Care & Healthy Living

Hannah Hart, DVM

Aggression is a common behavioral problem in cats. Because cats are relatively small compared to other animals, they are vulnerable to attack in the wild. This is why even domesticated house cats are genetically...

Jennifer Coates, DVM

Sharing your home with a cat has many upsides—hairballs are not one of them. It might come as a surprise that hairballs are not an inevitable part of a cat’s life. Yes, cats do a lot of grooming and ingest...

PetMD Editorial

Pet loss can be a very emotional experience for everyone whose lives the pet touched. Grieving is also highly personal. It’s difficult to know what to say to someone who is grieving, even though you’ve...

Hannah Shaw

The first eight weeks of a kitten’s life are a whirlwind of developmental changes. As newborns, kittens are defenseless, blind, and fit in the palm of your hand. But by 8 weeks of age, they’re running,...

Sandra C. Mitchell, DVM, DABVP

There are so many commonly accepted myths that sometimes it’s hard to know what’s true and what’s not. You may even have “evidence” that these things are true or come across a blog that backs them up....

Stephanie Howe, DVM

PetMD’s medications content was written and reviewed by veterinary professionals to answer your most common questions about how medications function, their side effects, and what species they are prescribed...