The most common types of parasites - roundworms and hookworms - are pretty ubiquitous in the environment. You can find them almost anywhere....
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In most cases, allergies are the cause. Different things can cause an itch. Primarily, you have the underlying condition....
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It’s not likely that your indoor cat will pick them up, but we have found cats that have lived in households for up to two years, and they bring in...
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Some cats go in and outside in multi-cat households and transmit parasites through fecal contamination....
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It's definitely a possibility, especially with tapeworms....
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They can because fleas get in the house. They can potentially get tapeworms from getting fleas....
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I'm almost scared to say yes. But with domestic cats and the most common parasites that we see, yeah. I'm going to say yes....
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Yes, we do see that in cats. I will say that the overwhelming majority of itchiness in cats is related to an underlying organic skin condition....
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Yes, we can prevent all internal parasites by determining their type, treating them, and setting you up on a regular preventative program.
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Most of them can. Having a cat on an effective flea prevention, will work against the tapeworm burden that they can have....
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Probably the most common method is what's called a fecal-oral route. And yes, it's exactly like it sounds....
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Not commonly. There can certainly be reactions to something you put on your cat....
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Intubation is where we put a little tube down a pet's throat, specifically their airway so that we can protect their lungs....
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It’s a reasonable question because you and I can open up and say, “Ahhh,” and let the dentist clean our teeth. Cats can’t do that....
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You would want to because when we're cleaning the mouth, we're cleaning, polishing, and rinsing....
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Most of the time a follow-up appointment is required....
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When we do teeth cleaning, we use a lot of water and a dental x-ray unit, so we need your pet to be very still during its cleaning so that we can d...
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It's been tried and done, but it's cleaning the stuff off the top—like what I can touch, but it's not working in the gingival sulcus....
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Extractions occur if a tooth is unhealthy. There is not much worse than having to extract a cat's tooth....