For 15 years I fed my Cat dry food, she had dry fur on top coat and oilly on the skin , every time I touch her my hands get sticky I thought she was born that way, I was so wrong! It's the dry garbage cat good she been eating! Thank you Dr. Jones! For a month I started to cook homemade cat food, my cat got more energy and her fur become so soft and shiny like a kitten and plus NO MORE greasy oily fur!!! These pet food company are making our pets sick some time they are killing our beloved pets with their toxic food, they are profiting with veterinarian and big pharmaceutical from you and your pets suffering!
It doesn't seem to matter how "good" the brand is touted to be, my cats turn up their nose at canned food, once they've licked all the coating sauce off the yukky meat stuff left in the bowl. So, mega-bucks later, I'm picking up 1/2 bowls of food every morning. I'm glad to hear someone successfully did it though!
Thank you so much for this video. I have two senior kitties both have hyperthyroidism and are on medicine. I am now making food for them at home and buying prescription science diet for them. Your kitty is Blessed to have you in her life. Love how you honor and respect her. God Bless you Dr.
Dr. Jones-- BRAVO to you for being one of the only traditional medicine (non-homeopathic) vet to admit to the long-term devastating affects of dry food. Do you have any opinions on feeding your dogs/cats raw food? At any stage in life? Since....they are obligate carnivores. I would love to see a video on that if you have any opinions/ideas! TX!
I'm surprised they still like it, but hey.... if it works, that's great, because once the wet part has been licked up, mine leave all the rest in the bowl. I've tried adding organic chicken broth to the food with a little success, but my senior guy isn't eating anything past the liquid and sometimes, will only eat cheap cat treats. I've only ever had Greenie treats, but the vet's office had the cheap ones and he devoured those, sooo... He's been so ill (was on IV fluids for a week in the clinic), the vet says that even if it's not ideal, it's better than nothing. I think he's even getting tired of those now though, so hopefully he'll eat something else. Tried sardines this morning; he turned up his nose, but my younger FAT cat thought it was his birthday or something and gladly scarfed up with the old boy didn't touch!
@@freewaybabytry baby food! I’ve been giving my older cat baby food-turkey, chicken, beef, that’s all she’ll eat sometimes. We mix it in with raw meat when she’ll eat that.
Thank you so much for all of this wonderful information. My Sundrop is 20 and I want to make what years she has left as comfortable for her as possible. I love your channel! Much love to you and yours from Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
When my old cats started going potty around the house ( even though for 15 yrs of their life They can go in and out as they please ), I couldn't keep cleaning it up and getting angry ( I'm also ageing along with them), so I have a litterbox and puppy pads in every corner.8 to be exact. They are all over 16 except the 2 yr old stray. I would love to have a second litter box for them only I really can't afford all the litter. 💙 I really thank you for this video I'm so much more at ease. My cats are like my children and their health and how to help them at this stage in their life is super stressing.
You don’t say how many cats you have but you should have per litter tray per cat. If you can’t afford the litter then either A) use fine clumping litter which is more cost effective and/or B) don’t have so many cats if you can’t provide their needs. Why have so many cats if you can’t afford to look after them properly?!
I use horse bedding pellets, it lasts for a while and absorbs lots of moisture and odors. It costs around $7.00 for a huge bag and lasts me a while for their litter boxes.
Great advice, thank you. My boy is almost 16. Canned meat twice daily, with some added water, and warmed up a bit makes a huge difference. I sometimes share my Clinicians natural medicines with my cat, which is the easy digest probiotic, and joint pills. And also echinacea. I mix it in with meaty treats. We sometimes go for walks down the road at night so that he can get some movement and exercise. He is a great cat. Thank you for these videos, it truly makes a difference. I would have loved to get your supplements but we are not allowed to import it to New Zealand.
Love your videos - very informative and thank you for stepping out of practicing veterinarian medicine in a veterinary practice and teaching us what we can do to help our four legged friends naturally whether young or old. You have given us all a world of knowledge that we otherwise wouldn't have received any other way. Thank you Dr. Andrew Jones!
Rescue Remedy for anxiety is a homeopathic remedy. You can buy it at a health food store for humans AND for pets (with glycerin and not alcohol) . The night time howling in our senior cat was related to her kidney disease.
Wow information! Doc your knowledge, genuineness, and simplicity are amazing. I’m so thankful for finding your channel! Big thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Carlitos meow & dee in Chicago 🙏🏻
Thank you for your kind words and welcome to the channel! I hope you’ll find the other videos helpful. 🙏🏼 - Dr. Andrew Jones Get free ebook here: www.veterinarysecrets.com
My cat is 16 this year & has the occasional vomiting but not constipation, quite the opposite, so I just switched her from 9 Lives cat food to Purina Senior cat formula. It has the glucosamine, no dyes, more natural with real chicken, vegetables & grain, added vitamins & minerals. Also canned cat food gives her diarrhea.
You are such a blessing!! When you suggest a supplement can you make it so we can see what you use or write it in the description below the recording? I’m so afraid of buying things for my cat and they may add something that is dangerous. I’d like to use exactly what you use. Thank you for all you do!!!
I was giving my cat baby meat food sometimes, because he likes pure high quality baby chicken muss with rice mix without additives or spices just mixed with warm water ...and some omega 3 or salmon oil
My senior cat (Opal) would barely eat her dry kibble for a year and a half. She lost her left upper long tooth. I thought that she was old and was losing her appetite. I changed both my cats to chicken hearts and canned cat food. She was malnourished and had painful gingivitis which resolved and she now eats well.
