If you're bottle-feeding and want to introduce it, you should do so around roughly around five to six weeks, depending on the size of the kitten....
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If your kitten misses a vaccine, then let's just catch back up where you are....
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Absolutely. First of all, rabies is required by law, so you have to have that one....
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Yes, we recommend core vaccines for your kitten because... I'll just tell you a personal story. My cats are indoor cats....
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A big one is heartworm and flea and tick prevention. We know that external parasites are a big deal....
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A lot! They have tiny stomachs, so you don't need to restrict how much they're eating. When they're over a year, they can get fat....
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Yes, and I would always recommend making sure that you have a fresh, clean bowl of water available at all times of the day.
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If they're with their mom, again, the mom's going to do most of that, as we talked about with puppy care....
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I guess I would question: are they aggressive, or are they having normal behavior? Yes, some kittens are aggressive because they're scared....
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Most breeders will not give you a cat before about nine weeks of age. By about six weeks, they can start on solids....
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The first thing they need is a feline distemper vaccine....
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We would recommend if they're on solids to use good quality kitten food for growth. There are a lot of brands out there that are available....
Can prevention be used to control heartworm in a cat or to cure it? - Animal Hospital of Statesville
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It can prevent it. I don't think the research has been done out there yet to see if chronic prevention eventually treats or kills the heartworm....
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The non-core vaccines are more what we would call a lifestyle vaccine....
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So here's a trickier question than some people may think, 80% of cats are asymptomatic from showing signs of heartworms....
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I like to start vaccines between that six and eight weeks of age, as that's kind of the ideal place to start....
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No, we typically don't test cats. Especially as a kitten, we just start the prevention....
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If we don't prevent heartworm, the chronic lung disease in cats will eventually become resistant to treatment and become fatal....
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There are not. Vector and mosquito control can help, but still, those preventative products are essential....
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Great question....