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Home» Posts tagged "senior cats"

How Can I Get My Elderkitty to Use Her Litterbox?

April 21, 2013 | by The Paws and Effect Gang | cat behavior, cat health | 6 Comments
20-year-old Siamese cat

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat is 18 years old and on medication for blood pressure and kidney trouble and her back legs seem stiff when coming down stairs. The problem I have is with her peeing and pooing. She has access to the garden and has always gone outside through the cat [...]

View Article inappropriate elimination, senior cats

Why Did My Cat Start Meowing All The Time?

May 27, 2012 | by The Paws and Effect Gang | cat behavior, cat health | 4 Comments
Killian, a Cornish Rex cat, meowing.

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat Maddie will not stop meowing. She is about 14 years old and she has never had this problem. She will whine very loudly at night almost like she is trapped. When I go downstairs, she is fine and follows me to my bed. I just moved a [...]

View Article meowing and vocalizing, senior cats

How Can I Ease My Himalayan Cat’s Arthritis?

February 26, 2012 | by The Paws and Effect Gang | cat health | 5 Comments
Himalayan cat photo by Vladimir Menkov. Image licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: How do I alleviate arthritis and other old age conditions in my 15-year-old Himalayan cat? She’s moving very slowly and sleeping much more than usual. She stopped sleeping with me and going outside with me at night. I’ve never had a Himmy live this long so I’m feeling blessed to [...]

View Article arthritis, senior cats

Should I Trim My Cat’s Burned Whiskers?

January 15, 2012 | by The Paws and Effect Gang | cat behavior, cat health | 2 Comments
Siouxsie shows off her whiskers

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Last night I found my 18-year-old cat, Pinky-Boy in front of our space heater, and his whiskers and “eyebrows” are now severely burnt from standing that close. He’s going blind, so maybe he just didn’t realize where he was. I know the space heater seems like a safety hazard, but we [...]

View Article senior cats, special needs cats

Can Kidney Failure Appear in Just A Year?

November 20, 2011 | by The Paws and Effect Gang | cat health | 10 Comments
A cat receiving subcutaneous fluid therapy

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Last year, one of my cats did from chronic renal failure at age 14. Because we were concerned about our other cat, Gizzy, we had the vet give him all the appropriate tests. All the results seemed good, and we were relieved. But then last week Gizzy wasn’t acting [...]

View Article chronic illness, chronic renal failure, crf, kidney disease, senior cats
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