Caring for aging cats

How can you make your old cat’s life a little easier?

Older cats have certain dietary restrictions that younger cats don’t. They need a lower protein diet, because their kidneys, as they age, will not process protein as well as it did when they were younger. You have to think about their activity levels. They will start having issues with arthritis. So you might want to make life around their house easier. If they tend to jump up and down and off of things, try to figure out ways to make that easier for them. As in the case with Agnes, another thing that older cats tend to have an issue with, since they do not brush their teeth, is really bad dental disease. Agnes just went through a procedure where she had a lot of her teeth pulled, and that’s pretty common with older cats. It makes it easier now; Agnes doesn’t have to suffer with the pain of dental disease. If you've ever had a toothache, you know how horrible that can be. I am sure Agnes now gets a lot of can food, which I am sure she loves. ... You want to do things to keep the quality of their life, which is going to help with the quantity of it.