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How to Keep Your Cat Calm During Fireworks

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Cats can get spooked by fireworks and load noises such as thunder. The tips on this page will hopefully help you to support your cat and make fireworks a less-stressful event.   Keep Them Inside Keep curtains and doors closed.

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How To Use Feliway Classic To Help Stop Unwanted Cat Behaviours

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What Is Feliway Classic Feliway Classic helps cats cope with change in their home and helps stop or prevent unwanted behaviours. These videos describe how it works and it’s benefits. It is designed to work against urine spraying, fears such

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How To Make Travelling with Your Cat Easier

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Using Feliway Classic for Calmer Travelling with your Cat Does your cat find travelling in the car stressful? Feliway gives tips on how to help make your cat less stressed during car travel. You can find the full Feliway and

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Treating Your Cat for Fleas

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Suitable methods of flea control What is the best method of flea control for your cat? This is a simple question with a rather complex answer. Successful flea control has two aspects. Fleas must be controlled on your cat, and

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Getting Rid of Fleas in the House

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Acclaim – Treating Houses that have Fleas This is a spray for the house and should not be used on your pets. It effectively stops eggs and larval development for up to 12 months and will paralyse and kill adult

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The Life Cycle of a Flea

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The Flea Life Cycle Although you are only able to see the adult flea, there are actually 4 stages of the life cycle. This entire life cycle (adult flea  egg  larva  pupa  adult) can be completed

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Worming Your Cat

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The worming treatment recommended for your cat will depend on their age and lifestyle. Both roundworms and tapeworms can easily be picked up from a hunting cat’s prey, but also via other routes, including kittens contracting worms from their mother.

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Worming Kittens

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The worming treatment recommended for your cat will depend on their age and lifestyle. Both roundworms and tapeworms can easily be picked up from a hunting cat’s prey, but also via other routes, including kittens contracting worms from their mother.

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Harvest Mites

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What are Harvest Mites? The harvest mite (Trombicula autumnalis) is a small orange coloured mite that can cause skin irritation of dogs, cats and other animals. During their life cycle the mite goes through 4 stages: egg, larva, nymph and

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Stray Dogs and Cats

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Who Can I Contact About a Stray? The District Council is responsible for stray dogs found within the district. A collection service operates within normal offices hours, i.e. 8.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Thursday and 8.30am to 4pm Friday. The

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Vet Blog

  • How to Keep Pets Calm During Fireworks
  • New Braintree Vet Surgery Now Open
  • Puppy Development Study with the University of Lincoln
  • Pet Allergy Awareness
  • Brexit Pet Passport Travel Update – October 2019

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