How to taking care for older cats

Monitoring the cat's age and symptoms of various diseases.
In general, we assume that the 12 year old cat is the older cat.
In the 12-15 year-old cat's behavior starts to change until you notice that the older cat will only sleep and sleep more than 18 hours per day.
When the cat is getting older ,Joints are stiff and movements are more difficult. It seems weak even licks clean the hair itself, it will be difficult. Gum disease and tooth, making eating difficult and can recognize the flavor of the food decreased. water eating will decrease so take risk of gallstones. Therefore, care must be given to cats special attention. Guidelines is. You need to set a bowl of water for multiple spot so that cat doesn't have to walk far to get water. Cleaning the mouth after eating food to prevent plaque. Wipe the ears, and brush them regularly.
However, Efforts to maintain the cat with the food, just like you would not be good practical. Such as excessive amounts of food to the cats, cats of all ages are obese and have other health problems as much more. You should provide food for cats. A soft food such as canned food will make cat get the nutrients and water simultaneously.
The important thing is. When your cat is approaching old. you have to take care closely everyday to notice the unusual thing that may occur. The most important at this age, you must not forget to take them to the veterinarian for checking health especially blood tests to detect abnormalities in body systems.

If the old cat seem to change many things about the functions of various systems in the body. May be caused by a change from the older. Or may be caused by the disease up which will help remind you earlier to know that cat is getting disease.

1. Control diet. Whether to eat at any one time. What kind of food. Have difficulty eating orswallowing it. And vomiting or not.
2. Control of water. See that the water is more or less than usual or not.
3. Control of excretion of urine and feces. By looking at the color, volume, intensity, frequency of excretion.Or see if there is pain when urine or stool or not. Or that there is a drip or purge.
4. Weighed every 2 months.
5. Inspection and trimming nails. Check the wound track and smell disorders. The enlargement of the abdomen. And see if there are symptoms, hair loss or not.
6. Control behavior. Sleeping. Expression of the people around you. Easily panic or not. And the appearance of sleep disorder or not.
7. Control of posture and movement. Such as seizures or not. Loss of balance or legpain.
8. Disorders of breathing. Or a cough. A gasp of breath. Sniff or not.
9. Dental health care. Brushing your cat regularly. See if there is something wrong with her ​​or not. The amount of saliva. And the color of the gums that are pink, yellow or purple.
10. Temperature of the environment that your cat is happy or not.
11. Taken to check with your veterinarian on a regular basis.