By Vivian | Communications Intern
When it comes to cats, we can find many similarities to humans. One is the fact that there are seasons cats are prone to certain diseases just as we are. Unfortunately one of those seasons was in march. It was the season in which the so called bot fly leaves its parasitic larvae on cats’ skin. This is not only painful for the cats but can also cause infections. Sadly there is no way of preventing the bot flies to leave their larvae on the cats. The only thing one can do is to be prepared to treat it. And luckily we were prepared.
As soon as we realized that two cats were losing fur and heard them complaining we knew what was going on and were ready to act! When these larvae sit on dog skin they can be easily removed. This is not possible with cats. So how did we treat the two cats? We gave them medicine, which has to be crushed into powder and mixed in their food. But as all of our 40 cats eat together we had to separate the two cats (Bolinha and Linda) from the others during feeding times so they would not loose their appetite by eating the not treated food. Once we started the treatment it only took two days for the cats’ skin to be cured. After those two days they were happy to rejoin the other 38 cats for their meals.
This treatment with medicine was made possible through your donations. Thank you for caring about our cats as much as we do!
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