by Dr. Elaine Wexler-Mitchell | Aug 20, 2011 | Articles
Kidney disease may be the most common ailment of cats over the age of nine years. Kidneys are the organs in the body that are responsible for filtering out metabolic waste products from the blood, conserving water in the body, and producing urine. A cat’s body is a...
by Dr. Elaine Wexler-Mitchell | Jul 8, 2011 | Articles
Eyes are very important sensory organs to a cat. Being sure that your cat’s eyes are healthy should be a part of an annual comprehensive physical examination by your veterinarian. I have diagnosed different diseases of the eyes and even blindness when cats have...
by Dr. Elaine Wexler-Mitchell | Jul 7, 2011 | Articles
Do you think that your cat sees you the way in which you see yourself? Why is a cat able to find and hunt insects and spiders in dim light? Do cats see colors? These are all questions that pertain to vision and the eyes of the cat. The sense of eyesight is very...
by Dr. Elaine Wexler-Mitchell | Jun 21, 2011 | Articles
Cats don’t smoke, don’t consume excessive amounts of salt, and generally have stress free lives; so why do we need to worry about their blood pressure? For a long time, most veterinarians didn’t know that feline high blood pressure, or hypertension, existed because...
by Dr. Elaine Wexler-Mitchell | Apr 12, 2011 | Articles
Newborn kittens are totally dependent upon their mother for survival. She provides them with food, warmth, cleanliness, and helps them eliminate. Humans can also provide these necessities, but not as well as a mother cat. Newborn kittens can neither see nor hear,...
