EMERGENCY CARE

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If a tumor is near the front of a cat’s mouth, you may see it even before your cat’s next scheduled wellness exam. But...

About half of rib fractures suffered by cats result from the kinds of mishaps you would expect — getting hit by a car, falling...

Curbside care for cats — taking your cat from the car and examining her in the office while you wait outside — became more...

When I come out of the operating room to tell clients how an operation went, one of the most common questions I get is...

Oral squamous cell carcinoma is the most common oral cancer affecting cats, hitting the gums, tongue, palate, and tonsils. It’s hard to remove all...

One of the last things you want to hear is that your cat needs a limb amputated, either because an accident left it damaged...

You know that if your cat starts eating less or keeping to herself more, something might be amiss and you should schedule a doctor’s...

Your vet tells you on each wellness visit that he detects a slight heart murmur when he listens to your cat’s heart beat with...

On average, a cat is brought to the emergency room at Tufts’s Foster Hospital for Small Animals at least every other day as a...

One in five cats ends up diagnosed with cancer, often in his geriatric years. Moreover, cancer in cats is three to four times more...

In human medicine, anyone can receive blood donated by someone who is type O. Type O’s are known as universal donors; people with other...