Signs of a healthy kitten would be a kitten that's interactive, playful, eating and drinking well, and having regular bowel movements....
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Play with them. Play, play, play. Give kittens lots of things to do....
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The small ones need to bottle-feed if their mom isn’t able to nurse them....
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Great question. I think there's a benefit to both. Some people talk a lot about dry food and their teeth....
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The most truthful answer is people that don't handle vaccines for a living don't always know how you're supposed to handle a vaccine....
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There are a lot of things to consider with preventive care. Preventive care is actually really good nutrition....
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In general, kittens bite and scratch and get into any kind of trouble that they can....
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It's going to take a lot of time. Depending on their age, kittens need to be fed very frequently—every two to three hours....
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Generally we say between four to six months is a good time for a kitten - male or female - to get spayed or neutered....
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Every three weeks until they're around four months old.
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No, it differs. Prevention entails preventing the disease. It's not going to treat the cat if they already have heartworms....
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There are always risks with vaccinations, let's be honest....
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Preventing standing water is essential. You can use area mosquito sprays and things like that, and they are safe if you follow directions....
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You should definitely ask about prevention, testing and lifestyle changes, when we can get tested, when to put them on prevention, and I think thos...
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Heartworm tends to cause asthma-like symptoms, so the cat can't breathe. They're not perfusing, so they're very panicked....
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I would recommend waiting until they have that last vaccine series with their rabies because that's going to be the way they're going to contract i...
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Respiratory issues—again, being a more serious condition in cats and how it normally presents, I guess you could say similar to dogs, it takes fewe...
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This is a great question because it depends on where you live in the country. Heartworm isn't a common disease in California....
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Yeah, it’s challenging in cats....
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Non-core vaccines are the opposite of what I just described....