Feline Vaccination and Testing Guidelines

Vaccination recommendations are based on your cat’s lifestyle, exposure risk, and the diseases common in our area. Whether your cat lounges on windowsills or explores the great outdoors, we tailor their care to keep them healthy, happy, and protected. The indoor companion This cat enjoys life in the safety of home—sunbeams, snuggles, and the occasional [...]

Kitten Care 101: Vaccines

Vaccinating Your Kitten Vaccines are an important part of your kitten’s overall health because they protect her and others against infectious diseases. To help ensure the best possible immunity to these diseases, your kitten should receive vaccine boosters within the recommended 3-4 weeks. FVRCP: Feline Rhinotracheitis, Calicivirus, Panleukopenia Kittens should receive their first FVRCP vaccines [...]

Kitten Care 101: Spay & Neutering

Spay/Neuter Spaying or neutering your kitten has health benefits, in addition to helping with pet overpopulation. Spaying your female kitten before her first heat offers the best protection from uterine infections and breast tumors. Most female cats will go into heat by 6 months of age, so it’s a good idea to spay them at [...]

Kitten Care 101: Parasites

Do all kittens have worms? Intestinal parasites are common in kittens, and the most common source of roundworm infection in kittens is the mother’s milk. Did you know? Microscopic examination of a stool sample detects worm eggs. Cats remain susceptible to re-infection throughout their lives and periodic deworming is recommended for cats that go [...]

Kitten Care 101: Feeding Your Kitten

What should I feed my kitten? Choosing the right diet is a vital step to making sure your growing kitten is meeting their nutritional needs. Remember that cats are obligate carnivores--they depend entirely on meat because their diet requires nutrients that are only found in animal flesh. Here is a short list of some diets [...]

Kitten Care 101: Behavior

Socialization Take things slowly with introducing new people and new animals. Make sure she has a safe place she can go to if she gets overwhelmed—this can be her carrier or the room where her food, water and bed are. Don’t force her to interact with a new person if she doesn’t want to. It’s [...]

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