Senior Pets

Ageing is not a diagnosis. What changes, what to watch, and what is treatable.

Settled veterinary consensus. The writing here reflects professional guidance.

Ageing is not a diagnosis

Slowing down is the sentence owners use for a dozen treatable conditions. Professional guidance for senior animals is a medical workup once or twice a year — not an annual glance.

Educational

Based on American Animal Hospital Association

2 min read·5 Aug 2026

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Senior Pets

Up to 40% of cats over ten have kidney disease. Most owners find out late.

Creatinine only rises after about three quarters of kidney function is gone. There is now a marker that moves earlier — and a reason the first sign an owner notices is usually the water bowl.

Educational

Based on Cornell Feline Health Center, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

2 min read·29 Jul 2026

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