Senility and your geriatric cat: all elderly cats are at elevated risk for age-related mental deterioration. Here are the signs to look for, and some help.(Aging)

Cat Watch | September 1, 2006| | Copyright

Thanks to advances in all fields of veterinary medicine, it is not uncommon these days for a cat to live to the very ripe old age of 20--roughly the physiologic equivalent of age 93 in a human. That's the good news.

The bad news is that cats, like humans, become increasingly susceptible to age-related disease conditions as they grow old, and most of these disorders are bound to have an effect on an animal's behavior. Arthritis, for example, is likely to cause a formerly rambunctious cat to slow down dramatically as it transitions through its so-called golden years; ...

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