Symptoms of cat mastitis:

1. Acute mastitis: systemic symptoms such as fever and loss of appetite. The inflamed area will be hot and painful, and the breast will become hard, and a small amount of blood-like fluid will flow out when the breast is squeezed.

2. Chronic mastitis: One or more of the cat’s nipples will gradually harden, and secretions will come out if you press it with your hands.

3. Vesicular mastitis: When touching the cat’s breast, the owner will feel hyperplastic vesicles.

Methods to prevent cat mastitis:

1. Before and after delivery, owners should pay attention to the cleanliness of the mother cat’s body and cat litter. When the cat has finished feeding Finally, clean the female cat’s nipples.

2. When the female cat is breastfeeding, the owner should pay attention to observation. If the kittens keep exchanging, it may be that there is insufficient milk and they are not full. The owner should give the female cat some lactation medicine, or feed the kitten some goat's milk to prevent the kitten from biting the female cat's nipples due to lack of food.

Treatment methods for cat mastitis:

1. Use normal saline, 5% glucose, Ringer's reagent, lactated Ringer's reagent and other drugs for basic rehydration treatment.

2. Use ampicillin, metronidazole, ceftriaxone, cefazolin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and other drugs for antibacterial and anti-inflammatory injection treatment.

3. Use furosemide, mannitol, spironolactone and other drugs for diuretic treatment.

4. Use Analgesic, Tramadol, Butorphanol and other drugs for analgesic treatment.

5. Use Bupleurum injection, aminopyrine, metamizole and other drugs to reduce fever.

6. Use Chinese patent medicines. The main medicinal materials include Gongying, Sanling, etc., which can clear away heat and detoxify, activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and soften and disperse stagnation.