As a cat shovel officer, it is very common to encounter a cat with a fever. Some owners think that the cat is inactive and has a lack of appetite. It is a fever, but this is not the case. What are the symptoms of cat fever? How to judge whether the cat has a fever? Will the cat fever heal itself? Next, the editor will answer you one by one.

How to tell if a cat has a fever?

The body temperature of a cat after fever is definitely different from the symptom temperature. The normal body temperature of a cat should be 38-39.5°C. Each cat's normal body temperature will vary slightly and should be within this range. A variety of factors, such as illness, fear, tension, stress, allergies, environment, seasons, etc., can cause changes in a cat's body temperature.

When the cat has a fever, it usually occurs, the nose is dry, the ears are hot, the paw pads sweat, etc., and the spirit is apathetic. The shovel officer should observe these abnormal symptoms and pay attention.

A healthy cat's nose is moist and cold, except when the cat is sleeping and just woken up, if the cat's nose is dry, it means that the cat is not very comfortable. If the cat's nose is dry and hot, it should be Take your cat's temperature immediately, as the cat is likely to have a fever.

At the same time, it is necessary to adjust the cat's diet and provide the cat with proper nutrition. Sometimes the cat's appetite will deteriorate after a cold. The shovel officer can change the cat to a more palatable cat food, or make cat food for the cat. Cat rice is very simple, just cook and chop chicken breast, beef, fish meat, etc. You can also add some offal or nutritional supplements.

Will my cat's fever go away?

Will my cat's fever go away? ? It depends on whether it is a low fever or a high fever. If it is a mild fever, the cat can recover on its own. But if the body temperature rises too high, close to or even more than 40 degrees, the owner needs to deal with it immediately, otherwise the cat's internal organs will be burnt and life-threatening.

When the cat has a fever, you can't ignore it, you can feed it some medicine, preferably pets special medicine, there is no pet hospital treatment, you can choose to use children's medicine, according to The size of the cat determines the dose. If it is serious, it is best to go to the hospital. If the cat has a low fever, but is always lethargic, this is mostly a manifestation of the early stage of high fever and must be paid attention to.

Once the cat is found to behave abnormally, the first thing to do is to take the cat's temperature. The normal body temperature of cats is slightly higher than that of humans, generally maintained at 38-39 degrees Celsius, which is why people feel warmer when they hold cats in their arms. The normative and correct way to take a cat's temperature is at the anus.