Thank you so much for providing this incredibly helpful information. Would you mind providing links in your description for the products you mentioned? Gussy is a great example of how well fur family can do with proper care and it helps to know what’s worked for her.
my cat is 12. Ive been giving her flaxseed oil every day for the past 4 years. Ive also recently been putting chia seeds in her wet food. It all seems to be helping her stay young. Thank you for this video
Hi doctor and thanks for all your work and valuable expertise and information. I have a 16 year old tabby who I took in a little over a year ago because he could not poop. X-rays were taken and it showed basically a logjam in his intestine. I had examined his fecal matter before and found it to be absolutely dry inside with his tummy hair and dirt inside. Absolutely dry! Then after that extensive and might I add expensive diagnosis they sent me home with lactulose and that was it. He has been on canned food for some years. What I know to be true is that there is a animal hormone used in the making of plastic and his mother used to be overly interested in licking and chewing plastic and he follows in her footsteps to the degree that he will find pieces outside etc etc and it's almost impossible to keep track of what he ingests. Both my kitties grew up in the wild suburbs of the High Desert Foothills outside and north of LA CA. They've always been excellent Hunters and they're both pretty big boys who still love to go out and enjoy the Sun and roll in the dirt, hence the dirt in the stool contents. I've researched the attraction to plastic and that's what I found about the animal by-product being used for a binding agent in the plastic making. I took him to a second appointment where an actual biopsy was taken and sent back east for analysis. Their diagnosis was very in the gray once again without a good solid regimen for us to follow for the IBD they were claiming that he had. And not to mention the shape of his bowel was coming out like a flat ocean bottom jellyfish always very little and odd shaped about the size of a quarter. I researched and took pictures comparing the size and shape to a quarter. Definitely not a normal hot dog-shaped bowel. And always very dark green. He was a bit overweight when this first occurred. And he's always been a little piglet regarding eating. One of many of important reasons I got them off of any kibble because he would basically inhale it and it would come back up immediately. I feed them canned food I add extra water to the meal so that they have no choice but to ingest the water with the meal and they seem to enjoy that because they don't for whatever reason drink like they used to right out of the water bowl that's been kind of a mystery. I even bought them and automatic water fountain but both my cats weren't interested and Lippy, my cat in question was actually afraid of the automatic on and off motion detector setting:-). I would like to purchase products from you if that's possible. I agree with your stand in Natural Animal Health so I don't want to just go searching around and buying from anybody. Can you send me a brochure or literature by snail mail if that still exists? My mother who is 88 would enjoy also a brochure about you and your products and will Who You Are. She doesn't have a computer and she doesn't even have a cell phone:-) okay this novel has gone on long enough:-) My email is lordianro@gmail.com some of us out here still really appreciate holding information in our hands and being able to look at the pictures and have it be more physically consumed hahaha. Thank you for your time. Also my kitty had lost quite a bit of weight but still has a decent appetite but, he strains sometimes with no bowel at all and I know he's getting older but he's not as comfortable as I think he could be as he deals with this deformed digestive tract or colan. I would have continued to take him to vets if I could have but I was discouraged when they did all the diagnosis and still couldn't, like I said, give me a solid path to follow for us to deal with it. Thank you again doctor and much love and God bless your family and all your Critters 💪😇👌 💖
You are awesome! this is the first time watching you. You have no idea how much this video meant to me 💙. I have 4 cats that I've had since born and I all 4 of them are between 16 and 17 yrs old. ( I also have one that's almost 2 ) About 3 yrs ago we started giving canned food 3 times a day. It was mostly because they got very demanding about it. Then I figured well maybe they're having teeth problems so we gave in. I started worrying about them not getting enough nutrition by not eating enough cat chow. Thank you for straightening me out about that!!!!! I was also worried about switching to Friskies canned food after they have eaten 9Lives canned for 16 yrs of their life. At thier age I thought food brand change would be a catastrophe. Friskies canned has twice as much gravy compared to 9Lives. My oldest male alpha cat has had nightmares occasionally through his life. Now he makes the same noise awake daily. when I rush to him he's always just fine and circles my legs and purrs. My female white cat does this also but only once a week.. The 2 yr old cat stresses the old cats out every day.he does drag his butt sometimes and is very overweight. He stays stressed because he really just wants to play with everyone.
Hi! Doc!! I am new to your channel & I love your videos & the natural home remedies for our animals!!! I live myself by natural remedies. God gave us all we would ever need to live healthy lives!! It is wonderful that you teach those things for our precious pets!! Your cat is just beautiful & so precious!! I have a cat she is 16 or 17 & Ijust stumbled onto this video & I was so thankful because I am seeing things that are making my baby girl my cat her name is Princess. When she goes to pee she always cries & it is tearing my heart out. I can't afford to take her to the veterinary clinic. So your video helped me so much! What kind of wet food do you recommend I get her? She eats hard food & canned food. But she does seem unsatisfied lately. She also has alot of anxiety! But I know what to give her after listening to this video. I can see too she has arthritis in her right back leg. I will be getting some of the remedies you talked about. I just wanted to know what wet food & what dry food you would recommend? Thank you so much as I am subscribed now & looking forward to learning more to keep my Princess healthy & happy!! 🤗❤🐾❤🙌👍❤
Hi Doc - thank you so much. i’ve looked at a lot of vids on aging cats and yours is the best ever. you talk about what is actually going on and supplements and things which will help - especially the glucosamine. i was also wondering how kidney disease would make them feel and if symptoms were noticeable - so thanks for that. also, seeing your own cat and your family’s relationship with her was really great. looking forward to seeing more of your genuine advice and info. (ny, ny) :} 🌷🐈😼🐶
Thanks for the good information. The thing I'm noticing with the wet food I have been buying is that the quality of it has seriously declined within the last few months. It's no wonder my senior cat is turning up her little pink nose at it. I've been trying to substitute some meat, fish and chicken whenever I can get them. I've been buying the same brand for years (Friskies), but lately the texture appears sort of spongey & I can hardly blame the cat for rejecting it outright or simply picking at it. Hoping I can find something better for her.
some of the herbs we use in our formulas are Guggul to help with painful symptoms of arthritis and Ginger to help with inflammation and for its wonderful anti-oxidant properties 😊👍
I leave water out for my cats all the time. I also leave Coconut oil out for them to lick. I've tried to get mine to eat more canned foor, but they don''t always want to eat it. I give them kibbles most of the time and canned every few days.
