Typically, the owner is so attached to your pet, even when he is old, can not part with it.

The cat lives an average of 10-12 years. Sometimes heard on longevity, age of 20 to 25 years of age, but this is certainly an exception. Usually the signs of aging cats appear to 08.09 years. It depends mainly on the living conditions and health of cats.

 

Old age comes slowly in the cat, the owner often does not notice her approach. Aging is not accompanied by the appearance of gray hair or wrinkles on the skin, as it does in humans and other vertebrates, they are not show yellowing and worn teeth (yellowing of the teeth is the presence of tartar, and it may be at a young age).

The truth sometimes older cats fall incisors - their absence, of course, can talk about age. In practice, the only sign of advancing old age, the cat is the disappearance of the subcutaneous fat layer on the back and around the eyes, the cat becomes lean.

 

In older cat needs special care. Need to feed her more often than twice a day. And while a daily dose of food should remain the same, it is better to divide it into 3-4 hours. We should stick to the usual daily routine: if most of the food before the cat got in the evening, you should keep the same order. It is recommended to give primarily lean meats, the best so-called "white" (chicken, rabbit), as well as fish, veal, and sometimes to limit consumption of red meat (beef, venison). Must provide not only meat but also other products, particularly butter and vegetable oil. It is desirable to limit or completely abandon the giblets, especially the liver and kidneys. Mandatory supplements from vitamin preparations. Food should be in powdered form, and for very old cats - in the form of slurry.

 

Older cats are hard to tolerate a variety of lifestyle changes, any surprises. This concerns not only food but also the environment, movements, appearance of strangers.

 

in particular need such animals in intensive care for their hair. Daily combing wool, owner helps your pet maintain interest in the outside world, strengthen its confidence in their abilities. This has a positive effect on the mental state of the animal, as every cat wants to be clean and well maintained. Cat in fact very clean animals, so if she is aware that to care for her a lack of forces, that it looks messy, it acts on it depressing. In addition to combing, wiping with a damp sponge to be a cat muzzle around the nose and mouth, wash your eyes, as in old age it was difficult to keep these places clean.

 

In his old age to regularly inspect the cat. This above all to the oral examination and verification of (the weakening is often one of the signs of aging). The onset of old age is accompanied by a decrease in acuity of olfaction. When the role that it plays in the lives of cats, this loss is of great significance for her. First of all, it makes her a meal, since the cat must always sniff the food before consumption. With deterioration of animal instinct begins to eat less. If loss of appetite observed for several days, we can recommend to put on the bottom of the bowl, under a normal diet, a little intense smelling, delicious food, such as fish, cheese or other goodies. So food becomes more attractive to your pet.

 

Like older people, old cats are increasingly making themselves felt different ailments. Most often, an inflammation of the joints (arthritis), circulation failure (heart failure) and impaired urination (kidney stones and bladder, urinary tract inflammation). When these and other illnesses should consult a veterinarian.

 

If the animal is old age and disease very weakly and suffering, the best help he will be humanely put to sleep.