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Do cats need a different diet as they age?

As animal age they lose their full reasoning powers and cognitive factors as do humans. Certainly, they slow down and they are not as fast to respond to outside stimuli. Although this is can be obvious in dogs, it does affect cats as well, even though it is often harder to spot. There are two reasons for this it is a slower and far more gradual process in cats, and it is not always noticed. Sometimes there is a change in the cats behaviour.

Once this occurs, it is advisable to seek veterinarian advice because cats are more at risk of infection and as they age, they take longer to heal and respond to medication. Cats can have urinary infections and they cannot control the bladder as they used to. Often the urine seeps out as they sleep. If they have a level of incontinence or they are urinating more often, they may be suffering from diabetes or kidney infections. These can be treated in the early stages.

It is important to remember as cat’s age their dietary requirements do change.The expression fat cat is often a caricature but cats can get fatter as they exercise less and bask in the sun more. Prolonged over feeding also starts to pile on excessive pound when coupled with reduced exercise. This increases the cats chances of suffering a heart disease.

Special food for the elderly cat does help to offset these problems a little and they will certainly help to control the cat’s weight as they advance into what should be hopefully a healthy age. Cats are no different from humans they do more veterinarian care as they age.

This post was written by Edward Waddingham. Edward is also one of the primary writer for Spot-mail and has published many articles to do with IPL skin rejuvenation clinic.