DISEASES, INJURIES AND CURES

Infection
This happens when a wound has been left untreated. This is most
common after being bitten by a rat. This best to be treated immediately for it
can be deadly!

Symptoms: Bad stench, pus, pain, raw/tender skin, and
fever(if bad enough).
Best Treatment: Horsetail & chervil leaf juice or
burdock root & marigold.

Juvenile
Kidney Disease
In the books Heavystep of RiverClan had this
cats don't have a name for this illness nor know the human name
for it. A cat will die from this if it is bad enough.

Symptoms: Dehydration, vomiting, weakness, loss of
ability to pass "dirt", softening of pads causing cracked pads.
Best Treatment: Crushed beech leaves(eaten), no true
cure for this ailment.

Carrionplace
Disease
Out
of all the clans, ShadowClan knows it the best. This happens when the cats get
careless and brings back an infected rat or comes in contact with one with the
ailment. This illness is similar to greencough but is dangerous and it comes
with an unbearable stench!

Symptoms: Troubled breathing, violent
coughing fits, fever, loss of hunger, lack of sleep, exhaustion.Best
Treatment: Borage, coltsfoot, angelica(only for this illness), juniper
berries, honey, and feverfew.

Poison

This happens
when a cat eats a toxic plant (there are A LOT!) or bitten by a venomous snake
(more common for ThunderClan). This is to treat quickly and immediately or the
cat will die!

Symptoms: Dizziness, aches &
pains,headaches,fever,sweating,loss of consciousnesses.
Best
Treatment: Snakeroot or/and yarrow. If not at paw use another herb that can
expel the toxins.

Broken bones

A injury most
common if hit by a monster or falling from an extreme height or a severe
beating.

Symptoms: Swelling in the area, pain, resistance to
walk/run/move.
Best Treatment: Put the bone back in place then use
the following herbs; poppy seeds & birch bark(moist), broom &
a splint after words.

Kittencough

An illness that effects the respiratory system that only kittens
get.

Symptoms: Similar to that of Whitecough.
Best
Treatment: Coltsfoot, garlic,feverfew/lavender, and nettle.

Whitecough

Very similar to the flu and kittencough, a common ailment. It can,
however, turn into ether greencough or deadly blackcough if left
untreated.

Symptoms: Sneezing, coughing, runny nose, feel tired,
and have a slight fever.
Best Treatment: Catnip, feverfew/lavender,
honey, poppy seeds (induces sleep), water, bed rest.

Greencough

This illness is comes when whitecough hasn't been treated soon
enough. It is similar to pneumonia. Very contagious; cats with this MUST be
separated from the other cats. Normally caught during freezing conditions. Can
turn into fatal blackcough!

Symptoms:
Sluggishness,fever,wheezing, and phlegm streaming from nose &
mouth.[/i]
Best Treatment: Feverfew/Lavender, catnip/chickweed,and
coltsfoot(ease the breathing).[/shadow]

Blackcough

This illness
is fatal and has a high chance of the cat not surviving it. Whitecough or
Greencough can advance to this if not treated. You can try to treat it but if it
is in the late stages nothing can be done. In this case the humane thing is ease
their way to StarClan.

Symptoms: Severe wheezing & coughing,
phlegm streaming from nose, pus or blood expelled somewhere and some way on/out
of the body, sweating, high fever, and weakness/lethargy.
Best
Treatment: Feverfew/Lavender and catnip.

Death Disease

A very painful, illness that kills the cat slowly. Also known as
Lime Disease to humans. This illness is worse then blackcough and there is no
cure! The humane thing is ease their way to StarClan.

Morning
Sickness
This only happens to expecting queens. . . but luckily,
it easy to treat! Certain herbs must be avoided for expecting
queens.

Symptoms: They will experience flu/cold like symptoms to
a degree.
Best Treatment: Allow her to rest and have water. Give her
poppy seeds, avoid juniper berries and use raspberry or nettle leaves
instead.

Sprains /
Twisted paws / ankles
In this case the cat has but too much stress
on the joints or has tripped or become stuck for a time. This injury is very
minor.

Symptoms: Swelling, painful to touch and move, can't put
pressure on it.[/i]
Best Treatment: Stay off the injury and apply
nettle leaves and give poppy seeds.

Hypothermia

This most common in leaf-bare but it can happen at any time. This
illness is caused most commonly when a cat is soaking wet and stays in the cold
too long. This ailment happens when the body can't/struggles to keep a steady
temperature. There are 4 stages: Impending, mild, moderate, &
severe.

Symptoms: Sluggishness, drowsiness, fatigue, stumbling,
thickening of speech, amnesia, irrationality, hallucinations, lack of
perceptual in any place, blueness in skin, enlargement of pupils, decrease in
heart and respiration rates, state of near unconsciousness, insensibility,
shivering, poor coordination.
Severe Symptoms: Poor speech, disorientation,
decrease in shivering followed by rigidity of muscles, blueness of skin,
weak/irragular pulse.[/color]
Best Treatment: Get the cat's body warm at
all costs but be careful not to do it too fast. Keep the victim out of the wind
and cold and place in a pre-warmed nest and have other cats sleep around him/her
to give warmth. The rest is in StarClan's paws.