Planning for Your Cat’s Nine Lives...
Feline expert Dr. Jeremy Campbell BVSc, MANZCVS (Feline Med) RCVS Advanced Practitioner (Feline Medicine) MRCVS on how to plan for your cat’s good health into his old age. Cats have nine lives but in order to make each of these lives last as long as possible, your cat will need regular preventative health care and you will need some provision for injury or illness should it occur. There was a time not that long ago when an ‘old’ cat was 13 or
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14 years now it is common place in our clinics to see sprightly athletic cats that are 18, 19 even 20 years old.
subtle problems earlier, which means quicker intervention and better outcomes. Kittens are adorable but in order for them to grow into healthy cats they need ageappropriate nutrition, continuous and effective flea and worm control, vaccination, microchipping and neutering.
For a London kitten, the The reasons for this are twoapproximate cost to the servant fold: fantastic home care and for this first year of life is in the nutrition but also top quality range of £600-£1000. These veterinary care. Cats born in costs are not reclaimable from the last 10 years have been born your insurance company as into a period of exciting they are not illness or injuryadvances in our veterinary related. knowledge, diagnostics and skills. We can diagnose more Pets Magazine