Unlike dogs, many cats don’t require much attention from their owners, which is probably one of the reasons why more and more people are getting cats as pets. However, this also leads to the fact that when something goes wrong with a cat’s health, we tend to ignore it if the signs are not obvious. Anemia in cats, on the other hand, is one such disease that is easily overlooked by owners. The next part of the article is to explain the causes of anemia in cats.

　　Anemia in cats can lead to a series of phenomena such as emaciation and weakness, and there are various causes of anemia in cats, such as nutritional anemia caused by long-term nutritional deficiencies; hemorrhagic anemia caused by excessive blood loss due to traumatic injuries, and hemolytic anemia caused by infectious diseases and parasitic protozoa. For different causes of anemia, it is also necessary to take measures to prevent the cat’s anemia from becoming more and more serious and even life-threatening.

Causes of anemia in cats:

I. Nutritional anemia

　　Nutritional anemia in cats refers to anemia caused by a chronic lack of protein or iron, copper, drill, vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and folic acid in the cat’s diet. For this cause of anemia, changes should be made in feeding. First of all, do not feed only a single cat food for a long time, you need to feed meat and fruits and vegetables, meat can feed some chicken liver and duck liver, but do not overfeed, in addition to feeding some beef and fish, fruits and vegetables can be fed carrot puree, apple puree to replenish vitamins and folic acid, and then the blood cream will be mixed in the food and fed to the cat.

                         

II. Blood loss anemia

Hemorrhagic anemia in cats is caused by injuries, such as trauma, or rupture of internal organs (e.g., liver, spleen), or blood vessel damage caused by surgery, etc. Anemia in this case is a complication, and it is still necessary to deal with the cat’s condition in a timely manner, and to take the cat to the veterinary hospital for examination without delay. After treating the cat’s condition, you can feed the cat nutritious food in the daily feeding, and then mix the blood cream into the cat’s food for feeding.

III. Hemolytic anemia

Hemolytic anemia is generally due to certain infectious diseases, parasitic pathogens such as hemolytic toxins, in the destruction of red blood cell membranes caused by anemia, this infectious disease or timely take the cat to the vet hospital for examination and treatment, if it is caused by parasites need to take the cat to deworming, do not delay. After the cat’s condition is stabilized, then adjust the diet. In daily feeding, you can mix the blood cream into the food and feed the cat.