{"id":1886,"date":"2017-04-06T03:58:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T11:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1886"},"modified":"2017-04-06T03:58:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T11:58:06","slug":"thoughts-for-thursday-when-your-cat-gets-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1886","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts for Thursday \u2013 When Your Cat Gets Sick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/KittenFullSizeRender-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/KittenFullSizeRender-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/KittenFullSizeRender.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We like to think that the little fur ball we bring home or the sweet cat we take into our heart will live happily ever after and beyond under our gentle care. However, sometimes cats do get injured and they can get sick. It\u2019s your job as a kitty mama or papa to notice the sometimes signs that your cat is ailing and to get help. However, often the signs are subtle. Here\u2019s a site that might help you determine when it is appropriate to call your veterinarian and what to tell him or her. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petfinder.com\/cats\/cat-health\/more-subtle-signs-of-illness-in-cats\/\">https:\/\/www.petfinder.com\/cats\/cat-health\/more-subtle-signs-of-illness-in-cats\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of the symptoms or signs you\u2019ll want to watch for are changes\u2014most any changes, actually. Most importantly, changes at the litter box\u2014frequency, consistency, habits; changes in eating and drinking; changes in her sleep pattern; and in the way she interacts with you.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a site showing the most common diseases in cats. It never occurred to me that a cat<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LilyNewToy-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LilyNewToy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LilyNewToy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LilyNewToy-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LilyNewToy.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> would get diabetes (until I met one with it) or cancer (until one of our cats developed an incurable cancer in his throat.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspca.org\/pet-care\/cat-care\/common-cat-diseases\">https:\/\/www.aspca.org\/pet-care\/cat-care\/common-cat-diseases<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope your cat is healthy as we speak. In order to end this post on an upbeat note, I\u2019d like to share this site. Here, you\u2019ll find some fascinating and entertaining videos involving all kinds of animals. FUN! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedodo.com\">https:\/\/www.thedodo.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We like to think that the little fur ball we bring home or the sweet cat we take into our heart will live happily ever after and beyond under our gentle care. However, sometimes cats do get injured and they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1886\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1887,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1886\/revisions\/1887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}