I just did blood work for my 16 year old and foudmn out he is early stages of hyperthyroid. Can you make a video about the cure for this and the radio active iodine treatment? is it really safe?
@@TheWitchofWhiteTailHollow really? was he confined to a cage for 4 days and did you have a camera access for monitoring him? my cat would go insane. The only clinic I found that has condos instead of cages and 24 hr cameras for surveillance in about 6 hours from us. I ended up going wit the standard process formulas for hepatic and hyspoerthyroid kidneys ect and his blood work is now normal again.
Try coconut oil psyllium balls? So take a small amount of coconut oil mixed with psyllium husk fibre and maybe some crushed treats to form into a treat ball??
My cat is over 15 & was fine until 6 mo's ago- I think she has diabetes - I switched her to can & leave hi protein food to graze on- I give her a lot of hairball tx- she's been eating mostly treats lately& I think she's constipated so I did the Vaseline on her paw since she isn't eating for 2 days- she is drinking- so hopefully it will help her
I've been trying to figure out why my old 17yr cat howls for no reason so I started leaving an extra water bowl where he drinks with room temp water thinking the cold water is hurting his teeth or belly.he eats well, (he's overweight ) and drinks a lot of water. He goes #1and #2 potty seemingly normal. So my second thought was anxiety about something, his arthritis or teeth. About 5 yrs ago we started giving him Byvecta flea medicine. He suffered with severe skin problems his whole life. The Byvecta is a miracle drug for him, since he's been on it he's had a thick, beautiful coat of hair. Our small female calico also same issue.
DISCLAIMER: If After Reading This You Consider Making The Switch Please Do Your Research And Be Mindful I have a 16 year old kitty named Noot! She's precious and we love her here at home. About 4 months ago she started loosing fur on her back legs as well as her back end. We tried flea medication at first. Which initially helped with her scratching and biting but did nothing regarding her fur. We then thought of Omega Fatty Acids (especially considering its benefits for skin and coat) and began switching her nightly wet food feedings to wet fish types of canned food. This did not work as planned either so we began cracking a raw egg into her dry food during morning feedings. We did this for a week (switching to solely egg yolks midway through). WITHIN ONE WEEK there were finally signs of her fur beginning to come back. Since then we've completely switched her to a wet raw food diet fed twice daily and combined a medicinal mushroom (complex) supplement. Raw diet consisting of 70% Muscle Meats, 15% Meaty Bones, 15% Organ Meats fed at 4% of her body weight (haha had to invest in a cheap but quality produce scale). Biggest take aways since the switch (which I deem both life saving as well as life extending) are as follows: 1). Fully grown coat of fur, shinier and softer than ever before. 2). Increase of energy and just general curious kitty territory exploration. 3). She has become far more tolerant of our younger (more playful) Russian Blue/Tabby kitty and even plays occasionally where she previously would run away whilst hissing and growling. 4). Her litterbox is basically odor free and fills up in almost double the amount of time that it otherwise did with a traditional wet/kibble based diet. 5). It COSTS US LESS to feed her raw food than the traditional wet/kibble prescription based diet she lived on for years. Kitty's are obligate carnivores. They thrive on ethically produced raw MEATS!! P.S. We've also introduced a yogurt alternative known as Kefir. Contains more probiotics than yogurt, includes beneficial yeasts, and most unique of all, 1/4 the amount of lactose as other dairy products dude to its fermenting process.
Hello is vestibular disease curable and what is the best food to feed my cat went to a vet today and they were given them Temptations treats which I know is not good
My cat is 14 years old and she's been having on and off diarrhea for 9 months. 8 months ago I took her to the vet and checked her stool, no problem. The vet gave me FortiFlora, it works but her diarrhea came back. I will try probiotic for cat, thanks.
My cat Apple refuses to eat any can foods I have tried many different can foods, he almost seventeen has hyperthyroidism, I do add pumpkin powder with cranberry. I feel he has to eat the dry food has flaxseed, wholehearted at least he still eats
This as incredibly helpful... I’ll have to watch your vid on essential oils. My cats won’t touch anything with glucosamine. They will get mad. So I started giving my senior cats a triple blend for arthritis. 1MK ARNICA 1MK RHUS-TOX 1MK RHUTA The improvement is amazing! More alert, curious, less sleeping (pain). I get it from a homeopathic pharmacist and it’s affordable. They drink less water if I add it, so I am giving it by mouth. Do you think there could be any issue with the alcohol going directly into the mouth? My vet recommended it, but he failed to give proper dosing instructions so I want to be sure the carrier is not harmful. I give water and treat following Thank you so much.. I love Gussy telling you what she thinks throughout the video! 🤣🤣🤣
Ive got a 17yt old kitty & hes had 3 urinary problems with crystals in the urethra when he was younger, 2 years ago ì stopped the kibbel & only give him canned food with a bit of water to be sure he never get that again.....& ive always given him chicken & steak if im eating it...hes doing realy well for his age..but thank u for all the other things u taled about in the video...how do u feel about feeding them raw meat coz my guy loves it.....
