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Health

Cat health

Senses, diseases, prevention. Research-backed.

16 articles166 min of knowledge

Long before a sign shows, a good deal is already happening inside a cat — and some of it can be spotted early. Every piece in this section rests on peer-reviewed work and veterinary guidelines, so every number can be checked in the references. It does not replace a visit to the vet; it is meant to help you ask better questions there.

An older longhaired cat lying on a blanket beside a ceramic water bowl, with a card of test results next to it
Health✦ NEW

New guidelines on kidney disease in cats — what changed after ten years, and what stayed

9 min · last week

A tabby cat lying down with one front paw raised, showing the digital pads and the metacarpal pad
Health

How Many Toes Does a Cat Have, and What Are the Pads For?

16 min · 4 weeks ago

Two tabby cats running across a carpet in low evening sunlight, with disturbed dust particles visible in the air
Health

Cat Allergy, Part 2. The Same Cat, Symptoms One Day and Nothing the Next — What Actually Decides

12 min · August 18, 2026

A tabby cat grooming its paw by a window; airborne particles are visible in the shaft of light
Health

Cat Allergy — It Isn't the Fur. It's a Protein the Cat Cannot Stop Making

10 min · August 14, 2026

Close-up of a tabby cat's face with a grid of facial landmarks overlaid, as used in automated facial expression analysis
Health

Is Your Cat in Pain? How to Recognise the Suffering Your Cat Hides From You

12 min · August 11, 2026

A kitten on a veterinary table, calmly steadied by a veterinarian's blue-gloved hand
Health

When to Neuter a Cat — What the Science Actually Says, Early Surgery Included

13 min · August 5, 2026

A cat in darkness with whiskers, eye and paw bone structure highlighted — a diagram resembling a technical drawing
Health

Cat Anatomy — Seven Things They Don't Teach You at School

8 min · August 5, 2026

A Sphynx basking in warm light by a window — the breed with the shortest average lifespan, where informed care makes the biggest difference
Health

How Long Do Cats Live? From 6.68 Years in a Sphynx to 14.42 in a Burmese

6 min · July 24, 2026

A frame sequence inspired by Étienne-Jules Marey's 1894 chronophotography — a falling cat mid-rotation demonstrating the righting reflex
Health

Why a Cat Lands on Its Feet

10 min · July 6, 2026

A tabby cat in the dark with brightly glowing green eyes, lit by a single warm light source
Health

How Cats See in the Dark — and Why No Cat Sees in Total Darkness

9 min · June 30, 2026

A vet in blue gloves examines the teeth of a tabby cat
Health

Cat Dental Health — the Silent Epidemic That's Easy to Miss

9 min · June 24, 2026

An obese cat lying on a couch with a bowl of treats beside its owner — the perception gap and normalization of feline obesity
Health

When Love Overfeeds — The Feline Obesity We Don't Want to See

10 min · June 4, 2026

A cat sniffing a piece of meat in a bowl, against a backdrop of supermarket trays of MAP-packaged meat
Health

Why your cat rejects store-bought meat — feline senses vs. the supermarket

11 min · May 4, 2026

A cat beside a bowl of raw meat — an illustration of the feline sense of taste, salty and sour
Health

Salty and Sour — Your Cat's Two Forgotten Tastes

15 min · April 27, 2026

An overweight cat on a scale, an infographic of BARF macronutrients versus dry food — visualizing the feline obesity problem
Health

Does BARF Help With Feline Weight Loss — What the Science Says

11 min · April 6, 2026

A cat by a bowl of raw meat, with a macronutrient infographic of 52/36/12
Health

52/36/12 — What a Cat Really Chooses for Dinner

5 min · March 30, 2026