Cat Dementia
21 year old bookstore cat. Cat dementia? Perhaps. Photo by terriem under a creative commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. Introduction It has been decided that there is such a thing...
View ArticleGeriatric Cat Care
Ahhh...gotta have a little snooze...Photo by Ted Abbott (Flickr) We are living longer and so are our cats. This is due to improvements in the control of infectious diseases and diet. In the USA this is...
View ArticleCognitive Dysfunction in Cats
There is not much on the subject of cognitive dysfunction in cats. We have to rely on common sense. Humans live much longer than they used to. This brings some problems to humankind, usually of the...
View ArticleHome Treatment For Cat Arthritis
This page is about cat osteoarthritis. This is degenerative joint disease – the wearing out of the cartilage that covers the surface of the joint resulting in bone to bone contact. The bone becomes...
View ArticleDecision making over veterinary bills in treating old cats
For me, it’s a balancing act between assessing how comfortable a cat is and will be, the benefits and risks of surgery or treatment, the quality of the remainder of the cat’s life and lastly the cost...
View ArticleDo Senior Cats Have Special Needs? Living with Elderly Cats
Lately it seems that it’s been getting a lot more difficult for me to grasp the fact that it’s been almost fourteen years since we welcomed Dr. Hush Puppy and Sir Hubble Pinkerton, our two amazing,...
View ArticleA Christmas miracle: one week after rescue senior cat finds forever home
A lot has happened to Zeb this past week. This senior beauty has gone from the shelter to foster care with Sarah Trainor to a forever home with a lady named Beth Flor and her children. This story on...
View ArticleMy Elderly Cat Has Become Obsessively Affectionate
This is an interesting example of what can happen to elderly cats. In this instance an 18-year-old male cat who was always affectionate become almost totally deaf and as a consequence he became even...
View ArticleDon’t Let Your Senior Cat Become Skinny
I had always thought that domestic cats go through a phase in life when they become older and more sedentary, burn up less calories and therefore put on weight unless you fed them less or modify the...
View ArticleAnti-aging Purple Rice for Cats
By Ruth Young I have been trying a new supplement that can actually be given to pets. Since being harmed by a fluoroquinolone antibiotic in February of 2014, I have added many supplements to my own...
View ArticleNovember is National Senior Pet Month: At What Age are Cats Considered Seniors?
When it comes to senior pets, November is chock full of many “holidays” featuring the needs of our senior pets. This month we celebrate National Senior Pet Month, Adopt a Senior Pet Month, National Pet...
View Article27-year-old adopts 26-year-old cat
Thomas is a 26-year-old cat adopted by a 27-year-old woman, Laura, from a shelter. Good on Laura. It is very unusual for a cat to live this long and also rare for a young person to want to adopt such...
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