5,104 answers about cats
Cats keep their people guessing — why the 3 a.m. zoomies, what belongs in the bowl, when a vet visit can’t wait. This page gathers the cat library of KinsLe Answers in one place, organized by topic from feeding and litter to behavior, health and senior care. Every answer is original, written by KinsLe, and tied to a real KinsLe feature.
456 answers in Health & Vet Care — page 9 of 19
An occasional hairball — a hacking episode every week or two that ends with a compact sausage of fur, after which your cat eats and plays normally — is ordinary grooming fallout. It becomes a problem when retching is frequent but produces nothing, when she vomits food or foam repeatedly, goes off her meals, passes…
A healthy adult Turkish Van should see a veterinarian once a year for a complete examination, and twice a year once he reaches his senior years; kittens need several visits in their first months for vaccines and growth checks. Vans are large, muscular, slow-maturing cats, so the yearly visit should confirm his frame…
A healthy adult Turkish Angora should see a veterinarian once a year for a full examination, and twice a year once she reaches her senior years; kittens need several visits in their first months for vaccines and growth checks. If yours is white with blue or odd-coloured eyes, ask the vet to note her hearing at an…
A healthy adult Sphynx needs at least one veterinary visit a year, and twice a year once she is senior — with heart screening treated as the centrepiece rather than an extra; kittens need their early series of vaccine and growth visits. Without fur, her skin, ears, and teeth all need hands-on review, and the breed's…
A healthy adult Siberian should see a veterinarian once a year for a complete examination, and twice a year once he reaches his senior years; kittens need several visits in their first months for vaccines and growth checks. Siberians are hardy, muscular cats, but they mature slowly and can carry an inherited heart…
A healthy adult Siamese needs one full veterinary visit a year, and twice a year once she reaches her senior years in a breed that often lives into its late teens; kittens need their early series of vaccine and growth visits. Do not let her confidence fool you — a Siamese will announce an empty bowl at full volume yet…
A healthy adult Selkirk Rex should see a veterinarian once a year for a full examination, and twice a year once he reaches his senior years; kittens need several visits in their first months for vaccines and growth checks. The annual visit matters for what hides under the curls — skin irritation, ear buildup, and…
A Scottish Fold does better with two veterinary visits a year than the standard one, even as a young adult, because the cartilage trait that folds her ears also affects her joints; kittens need their early vaccine and growth visits, and seniors need at least six-monthly checks. At each visit the vet should assess how…
A healthy adult Russian Blue needs one veterinary visit a year, and twice a year once he reaches his senior years — which, in this long-lived breed, can stretch a long way; kittens need their early cluster of vaccine and growth visits. Russian Blues are generally sturdy, but they gain weight quietly indoors and they…
A healthy adult Ragdoll should see a veterinarian once a year for a full examination, and twice a year once she reaches her senior years; kittens need several visits in their first months for vaccines and growth checks. Ragdolls are famously placid, which is lovely at home and risky at the clinic — a Ragdoll who feels…
For a healthy adult Norwegian Forest Cat, plan on one full veterinary visit each year, moving to twice a year once she reaches her senior years; kittens need a closer cluster of visits in their first months for vaccines and growth checks, and this breed keeps maturing until around five, so those early annual exams…
A healthy adult Maine Coon should see a vet once a year, young Coons need their early visits while they grow for up to five years, and seniors from around nine or ten should go twice a year. The annual exam is where the vet listens carefully to the heart in a breed watched for heart disease, checks hips and joints…
A healthy adult Japanese Bobtail should see a vet once a year, kittens need their early vaccine and growth visits, and seniors from around ten in this long-lived breed should go twice a year. Hardy as Bobtails are, the annual exam still checks teeth, heart, weight on that lean athletic frame, and early age-related…
A healthy adult Egyptian Mau should see a vet once a year, kittens need their early series, and seniors from around ten should go twice a year. The annual visit lets a vet who knows the breed judge condition by rib feel rather than by the Mau's normal loose flank skin, and check heart, teeth, muscle tone, and weight…
A healthy adult Devon Rex should see a vet once a year, kittens need their early series of visits, and seniors from around ten do best with twice-yearly check-ups. Her annual exam focuses on Devon priorities — skin and those large ears, teeth, weight on a fine frame, and joints — alongside vaccines and parasite cover…
A healthy adult Cornish Rex needs one vet visit a year, kittens need their early series, and seniors from around ten should be seen twice a year. The annual exam covers the Rex specifics — skin and ear checks under that fine wavy coat, a careful heart listen in a breed watched for heart disease, teeth, and a precise…
A healthy adult Burmese should see a vet once a year, kittens need their early vaccine and growth visits, and seniors from around ten — common in this long-lived breed — should go twice a year. The annual visit tracks weight and, as she ages, blood values in a breed watched closely for blood-sugar problems, while…
A healthy adult British Shorthair should see a vet once a year, kittens need their early series of visits, and seniors from around ten should move to twice a year. This calm, quiet breed rarely complains, so the scheduled exam is where creeping weight under that plush coat, dental pain, stiffening joints, and heart…
A healthy adult Bengal should see a vet once a year, kittens need their early visit series, and seniors from around ten should go twice a year. The annual exam is essential in a breed this energetic, because a Bengal can keep racing around while early heart, eye, dental, or digestive trouble develops quietly — the…
A healthy adult American Shorthair needs one vet visit a year, kittens need their early series, and seniors from around ten do better with twice-yearly visits. Sturdy and long-lived as the breed is, the annual exam is where slow weight gain gets caught early, the heart is listened to in a breed watched for heart…
A healthy adult Abyssinian should see a vet once a year, kittens need a series of early visits, and seniors from around ten should go twice a year. That annual exam matters in a lean, busy breed that hides illness well: the vet checks weight and muscle, heart, teeth — a known Abyssinian weak point — and updates…
A Turkish Van should feel solid and muscular, so the question is not whether he feels heavy but whether that weight is muscle or fat. You should still feel ribs under a modest cover when you press along his sides, see a defined waist from above despite his broad chest, and see a belly that tucks up rather than hangs.…
With a Turkish Angora, do not trust your eyes alone, because that long, silky single coat can hide extra weight on an otherwise graceful, fine-boned frame. Run your hands flat along her sides: you should feel ribs easily under a thin layer of fat, see a clear waist from above, and notice a slight tuck from the side.…
A Sphynx gives you the clearest answer because there is no coat: a cat in condition shows a defined waist, a belly that tucks up behind the ribs, and a rib outline that shows faintly without jutting. Overweight looks like a pear: a round, full belly that hangs and widens the rear view, padding that hides the rib…
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