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Cat and Dog Parasites: Fleas, Ticks and Worms

Get information about dog and cat ectoparasites and internal parasites, including fleas, ticks, heartworms, and testing and treatment options.

This poodle mix takes medication to prevent parasites, including heartworm.

How Often to Vaccinate Dogs and Cats

Learn about the different vaccines for dogs and cats, as well as how often you should vaccinate your dog or cat.

black-and-white dog looking up and smiling

Tips to Care for a Blind Dog or Blind Cat

Learn how to care for a blind dog or blind cat, including helping them adapt to blindness and how to train pets who are blind.

Gray-and-white blind dog and his person

Tips to Care for a Deaf Dog or Deaf Cat

Get answers to FAQs about deaf dogs and deaf cats, including living with and caring for pets who are hearing impaired.

Deaf dog wearing a red bandana

Kidney Disease in Cats: Causes, Signs, and Treatment

Learn about kidney disease in cats: signs and symptoms, causes, treatment options (including new options like renal transplant), and prognosis.

orange-and-white cat lying down

Three-Legged Dog and Three-Legged Cat FAQs

Three-legged dogs and three-legged cats can live long, happy, healthy lives with minimal adjustment to compensate for their missing limb.

Woman with her white three-legged cat sitting on a couch

Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV): Signs, Prevention, Prognosis

Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) affects cats’ immune system. Read FAQs about the disease, including transmission, signs, diagnosis, and prognosis.

Rico, a tabby cat who is feline leukemia virus (FeLV) positive, lying on his side on a blue shelf

Senior Dog and Cat Care: Common Health Issues

Senior dogs and cats might face some common health issues as they get older. Learn about caring for your senior pet.

a senior dog with a person

Tips to Control Cat Allergy Symptoms if You Live With a Cat

Allergic to cats? Learn tips to help you control your cat allergy symptoms to make it easier to handle living with a cat.

tabby cat lying on an orange bed

Stomatitis in Cats: Signs and Treatment of Feline Dental Disease

Stomatitis in cats is a feline dental disease. Read about the causes, signs, and treatments for cat stomatitis.

gray-and-white tabby cat lying with head on paws

Diabetes in Cats: Types, Treatment and Prognosis

Read about the two types of diabetes in cats, treatment and cost, insulin injections, blood glucose monitoring, and a diabetic cat’s prognosis.

Diabetic black and white senior cat

Cat Dementia: Cognitive Dysfunction in Older Cats

Cat dementia is cognitive dysfunction that happens to some senior cats. Find out about signs and symptoms, consulting a veterinarian, and treatment.

Older feline with cat dementia who is receiving care and treatment

Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a devastating disease in cats caused by a corona virus. Learn about signs, diagnosis and treatment.

Young cats, like this black-and-white kitten, are susceptible to feline infectious peritonitis (FIP).

Heartworm Disease in Dogs and Cats

Answers to questions about heartworm disease in dogs and cats: prevention, spread of disease, signs and symptoms, tests, treatment and prognosis.

Trevor, a brown and white dog tilting his head

Cat Foster Care Manual

Best Friends' cat foster care manual has info on preparing for, bringing home and caring for a foster cat. This guide can be tailored to your organization.

This boy and his family are fostering this sweet brown tabby cat.

Liver Disease in Cats: Signs, Treatment, Prognosis

Fatty liver disease in cats, aka feline hepatic lipidosis, is caused by an accumulation of fats, or lipids, in the liver tissue. Learn about the signs of cat liver diseas...

Woman holding her tabby cat with liver disease (feline hepatic lipidosis)