How to care for elderly cats? Handbook of health care for elderly cats

Old cats should trim their nails regularly to prevent them from bending into the meat. Trim your hair regularly, and feed your hair cream to help you get rid of it. Do regular physical examination, and contact the veterinarian in time if the cat is abnormal. Old cats should trim their nails regularly, such as checking your cat's nails every week. An old cat may not be able to extend its claws as freely as it did when it was young, and it may be caught in the gap between furniture and carpets. Their mats may be covered with cat litter. You can take it to your veterinarian for testing and correct pruning to avoid the possibility that the nails are too long and bent into meat, which may require surgery.

Old cats should comb their hair regularly. When they get old, cats may no longer clean and comb their hair by themselves. You need to wipe her eyes and nose secretions and clean up the feces near her anus. You can wipe them with a towel soaked in warm water. You may also need to groom your cat (especially a long-haired cat). Be gentle. At the same time, when taking care of them, we can also find out whether their bodies have lumps, rashes, ulcers and other noteworthy problems, so as to contact veterinarians for treatment in time. Long-haired cats are old and it is difficult to keep themselves clean. If it's still easy to knot after frequent combing, it's recommended to trim it properly (please don't cut the cat yourself, find a professional beautician to handle it).

It is a normal physiological phenomenon for elderly cats to regularly spit out hairballs for grooming cats, especially long-haired cats. Cats will lick/comb their hair with barbs on the surface of their tongues, and the hair will inevitably enter the stomach, and over time, it will form hairballs in the gastrointestinal tract. But if cats can't spit out hairballs normally, it will cause constipation and anorexia. Long-term frequent vomiting of hairballs can also damage the gastrointestinal tract and cause chronic vomiting. We can help cats comb their hair to reduce the amount of hair entering the body, or feed them hair milk or hair ball-removing cat food to prevent the formation of hair balls in their digestive tract and help them excrete hair.

Older cats should regularly check their aging teeth and mouth, which may cause problems. Regular inspection of your cat's mouth may help the veterinarian find out the changes in your cat's mouth, such as gingivitis, root swelling and other dental diseases. Bad breath, salivation, poor mandibular closure, loss of appetite, persistent mouth opening, etc. May be a precursor to dental disease. If these or other oral abnormalities occur, please contact the veterinarian in time.

Old cats should have regular physical examinations. Older cats are advised to have a physical examination every six months to one year. If you have any diseases, please consult your veterinarian about the physical examination time suitable for your cat. Of course, even if your cat goes to the hospital for physical examination regularly, you should observe your cat's daily situation at home and contact the veterinarian in time if there is any abnormality. The following symptoms are noteworthy:

1. Loss of appetite

lose weight

3. The frequency of drinking water increases, or the amount of drinking water increases obviously.

4. Stiff limbs, difficulty limping or jumping

Step 5 doze off

6. A lump or bump

7. The body can't keep balance

8. Abnormal behaviors such as cat litter excretion outside the basin or defecation and dysuria.

9. Abnormal behaviors, such as increased aggression, barking and fear of noise.