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Mosquitos, Heartworm Disease and Cats
Heartworm disease is a mosquito borne disease. I think of heartworm disease like malaria. The disease is easy to prevent and hard to...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Mar 22, 20152 min read
Emergency Situations-Part 1
Has your kitty ever had an unusual symptom and you aren’t sure if it should be investigated by a veterinarian or not? Since our cats...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Mar 18, 20153 min read
Dental Contest Winner and Answers
Congratulations to Katherine Thompson. She was one of two people who answered all of the questions correctly. We had the cats hit the...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Feb 25, 20152 min read
External Parasites and Cats
In a previous blog, we discussed internal parasites. Well what about those parasites that you can see? With all this snow, who would...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Feb 19, 20152 min read
Cats and Parasites
It might sound unlikely for a completely indoor cat to end up with fleas or internal parasites, but it is actually not that uncommon. ...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Feb 14, 20153 min read
Why Is FELV/FIV Testing Important?
Dear Ellen, why does NOVA Cat Clinic require my cat to have a documented FELV/FIV test on file? Don’t you keep all of the cats separated...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Feb 1, 20153 min read
Dental Quiz and Contest
February is Dental Health awareness month. In recognition of this we are holding a contest. This contest is in the form of a quiz. You...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Jan 31, 20151 min read
World Spay Day
In conjunction with World Spay Day, the Animal Welfare League of Arlington will be offering the lowest spay/neuter prices of the year for...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Jan 28, 20152 min read
Heart Murmurs, Do They Matter?
Heart murmurs do not necessarily correlate with heart disease. A heart murmur is an abnormal sound heard during while auscultation...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Jan 25, 20153 min read
Jonathan Update
We have new news we would like to share with Jonathan’s fan club! As you all recall Jonathan has a congenital condition called atresia...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Jan 21, 20152 min read
Cat Bites
Many people think that because cats are so small compared to humans that they can’t do us any real harm. This couldn’t be further from...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Jan 3, 20153 min read
Cats On Metro
Ellen, you left work the other day with two cats in a rolling carrier. I asked you if you took Metro and you said “yes.” I was under the...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Dec 27, 20142 min read
An Update on Jonathan
We have new news we would like to share with Jonathan’s fan club! First, we would like to thank everyone for their generous donations to...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Dec 21, 20142 min read
Winter Holidays Hazards
Love the holidays? Don’t we all love the season, but there are a lot of potential hazards to cats that only come out around the...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Nov 28, 20142 min read
Ebola Update
There is so much information throughout the media currently regarding Ebola. Ebola, also known as Ebola hemorrhagic virus, is quite a...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Nov 22, 20142 min read
The Pros and Cons of Raw vs. Commercial Food, and How to Do Raw Right.
Cats are true, obligate carnivores and should be treated as such. Walk into any grocery store or pet store today and you can find a vast...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Nov 11, 20144 min read
November is Pet Diabetes Month
Diabetes occurs in about 1% of all cats. With 93.6 million cats in the United States there are over 900,000 diabetic cats. Most cats are...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Nov 3, 20141 min read
Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens!
Have you ever wondered why cats have whiskers? Besides adding to your cat’s good looks, what functions do whiskers serve? Whiskers, also...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Oct 30, 20142 min read
To Puke or Not to Puke: What’s Your Cat’s Answer?
If you do have a cat, you may have discovered that they certainly are not shy about the occasional need to throw up. So much so that...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Oct 24, 20142 min read
My Cat is Attacking Me
In the last week I have had 3 people who had similar issues with their cat being aggressive. Aggression in cats is not a laughing matter,...
NOVA Cat Clinic
Oct 15, 20143 min read
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