What To Feed A Senior Cat

Thomas a 26-year-old rescue cat

Reduced calorie intake and a high quality, protein rich diet is the general guide for senior cats. This is about feeding geriatric cats. It’s an important topic because it can prevent obesity. Feline obesity can decrease lifespan. As expected geriatric cats are less active. They require up to 30% fewer calories than younger cats. …

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20-year-old cat missing for nine years reunited with owner and euthanized two hours later

Babsy before she disappeared at when she came back aged 20.

This is the extraordinary story of a female cat named Babsy. At the age of 11, she left her home living with Mike Marshall. She disappeared for nine years. Mike presumed that she had died but she appears to have lived in the open air for those nine years. During that time she had …

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That well of love in people on social media when you open up about your feelings on the death of your cat

David Baddiel and Monkey

For all the nastiness that one can encounter on social media, particularly Facebook, there is a well of love in people that a person can count on when and if they decide to tell their social media world that they have to euthanise their cat because of old age. The feelings of bereavement almost …

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Woman spent 41% of her annual salary on a kidney transplant for her cat Stanley

Jay (left) and Stanley (right) with Betsy in the middle!

A woman, Betsy Boyd, spent 41% of her annual salary on a kidney transplant for her cat Stanley. Betsy Boyd and her husband are thrifty. That’s old school. They bought their home for $95k in cash. This attitude towards money allowed them to spend $19,000 on a kidney transplant for the beloved cat, Stanley, …

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What happens when a cat goes senile?

What happens when a cat go senile? This is a reasonable question because the changes in behavior can be quite subtle. Diagnosis can be tricky especially for the cat owner. Difficult diagnostically I believe that we have to be careful that we do not confuse senility with the perceived quirkiness of domestic cat behavior. …

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Do senior cats have special needs? Living with elderly cats.

Elderly cat care

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, beautiful four month-old Oriental Shorthair kittens into our family. It often feels that it was just yesterday that …

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