04/14/2026
This is Patch! Patch came in for not wanting to eat, lethargy and having diarrhea. After some diagnostics we discovered Patch has Cytauxzoon Felis or Bob Cat Fever! Patch has being doing well in the hospital and will get to go home soon!
This disease is caused by a tick biting a bob cat that has this disease! Yes a bob cat, they do not show any symptoms of the disease. The tick then bites the domestic house cat and infects them with the protozoan parasite. This parasite usually causes patients to be lethargic, jaundice, fever and not wanting to eat. The best care for these patients is hospitalized care!