Senior & End of Life

Seeing your cat dying is something most painful you can imagine, but, unfortunately, you’ll need to come to peace with this fact. If you have spent many wonderful years in the company of your feline friend, you should consider yourself lucky. Many cats don’t get to live to their senior years. When your cat reaches

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) attacks the cat’s immune system, and makes her more vulnerable to other health conditions. There isn’t a concrete cure for this infectious disease, but many cats with FIV might still live an average lifespan. Unfortunately, not all cats will be this fortunate. FIV doesn’t usually result in a fatal outcome, however,

Pancreatitis in cats is a condition that indicates inflammation of the pancreas – the organ in which digestive enzymes are produced, stored, and released. This condition manifests through various symptoms, including a cat’s loss of appetite, weakness, lethargy, dehydration, diarrhea, and breathing difficulties. With this disease, timely diagnosis and intensive therapy are extremely important. Unfortunately,

The death of a beloved pet is what every cat owner fears the most. This is one of those experiences that changes our life, regardless of whether the cat died in an accident, was sick, or lived to a very old age. We will always mourn for them. However, pet euthanasia poses a special burden

Feline leukemia is one of the most dangerous diseases that can affect our furry pets. The reaction to leukemia is different for each cat, and depends on the type of virus that caused it, the stage of infection, as well as on the general immune health of the cat. At the very beginning, cats usually

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a disorder of the cat’s gastrointestinal tract that is characterized by abnormal digestion, food absorption, and cellular infiltration within the structure of the stomach and intestine. This disease usually affects middle-aged felines, but it’s also possible to occur in cats less than 2 years old. Some of the most common

Deciding to euthanize your pet is a hard pill to swallow. Every cat owner doesn’t even wanna think about this, but sometimes, they wonder when to euthanize a cat with seizures.  Seizures that happen in cats can be short and mild, and last around 2 to 5 minutes and really long and intense and cause

A cat quality of life chart will help you determine your pet’s quality of life at the pet’s end. When the end of your cat’s disease comes, you may wonder if you should continue hospice care. That will all depend on the pet’s condition, but with the help of your veterinarian and this quality-of-life scale,