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Flat-chested kitten syndrome (FCKS) is a disorder in cats wherein kittens develop a compression of the thorax (chest/ribcage) caused by lung collapse. [citation needed] This is a soft-tissue problem and is not caused by vertebral or bony malformation.
During a fall from a high place, a cat can reflexively twist its body and right itself using its acute sense of balance and its flexibility. [8] [9] This is known as the cat's "righting reflex". The minimum height required for this to occur in most cats (safely) would be around 90 cm (3.0 ft).
Cancer in cats is the leading cause of death among cats. It is caused by uncontrolled cell growth, and affects a wide range of cell types and organs in the body. It is caused by uncontrolled cell growth, and affects a wide range of cell types and organs in the body.
Joseph Journell says his cats Alexander, 14, left, and Tuxedo, 4, right, died in November of H5N1 bird flu after drinking raw milk from Raw Farm LLC. Cleopatra, center, did not drink the milk and ...
When Buttercup the cat collapsed at his home in Key West, Florida, last month, a dog came to his rescue with a blood transfusion. The tabby cat was diagnosed with anemia at the Marathon.
The owner of the cat shelter that treated the rescue cat, Galiana More, believes his fatal tumors caused a multiple-organ collapse. More claimed that a full post-mortem exam may fail to determine ...
Although it is extremely rare for a cat to deliberately starve itself to the point of injury, in obese cats, the sudden loss of weight can cause a fatal condition called feline hepatic lipidosis, a liver dysfunction which causes pathological loss of appetite and reinforces the starvation, which can lead to death within as little as 48 hours.
A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions when their house collapsed into a river swollen by a glacial-outburst flood and their cat went missing.