Cats are technically considered a senior around 11 years old....
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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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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 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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That canned food is not good for a cat....
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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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I think that they're very effective. Lab tests give us answers to many of our questions....
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Yes, that's very important. And you want to try to do that the least confrontational way....
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The big one that we use here is a medication called Gabapentin. It's safe for almost all cats....
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We like to do lab work a little more frequently in senior cats because they have a higher incidence of disease, most commonly kidney disease and hy...
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It is....
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I would say 99% of the time, the answer is yes....
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There are different types of medication and many different delivery mechanisms....
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Here at Countryside, you just call and make an appointment, and we just do it right on a regular examination appointment....
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Some will have different answers to that question....
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We collect the blood through the cat’s vein. We often do that from the back leg or perhaps from the jugular....
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There are. There are some antihistamines that you can give to cats....
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Baseline is your pet's normal. We know the general normal values on a lab screen, but it's what your pet's normal is....