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Recognising and treating Cat Flu

Most people who have worked with cats have seen cats with runny, pusy eyes and noses, sneezing and sometimes being quite unwell. This is ‘cat flu’ (picture 1). 80% of cases are caused by either Feline Calicivirus (FCV) or Feline Herpesvirus (FHV) or both together. Cats with poor immune function will be more seriously affected […]

Donate your old iPhone

We need iPhones to help the charity perform certain essential tasks that the older style pay as you go phones we currently use do not cater for. If you wish to donate your old iPhone, please post it to the following address: Care4Cats, Brimar House, East Street, West Chiltington, West Sussex, RH20 2JY Thank you 🙂

The truth about FIV

A new study in The Veterinary Journal written by Annette L. Litster of Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences presents Lister’s conclusions about FIV positive and negative cats living together based on research of the cohabitation of cats living in separate rescues. In the one rescue, Litster discovered that FIV was not passed between […]