It's a good idea to see a veterinarian at the time of diagnosis. During the pregnancy, there's seldom a need for it....
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Some things to think about changing would be if they have an elevated food or water dish, like on a counter and having difficulty getting up there,...
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It means that everything that you're dealing with provides your cat with a long, healthy life, and that ranges from the food that you feed your cat...
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I get asked that one every now and then as well. The simple answer is, no. I can't really justify a reason for me to say that's better....
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The best thing that we can do is treat the aging cat as an individual....
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He's not missing something in his diet, but he may be missing something in his mental stimulation or enrichment....
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Wet food isn't necessarily more nutritious. It contains 75% water, and cats are notoriously not big drinkers....
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If you’re feeding them high-quality food, you don't need to give them any supplements....
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We don’t recommend that your cat lives solely on a vegetarian diet....
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That's kind of funny. No. Cats are hardwired to hunt. This is how they survived and stayed alive through their evolution....
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Cats are technically considered a senior around 11 years old....
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They don't have to be a senior to do that. I can tell you my young kitty likes to just sing the song of his people at night....
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It's highly possible. You can free-choice feed, I don't have a problem with that, you just need to measure feed for each specific cat....
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Bringing them to the vet every year or even every six months is recommended....
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That's truly a good question. And I'll be honest with you....
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We don't always want to just throw medications at animals. We want to consider things like how they are at home. Are they eating too much?...
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Sadly, no. Cats are what are considered obligate carnivores, meaning that they need to have a meat-based diet....
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It definitely can, so I don't recommend feeding a lot of human food to cats and anything you do give them, do so in moderation....
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I think that they're very effective. Lab tests give us answers to many of our questions....
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The big one that we use here is a medication called Gabapentin. It's safe for almost all cats....