3 Dogs and 2 Cats

It’s important to do your research when finding a Vet for your furry friend.  You want to find a Vetrinarian that both you and your cat feel comfortable with.

A tabby cat is a cat with a distinctive coat that features stripes, dots, or swirling patterns. Tabbies are often mistakenly assumed to be a breed of cat, it’s a color. In fact, the tabby pattern is a naturally occurring feature that may be the original coloration of the domestic cat’s distant ancestors. Tabby color is found in many cat breeds, as well as among the general ‘moggy’ (mixed-breed or mongrel) population. When cats are allowed to breed randomly, the coloration of the population tends toward brown mackerel tabbies with green eyes, leading geneticists to believe that this is the common wild phenotype of the domestic cat. The tabby cat usually is gray and has an “M” mark on its fore head. But sometimes Tabis can be orange. For instance it could be orange and have blue eyes, or tanish orange and have green eyes.

There are four tabby patterns that have been shown to be genetically distinct: mackerel, classic, spotted and ticked. A fifth includes tabby as part of another basic color pattern, the “patched” tabby, which may be a calico or tortoiseshell cat with tabby patches (the latter is called a “torbie”. A number of other variations are due to the interaction between domestic cats and wildcat genes in cat breeds such as the Bengal and can now be seen in Bombay .

Fleas can get into your home even if your cat doesn’t go outside.  These nasty little bugs can be carriers of worms and other diseases that are harmful to your pets.  They can even make it into the house by hitching a ride on you!  There are many different ways to prevent and control this problem.

To control the fleas, you must treat your cat as well as their surrounding environment.  If you have dogs and cats, it’s important to treat them all since the fleas have the ability to go to whichever host they please.  It’s very important that you treat your cat for fleas whichever method you decide to use since the fleas extract a big amount of blood which can result in anemia or death.

The cat flea is considered to be the most widespread fleas in the world.  Cat fleas obviously prefer to have cats as their host but can survive on dogs and other animals as well.  The adult fleas can jump from host to host (animal to animal) and survive that way also.

The flea collar is a good way to go.  This will keep your cat and home free from infestation.  If you have a cat that goes outside, it’s important that you give them a break-away collar.  This way they won’t get caught up on anything and if they do, the collar will break apart and free the cat.  The flea collar works by emitting a gas that is toxic to fleas into the cats subcutaneous fat layer.  The gas is mainly effective in the head and neck are where the collar rests.  Your vet can inform you of the most effective and safe collar for your cat.