Care for a cat, including the parts a cat will hide from you
Cats conceal illness better than any other pet we see. Most of what shortens a cat's life is found on a routine visit rather than reported by an owner, which is the whole argument for the yearly check.
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What changes, and when
- 8 weeks to 6 months
Kitten
The F3 course, worming, microchipping, and desexing at five months for both males and females.
- 6 months to 3 years
Young adult
The first dental grade, an FeLV test if the cat goes outside, and the weight baseline that everything later is measured against.
- 3 to 8 years
Adult
A yearly check and boosters. This is the stage where early kidney and thyroid change is found on screening rather than by symptom.
- 8 years and older
Senior
Two checks a year with blood pressure, blood and urine. Kidney disease, hyperthyroidism and arthritis are all common and all manageable when they are caught early.
Services for cats
Health checks
Dogs and cats mask pain and illness well into the middle of it.
Vaccinations
Which vaccines a pet needs depends on where it lives, how old it is and what it does with its day.
Desexing
Timing matters more than it used to.
Dental care
By three years old most dogs and cats have something worth grading.
In-house pathology
Four hospitals run their own analysers, so a sick animal gets its biochemistry, haematology and electrolytes inside twenty minutes.
Nutrition and weight
Carrying an extra fifteen per cent shortens a dog's life and brings arthritis forward by years.
What we see most
Urinary blockage
A male cat straining in the tray and producing nothing is an emergency measured in hours. Fremantle is open through the night for exactly this.
Chronic kidney disease
Common past ten and slow enough to manage well. Urine concentration moves before the blood values do, which is why both are run.
Hyperthyroidism
A cat eating well and losing weight. A single blood test names it and treatment is straightforward once it does.
Dental resorptive lesions
Painful, common, and invisible without a radiograph. This is the reason a cat dental is done with full-mouth films.
Arthritis nobody notices
Cats do not limp, they stop jumping. A cat that has given up the kitchen bench is usually sore rather than settled.
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