Q: Our new cat, Lily, has an upper respiratory infection and goopy eyes. Her veterinarian said these problems are probably caused by a herpes virus that often infects cats. Is this virus contagious to ...

Q: Our new cat, Lily, has an upper respiratory infection and goopy eyes. Her veterinarian said these problems are probably caused by a herpes virus that often infects cats. Is this virus contagious to ...

A. One of my feline pet owners wanted to know how susceptible her cat was going to be to shingles. I was perplexed. This pet owner was recently diagnosed with shingles herself, so I made an assumption ...

A new model of eye infections in cats can be used to test drugs to treat these conditions. Early tests of the model have pointed to a new drug for treating feline herpesvirus-1 that will soon head to ...

Q: Our cats had to go to the vet hospital last week to have their teeth cleaned. The procedures went very well and, as predicted, both were back to normal that evening. Unfortunately, two days later ...

Q:My 5-year-old calico cat is in excellent health except for a continuing watering eye. The vet has treated her with neomycin and Polymyxin B Sulfates drops, but there is no lasting improvement.