You can check the playlist on Pet Food. I made a couple of videos on raw food. bit.ly/36YfZpr - Dr. Andrew Jones Get free ebook here: www.veterinarysecrets.com
Put half a capsule of cranberry(health store sells a bottle of cranberry capsules pretty cheap) powder mixed in wet food. 1x a week.then 1x month to stop crystals forming.
Thank you for the vid. Great info. Please do a vid on natural treatments for ear and throat polyps for cats. There's verys little info there, other than the suggestion of surgery
Your animals are so beautiful snd sweet. Thank you for sharing. My cat was diagnosed with Diabetes about a year ago. She's been on high protein low to no carbs/fat. I pick out all the peas and carrots from all her food and toss from her Wet food. No insulin yet but I have it on hand juat incase. I hears the vital essentias raw diet is best. Thoughts?
I feed my young cat a mixture of dry food and wet food. Because of that I have a drinking fountain, and he uses it a lot. Since cats have small stomachs, they need access to food most of the time. That is the advice I got from my vet. According to veterinarians in Norway, cats should have access outdoors, as they will live longer (about 5-600 cats are killed in traffic a year in Norway). My old family cat was attacked outdoors and got an infection, and I don’t understand why indoors cats is almost seen as abuse. I don’t know why the advice from vets is so different from Norway compared to other parts of the world.
It would be VERY helpful (actually necessary!) if you gave the names here, under the sm. drop down arrow, of these supplements you describe -- I didn't even understand a lot of the names you said, nevermind how to spell them!! (& u need to repeat the dosages, too, in writing here too!!) And where to buy each of these things!! Vet clinic? Drug store? Health food store? Some sm. appliance store?? Where??? I hv an elderly cat who really needs all of these things!! So, this was 33% helpful, and, really unfortunately, about 66% not helpful. 😞 I just got, for sure, the wet food not dry, which I already know.
thank you! my cat hase anxiety sins i saved him from greece, he was abused! and i am so sweet to him but the fear is onley 20% less and he is 11 years old now, can you just give them melatonine and in what dosis? about the lavendel that is a good idea! coconut oil is also realy good for cats!
Hi there I have a similar situation with my boy cat rescued from Mexico. I found cat CBD treats online from Intrinsic Hemp. Like you said some anxiety is still there but he’s so much more calm since I’ve been giving them to him. It’s been maybe 8 months now. I didn’t want to medicate him, these CBD treats really work!!
I have one male cat who's 10 years old and absolutely refuses to eat anything he will go days without eating and he destroys everything around me if I don't give him his dry food. I've had him since he was seven weeks old and he has never ever wanted anything to do with wet food. What should I do?
I have a gray cat his name is gus hes 15 a year older than me and hes an outside cat but hes still my baby Lately hes been meowing very quietly it's almost like hes trying to meow loudly like he usually does but it just wont come out also my mom (the one who put him outside in the first place) says he has worms yet she wont take him to the vet to get checked😡🙄😑
I have two elder cats, one 15, the other 17.. the 17 yr old is sooo thin. He will not transition to wet food, only wants dry, which he does eat, but not enough. The 15 yr. old loves her twice daily wet food, she's been eating for almost three years now. I am def concerned with the health of my 17 yr old and would like to find the best, nutrient dense dry food available or maybe a suggestion to get him to eat the wet food. He does like to lick coconut oil...is this okay? Thank you for the informative videos.
My cats are 9, 13 and 14 yrs old. They are rescued as babies and I had to feed the litter. We found good homes for all but three. No one wanted theses kitties so we end up keeping them. I will change their food Kibble to moisture cat food. Just for thought putting our cats and dogs age as we do we need more trips to the doctor they are the same way they get sick we need to get them some help. Can you be expensive yes so, please look at the long-haul of your pet. Make sure you can provide the medical needs as well as their mental needs.
Hi thank you SO much for this video for my 14 year old baby boy Oliver :) Random side question. Is rosemary safe for cats? He got fleas for the first time since he was a kitten and I'm looking for an alternative option. I've tried coconut oil and I read to make a spray with rosemary water. Thanks so much!
I wish I had seen this 4 years ago before I my last cat passed away, she was 14 years old. I think she had arthritis and her Vet said it was possible she did. I don't think your kitty liked being held lol. She was so pretty. I now have 2 cats 6 years old (boy) and a 2 year old (girl) both been fixed. Can I give them these supplements now?
Hi. In this video you talking about how take care of cats, what about treating warms in a national way? I use Diatomesios Earth (DE), do you think it's a good idea for treating warms?
I thought the same. My 10 year old indoor cat ran outside 2 nights ago. I was not paying attention. I hope she comes back. No more dry food. She was limping too and hiding sometimes
Dr,ze when cat itachi then we Indian put Been Oil and put warm water mix put massage after Been soap give to cat sawer . Never fall hair we use only Neem soap in home to . Is are OK .
Older cats can't clean their fur as easily lve been massaging each inch of fur slightly tugging at the roots fluffing out the fur is making a big difference in the well being of my 15 year old boy
Thank you very much for this informative video! I just started a 4 week "therapy" of green lip mussel powder to help my elderly cat keep her agility or even improve it. The powder contains glucosamine and is used as a remedy for animals as well as humans. What do you think about this treatment? Should I add more nutrition, vitamins etc? Thanks again! Sunny greetings from Berlin
my 5 yrs old black cat doesnt eat wet food for some reason.. I tried several different brand but she licks and goes away.. could you give me advice or any recommendation please?
