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🐈Cat HealthJun 28, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Cat Ringworm (Dermatophytosis): Signs and Treatment

Ringworm in cats causes circular hair-loss patches and spreads to people. Learn the signs, treatment, and how to decontaminate your home.

🐈Cat HealthJun 23, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Cat Cuterebra Warbles: Skin Signs and Treatment Guide

A cuterebra warble is a bot-fly larva under the skin that creates a breathing hole and swelling. Learn the signs, dangers of migration, and why vet removal

🐈Cat HealthJun 23, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Feline Leprosy: Mycobacterial Skin Signs and Treatment

Feline leprosy causes painless skin nodules and draining wounds in outdoor cats. Learn the signs, how it is diagnosed, and what treatment involves.

🐈Cat HealthJun 22, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumor in Cats: Signs and Treatment

Cutaneous mast cell tumors are common skin lumps in cats — usually benign and cured by surgery. Learn the signs, diagnosis, and treatment.

🐈Cat HealthJun 17, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Feline Skin Fragility Syndrome: Signs, Causes & Care

Feline skin fragility syndrome causes skin to tear from minimal handling. Learn the causes (Cushing's, steroids), signs, wound care, and diagnosis costs.

🐈Cat HealthJun 14, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Cat Ringworm: Treatment, Home Decontamination & How Long It's Contagious

Ringworm in cats is a fungal infection spread to humans. Learn lime sulfur dips, itraconazole treatment, house decontamination steps, and how long your cat stays contagious.

🐈Cat HealthJun 7, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Cat Ringworm: Spots, Spread & Treatment at Home

Cat ringworm is a fungal infection causing circular hair loss. It spreads to people. Learn signs, diagnosis, antifungal treatment, and how to decontaminate

🐈Cat HealthJun 4, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Cat Bartonella & Cat Scratch Disease: What Owners Need to Know

Bartonella henselae lives in 30 to 40 percent of US cats and causes cat scratch disease in humans. Here's testing, treatment, and household prevention.

🐈Cat HealthMay 30, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Cat Licking Belly Bald: Causes and How to Stop It

A cat licking its belly until the fur thins is almost always saying something — itchy skin, pain, or stress. Here's how to figure out which.

🐈Cat HealthMay 30, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Cat Skin Lumps and Bumps: Benign vs. Cancerous

Not every cat lump is harmless. Cat skin tumors are more often malignant than dog lumps — here's how vets sort out what needs an aspirate.

🐈Cat HealthMay 22, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Cat Tail Twitching: What Different Tail Movements Really Mean

A cat's tail is one of her most expressive body parts. Learn what twitching, thrashing, and flicking really mean.

🐈Cat HealthMay 14, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Cat Bald Patches: Causes, Treatments, and When to Worry

Noticing cat bald patches? Learn the most common reasons cats lose hair — from parasites to stress — and what treatments actually work.

🐈Cat HealthMay 12, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Cat Lump Under the Skin: What It Could Be and When to Act

Found a lump under your cat's skin? Learn the common causes — from benign lipomas to serious tumors — and when to see a vet.

🐈Cat HealthMay 6, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Ringworm in Cats: Signs, Causes, and How It's Treated

Ringworm in cats causes circular bald patches and is highly contagious to humans. Learn the signs, treatment, and prevention tips.