Sentences with phrase «caused by cat owners»

Many cat - related issues are caused by cat owners or feeders who may not know what is the appropriate way to care for cats.

Not exact matches

The cat learns to compensate somewhat for its disability and has a normal lifespan, providing the owner protects it from possible dangers caused by its inability to fully control its movements.

Cat ear problems, caused by an infection, are a source of great frustration for owners and pain or discomfort for cats.

While all of these creatures have worldwide distribution, the most common flea infestation for cat (and dog owners) is likely to be caused by the cat flea, which will also feed on the blood of dogs and other mammals, poultry, and yes, people.

When owners suspect that boredom is the cause of their cat's excessive licking, they sometimes alleviate the problem by adding another pet, turning on radios and TVs, making window ledge perches to observe the out - of - doors, and other forms of environmental enrichment.

The cause of vomiting that I think is most often missed by owners because their cats seem perfectly fine despite vomiting regularly, is a condition called inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

«Because cat owners are around their cats daily, subtle changes or gradual changes can be missed,» says Dr. Joanne Gaines, owner of Ridgeview Animal Hospital in Omaha, Neb. «Increases in drinking and urination and weight loss are the most common gradual changes we see, and those changes can be caused by thyroid disease, kidney or liver disease or diabetes, most commonly.»

The authors of the study, led by Dr. Gary Norsworthy, owner of the Alamo Feline Health Center, reached the stunning conclusion that «chronic small bowel disease likely is the cause of these clinical signs in hundreds of thousands of cats.»

As a veterinary professional and pet owner, I witnessed profound behavioral changes caused by pain in my cat, George.

Well - intentioned owners occasionally cause problems by feeding dogs and cats certain human foods.

Many cat owners have success with nail covers (Soft Paws), plastic caps which are glued on, or with frequent nail trims to reduce damage caused by scratching.

The exact causes of chronic kidney failure are unknown, although the loss of healthy kidney tissue may be a result of readily recognizable conditions, such as kidney infections or obstructions; some suggest it is more prominent now due to the dry commercial cat foods fed by most cat owners, instead of the moisture rich prey a cat would eat in nature.

While most owners are aware that pain in a limb will cause a cat to limp, it is not quite as well known that other types of movement may be affected by pain as well.

However, there are still a small minority of cat owners who are causing the common cat disamenities in our neighbourhoods by letting their pet cats roam in the corridors or feeding cats directly outside their units and on the upper floors.

The sensible and humane solution to undesirable scratching is to modify the cat's conduct by making changes in the environment and direct the cat's natural scratching behavior to an appropriate area (e.g., scratching post) rather than surgically altering the cat, thereby causing the animal pain, merely to fit the owner's lifestyle, aesthetics, or convenience.

While owners often attribute this behavior to a complex «revenge» plot by the cat («he's mad at me for x, y or z»), urination outside the box is typically caused by one of three things: something about the box the cat doesn't like, a medical problem, or stress.

To assist pet owners in coping with grief caused by the loss or anticipated loss of a companion animal dog, cat, bird, horse, gerbil, etc..

Last spring, the Environmental Protection Agency wrapped up a nine - month investigation into spot - on flea and tick products in response to reports from pet owners who claimed that flea and tick medications, including some prescribed by veterinarians, had caused reactions ranging from mild irritation to death in dogs and cats.

For example, a mild depression could be triggered by a change in the cat's food and severe depression could be caused due to the loss of its owner.

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