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For 15 years I fed my Cat dry food, she had dry fur on top coat and oilly on the skin , every time I touch her my hands get sticky I thought she was born that way, I was so wrong! It's the dry garbage cat good she been eating! Thank you Dr. Jones! For a month I started to cook homemade cat food, my cat got more energy and her fur become so soft and shiny like a kitten and plus NO MORE greasy oily fur!!! These pet food company are making our pets sick some time they are killing our beloved pets with their toxic food, they are profiting with veterinarian and big pharmaceutical from you and your pets suffering!
Gussy is so adorable. My oldest cat was 22 and still was playful, it is so rewarding when they are long lived, so precious
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What is the brand of food you feed your cat?
Evangelist Gabriel Fernandes
22 years old…!!! You are so lucky 🍀
I switched my fur babies to canned only a little over a year ago, and it improved their health tremendously!
It doesn't seem to matter how "good" the brand is touted to be, my cats turn up their nose at canned food, once they've licked all the coating sauce off the yukky meat stuff left in the bowl. So, mega-bucks later, I'm picking up 1/2 bowls of food every morning. I'm glad to hear someone successfully did it though!
Marcy RP my cat does not like to chew. Get pate formula, they just lick it up!
My cat pepper is 10 and anything I can do to help her get to 20 as healthy as possible is appreciated. Thank you for all you do.
Thank you so much for this video. I have two senior kitties both have hyperthyroidism and are on medicine. I am now making food for them at home and buying prescription science diet for them. Your kitty is Blessed to have you in her life. Love how you honor and respect her. God Bless you Dr.
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@@VeterinarySecrets You are very welcome. Thank you!
To help with constipation, pumpkin baby food and mineral water
Dr. Jones-- BRAVO to you for being one of the only traditional medicine (non-homeopathic) vet to admit to the long-term devastating affects of dry food. Do you have any opinions on feeding your dogs/cats raw food? At any stage in life? Since....they are obligate carnivores. I would love to see a video on that if you have any opinions/ideas! TX!
Hi Alex Thanks- I feed my dog raw once/twice a week, as well as feeding raw to my last cat. I will do a future video
Really helpful,thankyou, and I love your respectful and kind attitude towards your cat. Much appreciated. :)
Welcome and Thanks
I add water in with the wet food. This has been a huge help. I actually add 50/50 water and food.
Good to know
I'm surprised they still like it, but hey.... if it works, that's great, because once the wet part has been licked up, mine leave all the rest in the bowl. I've tried adding organic chicken broth to the food with a little success, but my senior guy isn't eating anything past the liquid and sometimes, will only eat cheap cat treats. I've only ever had Greenie treats, but the vet's office had the cheap ones and he devoured those, sooo... He's been so ill (was on IV fluids for a week in the clinic), the vet says that even if it's not ideal, it's better than nothing. I think he's even getting tired of those now though, so hopefully he'll eat something else. Tried sardines this morning; he turned up his nose, but my younger FAT cat thought it was his birthday or something and gladly scarfed up with the old boy didn't touch!
I do that too! My cat prefers it that way, if I’m feeling lazy and don’t add enough water he doesn’t want to it eat haha.
make sure it's "soft" water though
@@freewaybabytry baby food! I’ve been giving my older cat baby food-turkey, chicken, beef, that’s all she’ll eat sometimes. We mix it in with raw meat when she’ll eat that.
Thank you so much for all of this wonderful information. My Sundrop is 20 and I want to make what years she has left as comfortable for her as possible. I love your channel! Much love to you and yours from Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
You are so welcome!
When my old cats started going potty around the house ( even though for 15 yrs of their life They can go in and out as they please ), I couldn't keep cleaning it up and getting angry ( I'm also ageing along with them), so I have a litterbox and puppy pads in every corner.8 to be exact. They are all over 16 except the 2 yr old stray. I would love to have a second litter box for them only I really can't afford all the litter. 💙
I really thank you for this video I'm so much more at ease. My cats are like my children and their health and how to help them at this stage in their life is super stressing.
You don’t say how many cats you have but you should have per litter tray per cat. If you can’t afford the litter then either A) use fine clumping litter which is more cost effective and/or B) don’t have so many cats if you can’t provide their needs. Why have so many cats if you can’t afford to look after them properly?!
~I use sand from a rock & quarry supply store~Its used for construction, and driveways, etc.~Maybe a nursery would have it, too?~Its much cheaper!~
I use horse bedding pellets, it lasts for a while and absorbs lots of moisture and odors. It costs around $7.00 for a huge bag and lasts me a while for their litter boxes.
Great advice, thank you. My boy is almost 16. Canned meat twice daily, with some added water, and warmed up a bit makes a huge difference. I sometimes share my Clinicians natural medicines with my cat, which is the easy digest probiotic, and joint pills. And also echinacea. I mix it in with meaty treats. We sometimes go for walks down the road at night so that he can get some movement and exercise. He is a great cat. Thank you for these videos, it truly makes a difference. I would have loved to get your supplements but we are not allowed to import it to New Zealand.
Love your videos - very informative and thank you for stepping out of practicing veterinarian medicine in a veterinary practice and teaching us what we can do to help our four legged friends naturally whether young or old. You have given us all a world of knowledge that we otherwise wouldn't have received any other way. Thank you Dr. Andrew Jones!
Thanks Rebecca
I concur!!
