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August 22 is “Take Your Cat to the Vet Day,” but here at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center, every day is take your cat to the vet day. In the first half of 2025, our veterinarians saw more than 1,300 feline patients. While 74 million pet cats share our homes in the United States, another 30 to 40 million stray cats live in our communities, according to the inaugural issue of the World of the Cat Report produced by Hills Pet Nutrition. “Take Your Cat to the Vet Day” originally began to promote better care for cats, addressing a significant gap in feline healthcare. Cats visit the veterinarian much less often than their canine counterparts--only 40% of cats visit the veterinarian annually, compared to 82% of dogs. In today’s blogpost, I’ll discuss the barriers cat owners face when taking their pet to the veterinarian, new research to help improve feline health that you and your cat can participate in and good news about treatments for feline disease.