Pet health

Pets can carry pests
You may get more from your pet than joy and affection.

Dealing with kitty litter
Many people keep cats in flats, where they have no choice but to use a cat litter tray.

Keeping your pet healthy
Just like with being a parent, there is skill involved in being a successful pet owner. There's more to it than just going to the pet shop and getting a puppy or a kitten.

Caring for your older dog
One would never think it, but elderly dogs can become quite a handful. Here are a few tips on keeping your elderly dog in good shape.

Kitty kinetics
Think of your cat and what it does most of the time. Right, so it's not aerobics. But cats need exercise too, if they are to stay healthy and not get obese.

Stop your pet from getting lost
If you've lost a pet before, you will know how devastating it is not to know where they are and whether they are injured, stolen or hurt. Hundreds of pets go missing every year.

Giving your cat a tablet
Your vet has just given you a little yellow envelope with tablets that your cat needs to be given twice a day for the next five days.

How to housetrain your puppy
Housetraining a dog can be quite a challenging task.

Preventing litterbox blues
If you keep a cat in a flat, or it does not always have access to the Great Outdoors, a litter tray is non-negotiable.

Keeping Fido out of the flower beds
There are few things more frustrating for a dog owner than to come home and find yet another large hole where the flowerbed used to be.

Tips on hamster care
Hamsters are lovable creatures that appear to be low maintenance. But how much do you really know about caring for these animals?

Caring for your senior pet
In developed countries, as many as 40% of pets are classified as seniors, aged around seven and older. Does your pet fall into this category? Then he or she requires special care.

Pet emergencies
Rex is vomiting and Kitty is scratching. When should you get to the vet without delay?

Taking care of your older dog
Thanks to good nutrition and care, pets are living longer than ever before. Here are a few tips on keeping your elderly dog in good shape.

Pet deworming protects the family
Being infected by worms is no laughing matter as there are potential serious health risks that may occur in infected children and adults.

Does Kitty make you sneeze?
Cat allergy is the most common pet allergy, and affects nearly half of asthma sufferers.

Parasites love your pet too
Regardless of how much you love your dog or cat, these and other animals can still transmit certain diseases to you and your family.

Put your pet on a diet
Obesity is the most common form of malnutrition in pets and increases their risk of developing a whole range of health problems.

Taking Fluffy for a ride
Need to take your pet to the vet? If an animal doesn like travelling then it very dangerous to transport them in a car unless they in a proper pet carrier of some sort.

Toddlers vs. pets
Toddlers can hurt pets badly. And pets can hurt toddlers badly.

Barking up the wrong tree
Many a person being kept awake at night by the neighbours’ dogs has thought of taking drastic measures. But what if your dogs are the neigbourhood culprits?

Lost your pet?
If you've lost your pet, there are quite a few things you can do to increase the chances of being reunited with your beloved cat or dog.

Pet teeth should be checked
Oral disease is the number one health problem vets diagnose in adult dogs and cats. Unfortunately, your pet can't tell you when it has toothache.

Centrum tip – Stop your dogs from fighting
Many users on our popular CyberVet Forum complain that their dogs are fighting with each other.

Beware of worms
Kids and dogs can be great friends. But close contact between humans and pets has its downsides.

Cat lover?
Then you’ll want to protect your feline friends from feline leukaemia virus – a fairly common, highly contagious and deadly disease.

Pets vs. toddlers
Toddlers can hurt pets badly, and vice versa. So, it's up to parents to control this potentially destructive situation.