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Everything Your Need to Know About Heat Signs in Cats
Feline Estrous Cycle also known as “heat cycle” or “calling” is a repetitive cycle of hormonal driven fluctuations in female cat’s (queen) fertility and sexual receptivity. It is the time when female cat becomes ready & receptive for mating. Estrous is usually seasonal but it also depends on a number of factors like age, daylight hours and general health of the cat.
Feline Breeding Season:
Cats tend to be seasonal mater although they can come into heat and produce litter at any time of the year. Typically feline mating season begins in spring when days begin to become longer and continue until...
Vaccination Schedule for Kittens and Adult Cats
Why Vaccination?
Vaccination is one of the most effective tools in preventing fatal diseases in cats. It has been used for decades and is a standard veterinary practice worldwide. With cats becoming the most popular household pet, vaccinating them is crucial for ensuring their health and protecting them from life-threatening infections.
Cat vaccines are divided into two groups; Core Vaccines & Non Core Vaccines.
Core Vaccines are essential and protect against the most common and serious feline diseases. Every cat must receive these vaccines for a healthy life:
Feline Panleukopenia
Feline Calicivirus Infection
Feline Rhinotracheitis
Rabies
Non-Core Vaccines are optional and recommended based on the cat’s lifestyle, environment,...
Vaccination Schedule for Puppies & Adult Dogs
Why Is Vaccination Important?
Vaccinations protect your dog from life-threatening diseases such as Canine Parvovirus, Canine Distemper, Rabies, and Canine Hepatitis. Regular vaccination not only helps keep your pet healthy but also protects your family. Some dog diseases can spread to humans, making vaccination a vital step in responsible pet ownership.
Core and Non-Core Vaccines
Core Vaccines
Core vaccines are essential for all puppies and unvaccinated adult dogs. These vaccines protect against common and deadly diseases in Pakistan.
Canine Parvovirus
Canine Distemper
Canine Hepatitis
Rabies
Non-Core Vaccines
Non-core vaccines are optional and may be recommended based on your dog’s lifestyle, environment, and...
Complete Guide to Take Your Kitten/Puppy Abroad
Is your sibling missing the favorite pet? Or you are about to travel abroad from Pakistan and don't want to leave your pet behind? Well, to be frank it's 100% possible but a little complicated especially if you don't know the rules and regulations applicable in various different zones. For instance, you cannot send a pet directly to most parts of Europe without it ending up in a 6 month quarantine. Yup, which means you may as well leave the pet here in Pakistan or try a different approach.
And by the way did you know that you would require a...
How to Select Best Shampoo for Cats
Do you ever wonder what could be the best solution to your cat’s fleas or to the dirt it caught through the stroll in the park? Well don’t worry this isn’t an advertisement from a pet shampoo company which is going to rob you by making you realize all of the cat hygiene issues that weren’t even frowned upon earlier. This is a degree-holding Veterinary Doctor’s opinion on whether bathing your cat is actually healthy or just another old pet myth.
Research says that under normal circumstances, you never need to bathe your cats. However, there are a few exceptions. It...
Should Cats Be Given Milk?
There are more than 70 cat breeds and they are often valued by humans for their ability to hunt vermin or for companionship (though they’re pretty self-centered). They have been blessed with strong, flexible bodies, quick reflexes, sharp, retractable claws, and teeth adapted to killing small prey (stereo-typically mice). But all these activities require nutrition and a proper diet and this is why they tend to consume a number of small meals in a single day (which is not so different than what I do). One of the most common pet myths is that milk is good for cats and...
Kitten Care: Litter Training – Dos, Don’ts, Tips and More
Cats are very cleanliness conscious and that works to your benefit when it comes to litter training a kitten, one of the most important aspect of kitten care. As tedious as it sounds kitten care relies on taking important measures at the right time and litter training a kitten is one of the basics. Let's gear up and get started.
Preparation
Training a kitten is not that hard when you know when to react and how to adjust to your kitten's mood its kitten care 101. Beside the technical preparation steps listed here you should also be prepared to take up this...
How To Wean A Kitten – Complete Guide
When it come to pets all of us struggle with their health care at one point and another and if you are a cat person weaning is one of the most important aspect of petting a kitten or a cat that eventually brings your kittens. Your job is a little easier if you are dealing with a cat starting to wean it's kitten but if you adopted a kitten you have no choice but to start right away.
At PetsOne.pk we believe that the secret ingredient to being a good pet owner is learning the best practices which brings us to...
Best Practices for Applying Tick & Flea Sprays on Pets
Tick and fleas attack can be more than just an itchy annoyance for pets. Anemia, irritation and dermatitis are notorious problems due to these parasites. In addition to this, continuous scratching due to itching most of the pets, both cats & dogs, worsens the condition and the end result comes out as infection and permanent baldness.
Let’s see how we can use sprays effectively to kill ticks & fleas.
What are ticks and fleas?
Ticks and fleas are ectoparasites, that means that they live on outer side of body of an animal. They are responsible for causing a number of diseases in pets....
5 Reasons Of Excessive Hair Loss In Cats
Are you having a problem of hair loss while grooming your cat? Bald areas appearing on your cat’s body day by day? Then it’s a red alert for you!
Hair loss is called “Alopecia” and it is extremely awful for an animal whose beauty and grace, lies in its hair coat. Cats are magnificent creatures and have a fine quality of shiny, smooth and fluffy hair coat. Some bald patches on the body of your kitten, will make her appearance less elegant. Healthy cats are not expected to lose a great amount of hair, in routine grooming.
Some of the reasons of...
