to resist pathogenic bacteria.
2.Clean the home environment frequently, open windows frequently for ventilation, maintain a dry and clean indoor environment, and inhibit the proliferation of microorganisms.
3.Clean the litter box frequently to avoid the litter box becoming a hotbed for microorganisms.
4.Frequently touch and observe the cat's coat and**, detect abnormalities early, so as to be timely**.
2. Ear mites. Ear mites are highly contagious, and the main symptoms are: severe itching, affected cats often scratch their ears with their front paws, causing ear inflammation or bleeding, and ear hematomas and lymphatic fluid accumulate under the ears. Cats may also have symptoms such as head shaking, ear inflammation or allergies, and thick brown-black crust-like exudate blockage in the external auditory canal.
How to prevent ear mites?
1.After bathing your cat, use a cotton ball to absorb the moisture in your ears to avoid the humidity of the ear environment.
2.Clean your ears regularly with a pet-specific ear wash.
3.Check the cat's eyes, nose, ears, and mouth frequently to detect abnormalities early**.
3. Shedding. As the temperature warms, cats no longer need heavy winter coats to protect them from the cold, so seasonal shedding occurs. At this time, you can feed foods rich in methionine, fatty acids, vitamin B complex, and iodine. Methionine can promote the growth of new hairs; Fatty acids can increase the shine and water-holding capacity of the coat; B vitamins can promote the health of ** and hair; Iodine can help the body synthesize skin keratin and promote hair growth. In addition, if it is a cat with dark hair, you can also increase the intake of tyrosine and copper, which can make the hair darker and shinier.
Fourth, hairball disease.
Cats love to be clean, and they can't help but eat more hair when they lose their hair in the spring. Because cats have a well-developed vomiting center, they will expel hairballs by vomiting when there are too many hairballs.
For this reason, how can the symptoms of cats hairball disease be alleviated?
1.Clean the room frequently to reduce hair in the environment.
2.Grooming your cat's coat often and reducing the amount of floating hair can reduce the amount of fur your cat licks into its belly.
3.Increase your intake of fibre to help your cat expel hairballs. If you increase the proportion of dietary fiber in your diet, you can reduce the damage caused by vomiting to your digestive tract through dietary conditioning instead of vomiting and hairballs. High-fiber foods include wheatgrass, hair cream, high-fiber snacks, etc.
Pointe concludes: Although the temperature warms up in spring, it is also the season when many bacteria, fungi and germs are active and multiplying. Therefore, it is still necessary to do a good job in diet planning, environmental cleaning, cat fur management and health checks, and the prevention of cat diseases should not be taken lightly!