My Stray Cat Expedition in Istanbul, Turkey – Part 1

After many months of being very busy practicing veterinary medicine, in which it seemed that every cat in the city was sick and they all wanted to come to my hospital, I finally got to take a much needed vacation.   The destination:  Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, formerly Byzantium, the city that straddles two continents, the city where east meets west.  Insert…

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Tortie Cat at the Veterinarian

How Pet Owners Can Best Help Veterinarian Make their Diagnoses

Being a cat veterinarian is like being a pediatrician. We can’t ask our patients what’s wrong. We have to figure it out. And nowhere is the role of a cat owner more important than at a veterinarian’s office, where a good history can sometimes mean the difference between life and death.  Veterinarians are faced with a variety of diagnostic challenges…

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Arnold Plotnick and Cat at Katten Kabinet Amsterdam

Katten Kabinet in Amsterdam

Holland.  The name conjures up windmills, tulips, and wooden shoes. With laid-back friendly people, scores of museums, a multitude of restaurants serving top-notch international cuisine, “coffee shops” that feature marijuana on the menu, gay marriage, and legalized prostitution,  Amsterdam is undoubtedly Europe’s most progressive, hippest city.  Its beautiful canals have earned it the moniker “The Venice of the North”.  For…

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Potential New Treatment for Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)

Of all of the infectious disease that cats can acquire, feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is perhaps the most devastating. FIP is a viral disease caused by a type of virus called a coronavirus. Most cats are exposed to, and become infected with, the coronavirus as kittens. At worst, kittens may get mild diarrhea. Many show no clinical signs at all. …

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Pica – When Cats Eat Weird Things

“Tom”, an 8-month old male domestic shorthaired kitten, presented to my hospital with a complaint of lethargy and unusual ingestive behavior. According to his owners Pat Galloway and Peter Webb, the normally rambunctious kitten had become lethargic over the past two days, spending most of his time sleeping. The cat’s appetite had markedly decreased, although he was still gaining weight…

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