{"id":225,"date":"2009-01-13T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T06:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pet-goddess.com\/common-cat-health-issues-and-how-to-avoid-them-1\/"},"modified":"2009-01-13T06:00:44","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T06:00:44","slug":"common-cat-health-issues-and-how-to-avoid-them-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/common-cat-health-issues-and-how-to-avoid-them-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cat Health Issues and How to Avoid Them 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cats can have a variety of health problems as they mature.\u00a0 <\/span>Here are some common cat ailments and ways to avoid them.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Cats have an innate ability to self-groom.\u00a0 <\/span>Observe any cat, from housecat to lion, and you will notice immediately after eating they lick their paws they gently \u201cwash\u201d their face.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

They groom themselves constantly and because they do, they swallow the hair that accumulates on their paws.\u00a0 <\/span>As a result, fur balls are swallowed and this leads to vomiting and gastric distress.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>In order to avoid this from occurring, brushing the cat\u2019s coat frequently is recommended, as well as keeping the cat hydrated, and giving them a hairball treatment as needed to help the fur pass more easily through their digestive tract.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hydration also plays a vital role in bladder infections which cats often get, particularly in male cats because they have a much narrower urinary passage compared with a female.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>It is also advised to limit dry food intake by not keeping a plate of food available, but choosing the time in which they are to be fed. Wet food will help a male pass more urine. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cats can have a variety of health problems as they mature.\u00a0 Here are some common cat ailments and ways to avoid them.\u00a0Cats have an innate ability to self-groom.\u00a0 Observe any cat, from housecat to lion, and you will notice immediately […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cat-health","category-cats","category-pet-care","category-pet-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}