It’s a Jungle in There! Keep Your Indoor Cat Healthy

For your pet cat, it’s a jungle out there! Watch the crafty hunter crouch silently in the tall grass, ready to pounce on his prey. See the mighty huntress bring home the fresh meat, to be proudly displayed by the bathroom door. Your lovable tabby cat has a lot in common with lions, tigers and panthers, and even if she’s an indoor kitty, there are some things that just don’t change.
Fresh meat! Like their distant relatives, house cats crave meat. Hopefully your indoor cat isn’t catching critters in your house. Instinct®’s Raw delivers nutrition the way nature intended — and supplies what your cat would seek in his natural habitat. Each flash frozen patty, medallion and chub ensures the best taste and nutritional quality – and you can find a variety of Nature’s Variety Instinct® Raw Frozen diets. Many pet owners see a true turn-around in their pet’s health when they change to Instinct® .
Protection Needed Indoors or Outdoors. Keep in mind that indoor cats can fall victim to the same diseases that plague outdoor cats. Any unprotected cat is one mosquito bite away from heartworm disease. That’s why it’s so important that your cat receives the recommended vaccinations. Symptoms of heartworms mimic common problems like asthma or pneumonia. By the time the real cause is diagnosed, the unfortunate result can be adult-sized (14-inch) heartworms thriving inside a cat’s small heart and arteries. Prevention is much simpler than treatment. Revolution®, a once-a-month treatment can be applied topically to the skin between your cat’s shoulder blades. And the same topical medication prevents most intestinal parasites, ear mites, fleas and ticks.
Indoors, outdoors, or a little bit of both, if you have questions about how to keep your cat healthy or you’d like to be sure vaccines are up to date, give us a call.