Not cause harm so much as maybe cause some intestinal distress. Nothing that would be permanent or lasting....
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When you think of toxic foods, you're not thinking about dog foods. We're thinking about inappropriate food that you and I would feed our dogs....
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Good question. That gets more into food allergies, and food allergies are a whole other subject....
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Good question, because we get this asked a lot. A lot of people have the perception that, well, my cat never goes outside. He can't get fleas....
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I think we addressed that a moment ago, but it's still worth repeating again....
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It depends on the time of year and what part of the country you live in. Welcome to North Carolina....
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I generally find with kittens and old cats, meaning those that are not as thrifty as they once were, they don't clean themselves as much, or those ...
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Primarily from going outside. If you have an exclusively indoor kitty, can they get fleas and ticks? Absolutely, because we can be a source....
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The main diseases we see in cats with fleas come from tapeworms. They get the tapeworms from ingesting the fleas....
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You would think that just because they have thicker hair, they're going to be less of a target....
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Very rarely. Is it possible? Absolutely, anything is possible, but it's very uncommon for grooming products to cause a problem....
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Let's talk about the origins of some of the problems. Let's talk about flea allergies because that is such a common problem in cats....
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If we get an itchy cat, we're always going to be thinking allergies first and/or fleas because sometimes they play hand in hand....
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Yes, they can. Uniquely, we do see it more in the Asian breeds, Himalayas and Siamese. It's more common in those breeds....
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The number one condition that we see in cats for skin issues is allergies. We'll get a little bit more into that in just a second....
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That would be a no. They cannot. Cats have a very high demand for protein. Let's think about the hierarchy of animals in the animal kingdom....
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Intestinal parasites include intestinal worms, plus there's a sort of a separate category, what we would call intestinal parasites....
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Maybe. It depends on the food....
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The most common one we see with kittens is a round pop belly....
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The things you mentioned just a moment ago. Primarily allergies, but also cancer, behavior issues, and ringworm....