Symptoms of diseases at animals can strongly differ from human. That is why to owners, for example, of cats, it is necessary to be able to notice specific signs of problems with health at this species of pets.
Instruction
1. Check a tip of a nose of a cat. In a healthy state it has to be cool and damp. At a disease the nose becomes dry. The exception can be considered a situation when the cat just woke up - then the nose will be hot anyway.
2. Estimate a hair condition of an animal. If it strongly drops out without the reason up to formation of bald spots, became dim, it can also indicate both internal, and external diseases.
3. Analyze behavior of a cat. The sick animal seeks to retire even if it contradicts his character. It tries to keep further and from the person, and from sebepodobny, becomes sluggish, plays less. Also the loss of appetite can become an indicator. Excessive aggression, especially in attempt to take on hands, at touch to separate parts of a body, for example, to a stomach, it is possible to consider an additional symptom.
4. Prick up the ears if the animal had problems with a secretory system. The renal failure is a widespread problem for cats, especially at advanced age. If your pet too often goes to a toilet - more than three-five times a day - or, on the contrary, you do not observe urination if the smell of allocations sharply amplified, you should address the veterinarian. Problems with a chair, for example, a constant diarrhea, it is also necessary to consider a symptom of problems.
5. Investigate eyes and ears of an animal. At a healthy state in them there can be only insignificant allocations. If the number of these allocations increased, it can be sign of inflammation. Also pay attention to a condition of a mouth. Sores in language and in oral cavities, the increased salivation can indicate the need of medical intervention. The speech can go both about an infectious disease, and about the swallowed foreign matter.
6. Frequent vomiting also has to draw your attention. In the normal state any cat can throw up wool, and it should not be considered pathology. But if among hair there are traces of blood or bile, and vomiting does not stop and prevents a cat to acquire normally food, find out the reason of such state from the veterinarian.