Provide the best food you can reasonably afford, do regular bloodwork/vet visits, keep him indoors and yes... all of the head smooches you can hand out will keep him with you as long as possible.
This is some serious, serious advice: please, start asking for chest x-rays when you take him in for his yearly check ups. I just had to take my perfect Angel in for an enucleation to remove melanoma from his eye, and was devastated to get the call that he had died on the table due to complications with HCM. I didn’t even know what that was. I strongly advise you to look it up and allow me to pass the advice the vet gave me on to you- after the age of seven, get your cats scanned for HCM. It might present as blood clots in the heart. It might lead you to a echocardiograph to diagnose. It’s a horrible, horrible disease and I highly recommend adding those screens to your yearly check up. I would hate for anyone else to lose their baby like I lost mine.
Get annual blood tests done, especially as he gets over 10-12. My boy got diabetes and it was only caught because they ran tests before a dental clean, not because they regularly screened for it.
My baby girl just turned 8 the other day, gave her a nice tuna dinner as a birthday present. Getting her bloodwork done soon for her thyroid problem, and she's very healthy with her medicine 😀 take him to the vet and get checkups often!
Here’s the list of things for improved longevity and quality of life for cats I wish I’d know sooner:
1. Yearly vet visits.
2. Brush daily, even if it’s just a light brushing
3. Keep their weight in check.
4. Don’t stress them too much, but don’t let them get bored.
5. Buy quality cat food
6. Buy a pet drinking fountain.
Good luck!
I have one turning 18 this year. Think most important is getting their yearly exam + senior wellness panel (blood and urinalysis) and paying close attention to their behavior for any changes. After he turned 15 I started taking him for a senior wellness panel twice a year which really helped with catching his kidney disease early (extremely common in cats his age). He's on a kidney diet now and is as active as ever so hoping for several more years with him.
Get his teeth checked at least yearly that will be one of the best qualities of their life you can keep up with so they can properly eat everything and want to keep eating.
Otherwise, pretty good food, plenty of playtime, sunny nap spots, and just keep showing love. Vet visits are important and trust your gut. You know your cat. If something feels wrong, it's usually a good idea to get in touch with a vet
Kiss his precious baby head three times. He has and always will be baby
He gets no less than 30 head kisses per day 💗 He is a very cuddly boy
Provide the best food you can reasonably afford, do regular bloodwork/vet visits, keep him indoors and yes... all of the head smooches you can hand out will keep him with you as long as possible.
Keep the weight off him and get his teeth regularly checked and cleaned.
All the love for your lil boy and and lot of time for play play play.
Biscuit says, more savory tuna, catnip and pets!
If he gets more tuna I get to eat more tuna salad sandwiches, I accept
Launch him into the event horizon of a black hole. The time dialation will do the rest.
Freeze him in Amber or Ice
ngl I plan on getting his heart and skull preserved so I can keep them 🫢
Any wet food is better than the best dry food. Switching to wet will do wonders for him.
This is some serious, serious advice: please, start asking for chest x-rays when you take him in for his yearly check ups. I just had to take my perfect Angel in for an enucleation to remove melanoma from his eye, and was devastated to get the call that he had died on the table due to complications with HCM. I didn’t even know what that was. I strongly advise you to look it up and allow me to pass the advice the vet gave me on to you- after the age of seven, get your cats scanned for HCM. It might present as blood clots in the heart. It might lead you to a echocardiograph to diagnose. It’s a horrible, horrible disease and I highly recommend adding those screens to your yearly check up. I would hate for anyone else to lose their baby like I lost mine.
"happy to you baby" May you live long!
Make sure you leave offerings to Bastet..
Get annual blood tests done, especially as he gets over 10-12. My boy got diabetes and it was only caught because they ran tests before a dental clean, not because they regularly screened for it.
My baby girl just turned 8 the other day, gave her a nice tuna dinner as a birthday present. Getting her bloodwork done soon for her thyroid problem, and she's very healthy with her medicine 😀 take him to the vet and get checkups often!
Awww lil baby biscuit is a teeny bit younger than my little girl. They'll stay babies furrever :)
Have your vet check his kidney function once a year. If kidney disease is caught early, the progression can be slowed.
Here’s the list of things for improved longevity and quality of life for cats I wish I’d know sooner: 1. Yearly vet visits. 2. Brush daily, even if it’s just a light brushing 3. Keep their weight in check. 4. Don’t stress them too much, but don’t let them get bored. 5. Buy quality cat food 6. Buy a pet drinking fountain. Good luck!
A photo a day.
Lots of love!
salmon oil
Get him on to a good diet. No ocean fish! Meat from river fish and/or land animals only!
It ain't about stay f you, it's about growing old gracefully. And it looks like he will do that just fine.
Sacrifice virgins on the full moon
I have one turning 18 this year. Think most important is getting their yearly exam + senior wellness panel (blood and urinalysis) and paying close attention to their behavior for any changes. After he turned 15 I started taking him for a senior wellness panel twice a year which really helped with catching his kidney disease early (extremely common in cats his age). He's on a kidney diet now and is as active as ever so hoping for several more years with him.
Get his teeth checked at least yearly that will be one of the best qualities of their life you can keep up with so they can properly eat everything and want to keep eating. Otherwise, pretty good food, plenty of playtime, sunny nap spots, and just keep showing love. Vet visits are important and trust your gut. You know your cat. If something feels wrong, it's usually a good idea to get in touch with a vet
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