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Skin diseases caused by a parasitic mite. There may be several types that cause disease in animals or humans:

- Sarcoptes scabiei (sarcoptic mange)

- Cheyletiella (cheyletiellosis)

- Otodectes (Sarna Otodectes or ear)

Although some variations between them, in general we can consider that these are opportunistic parasites that are present in a very limited number of healthy animals and causing disease in the proliferation of low defenses, young and sickly animals.

However, once established the disease in an animal, it becomes a powerful source of parasites and is usually quite contagious. Read the rest of this entry »

Blood-sucking parasites, there are many species that we find in our country. Of these, some specifically affect each type of animal and others can be shared. They can affect humans, but not skip directly from the cat but, like the flea get from the environment.

Once the animal jump from the floor, wander through your body until you find the right location (usually only the head, as in any other area of ​​the rip off the tongue and teeth). Once there, introduce a sucking device (so painless) and stay for hours while feeding. If they are detected when they are satisfied and the cat comes back to the field, volunteered to drop off the ground and continue the cycle.

Though rare in cats, to detect if ours has a tick must do a thorough exam of your skin, feeling to cross-hair with the tips of the fingers in search of small nodules (size may range from head of a pin to a bean over a centimeter in length). Read the rest of this entry »

Small blood-sucking bugs, only some of the existing species affect cats and they can infect a few people. Spend part of their life cycle on the cat food and another part of the cycle in the environment in which it plays.

Symptoms that may make us think that our cat is infested with fleas are:

- Meticulously examining its fur we get to see these bugs dark, 1-2 mm in length, quickly escape from our sight and retreat especially in the perineal area, English, abdomen and back. It is also an unmistakable sign to find their droppings, black dots, like sand at the base of any hair and often in the head, chin, neck and back. Read the rest of this entry »