A study looked at the diseases that a cat can acquire through ticks and fleas. This is a summary. It may be useful for cat caregivers. Amusi...

In short, kittens cannot be born with fleas but they can get them from their bedding or their mother very quickly. For me this means that an...

There is no doubt in my mind that my cat wants his coat to be full of dusty earth which is why he rolls around on dusty ground at the end of...

Brown gunge caused by ear mites in a ferret. Image in public domain. Yes, I know this is a ferret! It does show the build-up of dark br...

It may interest cat owners to understand better the kind of endoparasites (parasites living inside an animal) that inhabit stray cats in the...

The European Medicines Agency has approved for marketing a new spot-on treatment called Felpreva manufactured by Vetoquinol SA. It's des...

This is a botfly larva. Quite disgusting. There are a lot of videos on YouTube of botfly larva being removed from kittens. It's a bit ma...

Unpleasant but interesting if you are in the mood. I can't watch it. 'Gigantic pulsating parasite extracted from 8-week-old kitten...

It may surprise people to know that full-time indoor cats can be infested by a range of parasites. On this page I will briefly list them and...

No, cat fleas are a different species of ectoparasite to dog fleas but they act very similarly. The dog flea's scientific name is: Cten...

Bobcat scratching - fleas? - almost certain - photo by ehoyer In my experience, on a day to day basis, cat flea treatment should be fairly ...

This is an outline, in simple language, of the cat flea life cycle: 1. Adult flea is on host, say a cat. The flea sucks blood to feed . ...

I'll write about three types of feline mange (a) feline scabies or head mange (b) demodectic mange and (c) sarcoptic mange. The source m...

Photo by Maproom Systems Cat feces and pregnancy go together in a negative way because of the disease, toxoplasmosis. Toxoplasmosis...

Something gross - Cat and Dog Parasite Pictures. You can't have pictures of cats without pictures of the parasites that feed on them. T...