Dr. Iulia
Mihai
Veterinarian
About
Dr. Mihai is a vet with over 13 years of experience in laboratory, pet pathology, and cancer. She studied at the University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania (EAEVE member), where she worked in the laboratory of the faculty clinic after graduation. She has a master’s degree in equine and pet pathology and studied epithelial cancer for her Ph.D. Iulia has a passion for internal medicine and parasitology and started volunteering at the faculty’s clinic in her third year of college. She has worked in a couple of veterinary clinics over the years as an internal medicine specialist. She enjoys writing and teaching people about cat disease prevention, nutrition, behavior, and treatment.Archive
Jun 19, 2025
Swimmer syndrome is a developmental abnormality that occurs in newborn kittens. The condition can be observed starting at the age of 15–20 days. This anomaly causes the hind legs (and sometimes the front legs) to move caudally and laterally, like...
Jun 19, 2025
Pyrantel pamoate, or simply pyrantel, is an antiparasitic substance for treating certain types of intestinal worms in cats. This substance does not kill all intestinal worms, though, so certain dewormers have two or more substances in their composition (including pyrantel)...
Jun 19, 2025
Cats like to play with many things, including laces, threads, hair bands, rubber bands, tinsel, or ribbons. Although cats playing with these items are extremely fun to watch, it is recommended to always supervise them because ribbons and similar items...
Jun 19, 2025
A low number of red blood cells (also called erythrocytes), or anemia, can be found in cats in various pathologies. Anemia can make your cat feel weak and tired, have pale mucous membranes, breathe fast, and have no appetite. The...
Jun 19, 2025
Scoliosis represents a lateral curvature of the spine, especially of the thoracic area. If you look at your cat’s spine from above, you will see that it curves laterally. However, mild cases are not obvious and are often detected accidentally...
Jun 19, 2025
Salmonella is a major public health concern because it can affect most animals and humans. Salmonellosis is the infection caused by Salmonella bacteria. The disease can be transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa, making it a zoonotic infection...
Jun 19, 2025
Skin cancer is a representative name for several types of malignant lesions. In cats, the most common types of skin cancer are squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, melanoma, and mast cell tumors. These cancers can appear on a cat’s...
Jun 19, 2025
Amoxicillin is an antibiotic that is prescribed to cats for various infections (from skin infections to UTIs and pneumonia). It has a broad spectrum of action against a very large range of gram-positive bacteria, including Streptococcus and some strains of...
Jun 19, 2025
If your cat coughs once or a few times after drinking water, it is possible that they drank water too quickly or were temporarily distracted, and a few drops ended up on the wrong pipe, so to speak. In this...
Jul 6, 2025
Occasional vomiting by a cat is not necessarily an issue, but a cat throwing up blood is a sign of a health problem that needs to be addressed. Vomiting represents the active evacuation of food from the stomach and is...
Jun 19, 2025
Heart disease in cats does not define a single illness, but rather multiple conditions with different levels of severity. Some heart diseases are slower in progression and do not cause problems or require treatment for some time, but others can...
Jun 19, 2025
If your cat has a lump under their skin that is painful, either firm or, more often, soft to the touch, and has suddenly appeared out of nowhere, they may have an abscess. Abscesses can develop anywhere on the body,...
Jun 19, 2025
Arthritis is a condition that involves the inflammation of one or more joints. This name comes from the Greek words, “arthron” (joint) and “itis” (inflammation). There are many causes of arthritis in cats, and bacterial, viral, and fungal infections cause...
Jun 19, 2025
Thiamine deficiency, or vitamin B1 deficiency, is a clinical syndrome associated with vascular lesions and nerve damage caused by an insufficient concentration of this vitamin in a cat’s body. This deficit is due to insufficient intake of vitamin B1 (part...
Jul 6, 2025
If your cat’s mobility is suddenly impaired, they are in pain, their limbs are stiff or weak, they have lost their balance, they seem paralyzed in one or more legs, or they have issues with passing urine or feces, they...
