In the process of maintaining cats, various problems always arise. The following 10 abnormalities must be paid attention to. How to tell if a cat is sick? The shoveler must pay attention.
The age of cats suffering from cancer is actually declining year by year, which means that young cats may also suffer from cancer. Therefore, cancer is not only the main cause of death for older cats, but also the main cause of death among cats in all classes!
And cats' cancer will have some early symptoms like other diseases. If it can be detected as early as possible at this time, the better the treatment effect will be! Lorie Huston, a foreign veterinarian, sorted out some early signs of cancer. Let’s take a look at what it is!
Normally, during the combing process, you can check whether there are lumps or sarcoma on the cat. However, not all lumps or sarcoma will turn into cancer, but once you find that there is an unknown lump or sarcoma in the cat, you must go to the animal hospital for further examination! Especially those lumps that have not disappeared or continue to grow bigger, these cannot be ignored!
When you usually pick up a cat, if you smell strange from the cat's mouth, ears, nose, or other parts, you should be a little more alert and find out where the smell is emitted. When cats emit an extremely unpleasant smell, cat shovelers should be careful, because some cancers can cause cats to emit an unusual smell!
Unormal body fluids flow out, including bleeding, pus, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. If there are these abnormal situations, you should ask a doctor to check! Especially if the abdomen expands and becomes larger, it may be that body fluids accumulate in the body, so you should not ignore it at this time! Because if the tumor is in the body, it is very dangerous.
It may be unlikely that a cat kept at home will be injured, because if the owner takes good care of it, the chance of injury is very small. But if a cat with wounds is found to be unable to heal for a long time and the situation seems to be bad, then be more careful! In addition to wounds, the same is true for ulceration, and if the affected area is still unable to heal for a long time, it may be an infection, skin disease, or even cancer!
If you need to check whether your cat has cancer regularly, weight measurement is essential. Because weight loss is one of the standard symptoms of cancer, cancer can make cats lose weight and become weaker and weaker. If you find that the cat suddenly becomes thinner without deliberately losing weight, it is best to ask the veterinarian to have a checkup. Especially if there are other abnormalities, such as one or two of these 10 items, it will be even more careless!
Cats usually have good appetites, and there must be a reason why they don’t eat! Although loss of appetite is not necessarily cancer, tumors in the oral cavity may also cause them to have difficulty eating, so shovelers should not be careless! As I just said, if you find that the cat has lost appetite, you may also check whether there are other abnormalities in the body. If so, you can further confirm.
If a cat has cough or respiratory abnormalities, it may be caused by heart disease, lung disease, or even cancer. Only these symptoms can lead to cough and respiratory abnormalities in the cat. If it is cancer, these symptoms may occur when the cancer metastasizes to the lungs, so you should be treated quickly.
Although cats look cold and give people a very lazy feeling, they can easily distinguish between spirit and lack of spirit. If you find that the cat is not as energetic, loves to sleep, or does not like to move, the cat shoveler should be alert at this time! Of course, there are many diseases that cause cats to lose their energy, so it is naturally not necessarily cancer. But you can’t neglect it because of this. You should seek medical treatment and check it out as soon as possible!
Cats are very nostalgic animals and are not willing to change their toilets or sleeping nests. Just like a cat only chooses a familiar environment to live in in a lifetime. Therefore, getting used to this matter is very important for cats, and some habits cannot be changed no matter how you change them. However, cats have problems with excretion and their habits are different from before, including difficulty in excretion, frequent urination and defecation, bloody urination and defecation, etc. These are typical symptoms of cancer.
For example, when walking, when you feel a lame, you will cry or get angry when you touch a specific part, these are all manifestations when cats feel pain. Although this may be a disease of some joint degeneration and other motor organs, it cannot be ruled out that it is a possibility of cancer, especially bone cancer. So whenever there is any abnormality in the cat, you should check it in time so that the treatment will not be delayed!