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If your cat is being sick or vomiting it will probably cause you to worry so this blog post looks at the most common reasons why cats vomit.

Your cat may be sick if they’ve eaten to much food. Just like you and I cats can over eat, which causes them to feel sick and possibly be sick as a result.  If this is happening often try putting less food down for them but offering more frequent meals.  You could also try changing their cat food to something which is less rich.

If your cay vomits a mass of hair this is because they’ve ingested too much of it when they’ve been grooming themselves.  This happens more frequently if you’ve got a long haired cat.  Groom them daily to help with the situation and try a hair ball product such as Defurr-um hairball paste.

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This virus is the feline equivalent of the human AIDS as it’s an disease that affects the immune system, but unlike in humans FIV is not contracted through sexual activity but saliva.

In the UK the Feline Immunodeficiency Virus is not vaccinated against like it is in the US. A possible reason for this is that the vaccine uses FIV antibodies so cats that have been vaccinated against FIV will show positive for FIV in usual tests done at the vets. These tests include the ELISA which is a type of blood test allowing the result to be read in 10 minutes. If your cat has FIV you should continue to vaccinate against other diseases.

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Since your cat will live over half their life as a senior, it’s important to understand how you can best to meet the nutritional requirements of older cats.  It’s common for older cats to put on weight because they are a lot less active and even though there have been some major advances in cat care both by vets and in education cat owners, cats still have problems with optimum nutrient absorption and therefore don’t always get the most benefit from their meals.

One of the major problems you’ll encounter when looking after an older cat is the battle to keep their weight at a suitable level.  Cat’s are classed as seniors from the age 7 to 11. After the age of  11 they become a mature cat.  So from the age of 7 your cat is classed as an older cat and therefore will have different nutritional requirements.

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Thinking that your much loved cat might be ill is a worrying time, they can’t tell you what’s wrong and unless you’re a trained vet you’re not going to know if their illness is serious or just something simple like a common cold.

Symptoms to suggest that your cat maybe ill

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