Rescue Remedy for anxiety is a homeopathic remedy. You can buy it at a health food store for humans AND for pets (with glycerin and not alcohol) . The night time howling in our senior cat was related to her kidney disease.
You are spot on...I’ve learned a few of these tricks over the course of many rescues...thank you for sharing them!
Wow information! Doc your knowledge, genuineness, and simplicity are amazing. I’m so thankful for finding your channel! Big thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Carlitos meow & dee in Chicago 🙏🏻
Thank you for your kind words and welcome to the channel! I hope you’ll find the other videos helpful. 🙏🏼
- Dr. Andrew Jones
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My cat is 16 this year & has the occasional vomiting but not constipation, quite the opposite, so I just switched her from 9 Lives cat food to Purina Senior cat formula. It has the glucosamine, no dyes, more natural with real chicken, vegetables & grain, added vitamins & minerals. Also canned cat food gives her diarrhea.
You are such a blessing!! When you suggest a supplement can you make it so we can see what you use or write it in the description below the recording? I’m so afraid of buying things for my cat and they may add something that is dangerous. I’d like to use exactly what you use.
Thank you for all you do!!!
I've always had my cat on wet food and I always put a little water around her food in her dish so she's always drinking fluid with each meal.
Such an informative video. A humidifier and heating pad are a golden combo :)
I was giving my cat baby meat food sometimes, because he likes pure high quality baby chicken muss with rice mix without additives or spices just mixed with warm water ...and some omega 3 or salmon oil
My senior cat (Opal)
would barely eat her dry kibble for a year and a half. She lost her left upper long tooth.
I thought that she was old and was losing her appetite. I changed both my cats to chicken hearts and canned cat food. She was malnourished and had painful gingivitis which resolved and she now eats well.
I love this guy he is great
Thank you so much for providing this incredibly helpful information. Would you mind providing links in your description for the products you mentioned? Gussy is a great example of how well fur family can do with proper care and it helps to know what’s worked for her.
my cat is 12. Ive been giving her flaxseed oil every day for the past 4 years. Ive also recently been putting chia seeds in her wet food. It all seems to be helping her stay young. Thank you for this video
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Thank you doc I have a cat exactly like your we adopted two cats on Sunday together with another tabby thanks for the tips
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Hi doctor and thanks for all your work and valuable expertise and information. I have a 16 year old tabby who I took in a little over a year ago because he could not poop. X-rays were taken and it showed basically a logjam in his intestine. I had examined his fecal matter before and found it to be absolutely dry inside with his tummy hair and dirt inside. Absolutely dry! Then after that extensive and might I add expensive diagnosis they sent me home with lactulose and that was it. He has been on canned food for some years. What I know to be true is that there is a animal hormone used in the making of plastic and his mother used to be overly interested in licking and chewing plastic and he follows in her footsteps to the degree that he will find pieces outside etc etc and it's almost impossible to keep track of what he ingests. Both my kitties grew up in the wild suburbs of the High Desert Foothills outside and north of LA CA. They've always been excellent Hunters and they're both pretty big boys who still love to go out and enjoy the Sun and roll in the dirt, hence the dirt in the stool contents. I've researched the attraction to plastic and that's what I found about the animal by-product being used for a binding agent in the plastic making. I took him to a second appointment where an actual biopsy was taken and sent back east for analysis. Their diagnosis was very in the gray once again without a good solid regimen for us to follow for the IBD they were claiming that he had. And not to mention the shape of his bowel was coming out like a flat ocean bottom jellyfish always very little and odd shaped about the size of a quarter. I researched and took pictures comparing the size and shape to a quarter. Definitely not a normal hot dog-shaped bowel. And always very dark green. He was a bit overweight when this first occurred. And he's always been a little piglet regarding eating. One of many of important reasons I got them off of any kibble because he would basically inhale it and it would come back up immediately. I feed them canned food I add extra water to the meal so that they have no choice but to ingest the water with the meal and they seem to enjoy that because they don't for whatever reason drink like they used to right out of the water bowl that's been kind of a mystery. I even bought them and automatic water fountain but both my cats weren't interested and Lippy, my cat in question was actually afraid of the automatic on and off motion detector setting:-). I would like to purchase products from you if that's possible. I agree with your stand in Natural Animal Health so I don't want to just go searching around and buying from anybody. Can you send me a brochure or literature by snail mail if that still exists? My mother who is 88 would enjoy also a brochure about you and your products and will Who You Are. She doesn't have a computer and she doesn't even have a cell phone:-) okay this novel has gone on long enough:-) My email is lordianro@gmail.com some of us out here still really appreciate holding information in our hands and being able to look at the pictures and have it be more physically consumed hahaha. Thank you for your time. Also my kitty had lost quite a bit of weight but still has a decent appetite but, he strains sometimes with no bowel at all and I know he's getting older but he's not as comfortable as I think he could be as he deals with this deformed digestive tract or colan. I would have continued to take him to vets if I could have but I was discouraged when they did all the diagnosis and still couldn't, like I said, give me a solid path to follow for us to deal with it. Thank you again doctor and much love and God bless your family and all your Critters
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You are awesome! this is the first time watching you. You have no idea how much this video meant to me 💙. I have 4 cats that I've had since born and I all 4 of them are between 16 and 17 yrs old.
( I also have one that's almost 2 )
About 3 yrs ago we started giving canned food 3 times a day. It was mostly because they got very demanding about it.
Then I figured well maybe they're having teeth problems so we gave in. I started worrying about them not getting enough nutrition by not eating enough cat chow. Thank you for straightening me out about that!!!!! I was also worried about switching to Friskies canned food after they have eaten 9Lives canned for 16 yrs of their life. At thier age I thought food brand change would be a catastrophe.
