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【Cat Checkup】Three common health problems of elderly cats

2021-05-08 / 461 Read

Cats are very tolerant animals, and it is not easy to see that cats are uncomfortable until the disease becomes very serious. Therefore, it is very important for cats to develop regular health checks! The growth rate of cats is about 4 to 5 times faster than that of humans, and one year of cats can be said to be four years of human beings. The good thing is to have a health check every six months, even young cats should have a health check every year!

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1. Health check allows owners to master various body values of normal cats

The biggest benefit of regular health check is that they can master various values of cats in normal health. The general standard is collected from the data of many healthy cats. However, the values of some cats when they are healthy may not be within the range, which may be higher or lower; if you usually know the values of your own cats, you can compare them with yourself. Immediately determine whether there is an abnormality and whether further inspection is required. Especially if cats are in advanced age, regular health check-ups are essential!

2. Three common health problems of elderly cats

【Chronic Kidney Disease】

After cats enter advanced age, the rate of kidney disease is very high. Therefore, middle-aged and elderly cats over the age of seven must have a blood test and urine test! The first symptom that will appear when the renal function becomes low is that the urine will become lighter; however, the urine is usually covered with cat litter. Absorption, few owners can detect on their own. The kidney is an organ that is not easy to find abnormality. When the owner feels that something is wrong, the situation is usually quite serious! If the urine test finds abnormal values, usually the kidney function has been damaged by more than 2/3; and when the blood test is also abnormal When the value of the kidney is over, the kidneys have usually lost more than 3/4 of their function! But even so, as long as they can be found, they can be treated for the cat's condition. As long as you are careful not to continue to burden the kidneys, it is still possible to survive for a long time. !