Cats typically aren’t party animals, but that doesn’t mean you should let your feline friend’s birthday go unnoticed. To avoid stressing your cat, avoid hosting a large, boisterous gathering of friends and family. However, you still have tons of options to help make your whiskered pal’s birthday special. Before planning the big event, carefully consider [...]

While your cat is sure to let you know if their food bowl is running a bit low, picking up on changes in their normal eating and drinking habits can be a challenge. Subtle fluctuations are normal, but ongoing issues or sudden changes can be cause for concern. Read our Just Cats Clinic team’s guide [...]

Your cat is highly skilled at hiding, whether from a sudden influx of guests, a new puppy, or the robotic vacuum cleaner. However, your feline friend is also a master at disguising illness and injury. Your cat is adept at concealing medical issues that range from mild (e.g., muscle sprain) to severe (e.g., organ dysfunction), [...]

You may be surprised to know that being a house cat is stressful. Inadequate enrichment, smelly litter boxes, intercat aggression, sudden schedule changes, and many other issues can lead to untold feline mental and physical problems. Key to helping reduce your feline friend’s stress is to ensure they have plenty of scratching opportunities. While you [...]

Our mission is to build the most feline-centric veterinary practice in Northern Virginia, and with our new expansion, we are achieving that goal. Our Just Cats Clinic team is devoted to providing our feline patients with the most compassionate, skilled care available. Learn about the new and improved services our growing facility offers cats and [...]

While cats are less likely than dogs to fall victim to various insects, bugs, and arachnids, because they largely stay indoors, your feline friend is still at risk for potentially dangerous bites and stings from fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, flies, spiders, and bees. When a bug searches for a hot meal, or defends its home against [...]

While chubby felines can be adorable, extra weight in cats can lead to significant health problems, such as hepatic lipidosis (i.e., fatty liver disease). Although this condition can occur in healthy-weight cats, the vast majority of cases are overweight or obese cats. Left untreated, or caught too late, hepatic lipidosis can prove fatal in cats, [...]

Cats are often exceptionally sensitive, whether to a half-empty food dish, a rumpled bed, or loud sounds. A cat’s heightened senses enable them to be an excellent hunter and survivor in the wild, but as a domestic pet, those same traits can make them susceptible to noise aversion.  A cat’s noise aversion can occur any [...]

Cats are typically fastidious groomers, but if your feline friend is constantly licking and chewing, they may have an underlying health condition. Itchy cats can groom themselves raw, leaving bald spots and creating sores (i.e., hotspots). By getting to the bottom of your cat’s itchiness, our Just Cats Clinic team can administer effective treatment, soothing [...]

Most of the tick-borne diseases diagnosed in dogs also have been identified in cats.  Cats who are allowed outdoors are at increased risk, but indoor cats can be affected as well. Ticks are sneaky and can hitch a ride on you or your dog and make their way inside. Our Just Cats Clinic team doesn’t [...]