Personally, I love the pet owners that measure out their food. Free feeding to me is the number one way that pets gain weight. We've discussed this before and we've discussed it with many clients, they'll say, "Oh, my cat gained weight after the spay." Or she got fixed. And my number one question after that is, "Do you free feed?" 80, 90% of people say yes. Free feeding is the number one way these kitties have gained weight. If you leave me at home with nothing to do I'm going to run to the fridge 20 times a day, and I'll probably gain weight as well. So don't leave the food out, measure it, give them about 20 minutes to eat. If they don't eat, pick it up. If you're going to feed one, two, or three times a day, do that regiment. Measure it with a measuring cup that has increments on it so you know how much you're feeding. If they're gaining weight, back it up, if they're not, increase it. So that's probably the best nutritional advice I could give at this point. Wet food or dry food is a big debate. Some cats make their own decision on that. I personally prefer wet food, but make sure you're doing regular dental exams because that food can take on their teeth and they will need regular dentals.

Maximizing kitty cat wellness at home, basically environmental factors. A lot depends on the indoors or outdoors, but essentially proper nutrition, keeping them current on vaccinations, flea and tick controls, proper exercise, and playing with them. Grooming, making sure they're grooming and making sure they're on time for their vet visits is also an important factor.

Six months of age. We could put them on prevention much earlier before that, but the time to test them to see if they have adult worms - at the earliest - would be at six months.

So there have been studies and some of these studies have shown that even 25% of pets that are indoors can get heartworm. You might ask, “How how can my dog get heartworm if they’re only indoors? The same way that we get mosquito bites and we're indoors; a mosquito can fly inside and bite your pet or feed from your pet. Som yes, even indoor pets can get heartworm or you take your indoor dog for a walk or they go out for potty. So there are cases in which indoor dogs do tend to get heartworm as well, so they also need to be on prevention.