Friskies canned has twice as much gravy compared to 9Lives.
My oldest male alpha cat has had nightmares occasionally through his life. Now he makes the same noise awake daily. when I rush to him he's always just fine and circles my legs and purrs. My female white cat does this also but only once a week..
The 2 yr old cat stresses the old cats out every day.he does drag his butt sometimes and is very overweight. He stays stressed because he really just wants to play with everyone.
Thank you, your opinion is important to me.
Hi! Doc!! I am new to your channel & I love your videos & the natural home remedies for our animals!!! I live myself by natural remedies. God gave us all we would ever need to live healthy lives!! It is wonderful that you teach those things for our precious pets!! Your cat is just beautiful & so precious!! I have a cat she is 16 or 17 & Ijust stumbled onto this video & I was so thankful because I am seeing things that are making my baby girl my cat her name is Princess. When she goes to pee she always cries & it is tearing my heart out. I can't afford to take her to the veterinary clinic. So your video helped me so much! What kind of wet food do you recommend I get her? She eats hard food & canned food. But she does seem unsatisfied lately. She also has alot of anxiety! But I know what to give her after listening to this video. I can see too she has arthritis in her right back leg. I will be getting some of the remedies you talked about. I just wanted to know what wet food & what dry food you would recommend? Thank you so much as I am subscribed now & looking forward to learning more to keep my Princess healthy & happy!! 🤗❤🐾❤🙌👍❤
Thanks for sharing, shared.
What a beautiful soul. Thank you for the advice.
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Hi Doc - thank you so much. i’ve looked at a lot of vids on aging cats and yours is the best ever. you talk about what is actually going on and supplements and things which will help - especially the glucosamine. i was also wondering how kidney disease would make them feel and if symptoms were noticeable - so thanks for that. also, seeing your own cat and your family’s relationship with her was really great. looking forward to seeing more of your genuine advice and info. (ny, ny) :} 🌷🐈😼🐶
Glad you find the video helpful. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much! I have learned a lot to hep my older cats. This video has been a lifesaver for me.
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thank you, for this, from my 2, 17 yrs old babies,
Love to Gussy
Great info~ thank you. Love to Gussie 💗
Thanks for the good information. The thing I'm noticing with the wet food I have been buying is that the quality of it has seriously declined within the last few months. It's no wonder my senior cat is turning up her little pink nose at it. I've been trying to substitute some meat, fish and chicken whenever I can get them. I've been buying the same brand for years (Friskies), but lately the texture appears sort of spongey & I can hardly blame the cat for rejecting it outright or simply picking at it. Hoping I can find something better for her.
Thank you for the video. It's really helpful
You're welcome!
Hi,Dr.Jones,
Gussy is 20 years old and she's so cute!!
I can't believe that Gussy is 20? WOW!,
Kenny Ruglio
some of the herbs we use in our formulas are Guggul to help with painful symptoms of arthritis and Ginger to help with inflammation and for its wonderful anti-oxidant properties 😊👍
I leave water out for my cats all the time. I also leave Coconut oil out for them to lick. I've tried to get mine to eat more canned foor, but they don''t always want to eat it. I give them kibbles most of the time and canned every few days.
I just did blood work for my 16 year old and foudmn out he is early stages of hyperthyroid. Can you make a video about the cure for this and the radio active iodine treatment? is it really safe?
I had one go through the treatment many years ago and he did just fine!
@@TheWitchofWhiteTailHollow really? was he confined to a cage for 4 days and did you have a camera access for monitoring him? my cat would go insane. The only clinic I found that has condos instead of cages and 24 hr cameras for surveillance in about 6 hours from us. I ended up going wit the standard process formulas for hepatic and hyspoerthyroid kidneys ect and his blood work is now normal again.
Very informative! Thanks for uploading!!! I no longer have my geriatric cat but still find this stuff very helpful!!
Thanks
cat dental health would also interest me! :)
Try coconut oil psyllium balls? So take a small amount of coconut oil mixed with psyllium husk fibre and maybe some crushed treats to form into a treat ball??
Great. Thank you for replying back.
Thank you!💚 Very helpful!
That's great to hear.
Enjoy this ,thanks for this vital informative.
My cat is over 15 & was fine until 6 mo's ago- I think she has diabetes - I switched her to can & leave hi protein food to graze on- I give her a lot of hairball tx- she's been eating mostly treats lately& I think she's constipated so I did the Vaseline on her paw since she isn't eating for 2 days- she is drinking- so hopefully it will help her
Can you wet a tibble and add protien?
Can you post links to the products please!! Thank you very helpful
Yes working on it :-)
I've been trying to figure out why my old 17yr cat howls for no reason so I started leaving an extra water bowl where he drinks with room temp water thinking the cold water is hurting his teeth or belly.he eats well, (he's overweight ) and drinks a lot of water. He goes #1and #2 potty seemingly normal.
So my second thought was anxiety about something, his arthritis or teeth. About 5 yrs ago we started giving him Byvecta flea medicine. He suffered with severe skin problems his whole life. The Byvecta is a miracle drug for him, since he's been on it he's had a thick, beautiful coat of hair. Our small female calico also same issue.
Hi. Great information.
Can you point me to a good glucosamine.
Thank you.
