Owning a pet has certain responsibilities. You have to feed and groom it as well as keep them away from various diseases. This is what cat care and health is all about and by doing it correctly, they can live for 10 years or even longer.

Cat vaccinations are the most effective means of fighting a disease. This also prevents the cat from ever becoming a carrier. Some of the common vaccinations given are for cat flu, feline leukemia or FeLV, Feline Chlamydophilosis and Feline Infectious Enteritis or FIE.

If your cat is given a vaccination, be aware that they may experience some side effects. This goes away shortly even if they develop flu like symptoms or fatigue in the next dew days. In rare cases, the cat may develop cancer where the injection has inserted that may develop in weeks, months or even years.

Cats just like humans experience allergies. This may come from pollen, dust, disinfectants and others. If you notice your cat experiencing any symptoms, you should stop using such products, keep them away from plants and make sure your house is clean.

A sneezing cat is not a good sign. Cat colds are not similar to the common cold that humans experience. It is one of the primary conditions that cause cats to sneeze. If your pet has had a cold before, you will easily be able to recognize the symptoms.

Feline colds also produce symptoms like watery eyes, nasal discharge, coughing and gagging. However, sneezing can also be caused due to other factors that cause more problems that a cat cold.

* Sneezing is one of the symptoms of cat flu along with other symptoms like red eyes, fever and coughing.

* Any feline upper respiratory infection, irrespective of the fact that it is viral, bacterial or fungal, causes sneezing in cats. The most common cat respiratory infections is caused by feline herpes virus and feline calicivirus.

* Dyspnoea or labored breathing is commonly seen in cats and is normally caused due to a decrease in pulmonary ventilation. Along with sneezing, there may also be a nasal discharge, wheezing, facial deformity, snoring and difficulty in swallowing.

* Sometimes, sneezing is caused by foreign substances that get stuck in the nasal cavity.