DISCLAIMER: If After Reading This You Consider Making The Switch Please Do Your Research And Be Mindful
I have a 16 year old kitty named Noot! She's precious and we love her here at home. About 4 months ago she started loosing fur on her back legs as well as her back end. We tried flea medication at first. Which initially helped with her scratching and biting but did nothing regarding her fur. We then thought of Omega Fatty Acids (especially considering its benefits for skin and coat) and began switching her nightly wet food feedings to wet fish types of canned food. This did not work as planned either so we began cracking a raw egg into her dry food during morning feedings. We did this for a week (switching to solely egg yolks midway through). WITHIN ONE WEEK there were finally signs of her fur beginning to come back. Since then we've completely switched her to a wet raw food diet fed twice daily and combined a medicinal mushroom (complex) supplement. Raw diet consisting of 70% Muscle Meats, 15% Meaty Bones, 15% Organ Meats fed at 4% of her body weight (haha had to invest in a cheap but quality produce scale). Biggest take aways since the switch (which I deem both life saving as well as life extending) are as follows: 1). Fully grown coat of fur, shinier and softer than ever before. 2). Increase of energy and just general curious kitty territory exploration. 3). She has become far more tolerant of our younger (more playful) Russian Blue/Tabby kitty and even plays occasionally where she previously would run away whilst hissing and growling. 4). Her litterbox is basically odor free and fills up in almost double the amount of time that it otherwise did with a traditional wet/kibble based diet. 5). It COSTS US LESS to feed her raw food than the traditional wet/kibble prescription based diet she lived on for years. Kitty's are obligate carnivores. They thrive on ethically produced raw MEATS!!
P.S. We've also introduced a yogurt alternative known as Kefir. Contains more probiotics than yogurt, includes beneficial yeasts, and most unique of all, 1/4 the amount of lactose as other dairy products dude to its fermenting process.
Hello is vestibular disease curable and what is the best food to feed my cat went to a vet today and they were given them Temptations treats which I know is not good
How do we use petroleum jelly?
My cat is 14 years old and she's been having on and off diarrhea for 9 months. 8 months ago I took her to the vet and checked her stool, no problem. The vet gave me FortiFlora, it works but her diarrhea came back. I will try probiotic for cat, thanks.
So thankful. Wish I knew sooner. My cat has stones in her bladder. My friend suggested of course dry kibble.
Try distilled water
Thanks for the tips! Which probiotic is it? Ultimate Flora? I couldn't locate it on Amazon, the one you have with the yellow lid.
I can't believe I just found you Dr Jones.
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My cat Apple refuses to eat any can foods I have tried many different can foods, he almost seventeen has hyperthyroidism, I do add pumpkin powder with cranberry. I feel he has to eat the dry food has flaxseed, wholehearted at least he still eats
This as incredibly helpful... I’ll have to watch your vid on essential oils.
My cats won’t touch anything with glucosamine. They will get mad. So I started giving my senior cats a triple blend for arthritis.
1MK ARNICA
1MK RHUS-TOX
1MK RHUTA
The improvement is amazing! More alert, curious, less sleeping (pain). I get it from a homeopathic pharmacist and it’s affordable.
They drink less water if I add it, so I am giving it by mouth. Do you think there could be any issue with the alcohol going directly into the mouth? My vet recommended it, but he failed to give proper dosing instructions so I want to be sure the carrier is not harmful. I give water and treat following
Thank you so much.. I love Gussy telling you what she thinks throughout the video! 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you.
Ive got a 17yt old kitty & hes had 3 urinary problems with crystals in the urethra when he was younger, 2 years ago ì stopped the kibbel & only give him canned food with a bit of water to be sure he never get that again.....& ive always given him chicken & steak if im eating it...hes doing realy well for his age..but thank u for all the other things u taled about in the video...how do u feel about feeding them raw meat coz my guy loves it.....
You can check the playlist on Pet Food. I made a couple of videos on raw food.
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Put half a capsule of cranberry(health store sells a bottle of cranberry capsules pretty cheap) powder mixed in wet food. 1x a week.then 1x month to stop crystals forming.
Thank you for the vid. Great info. Please do a vid on natural treatments for ear and throat polyps for cats. There's verys little info there, other than the suggestion of surgery
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My maine coon has a tumor. Hope this helps
Your animals are so beautiful snd sweet. Thank you for sharing.
My cat was diagnosed with Diabetes about a year ago. She's been on high protein low to no carbs/fat. I pick out all the peas and carrots from all her food and toss from her Wet food. No insulin yet but I have it on hand juat incase.
I hears the vital essentias raw diet is best. Thoughts?
I feed my young cat a mixture of dry food and wet food. Because of that I have a drinking fountain, and he uses it a lot. Since cats have small stomachs, they need access to food most of the time. That is the advice I got from my vet. According to veterinarians in Norway, cats should have access outdoors, as they will live longer (about 5-600 cats are killed in traffic a year in Norway). My old family cat was attacked outdoors and got an infection, and I don’t understand why indoors cats is almost seen as abuse. I don’t know why the advice from vets is so different from Norway compared to other parts of the world.
It would be VERY helpful (actually necessary!) if you gave the names here, under the sm. drop down arrow, of these supplements you describe -- I didn't even understand a lot of the names you said, nevermind how to spell them!! (& u need to repeat the dosages, too, in writing here too!!) And where to buy each of these things!! Vet clinic? Drug store? Health food store? Some sm. appliance store?? Where??? I hv an elderly cat who really needs all of these things!! So, this was 33% helpful, and, really unfortunately, about 66% not helpful. 😞 I just got, for sure, the wet food not dry, which I already know.
Mine is starting to have anxiety. I want to do the lavender thing but I had read that those diffusers are bad for cats lungs?
I read it's toxic
diffuser and put i 5-10 drops of catnip oil works on my cats for anxiety- most cats tolerate it well and is nontoxic to cats
~I often add chicken or fish broth to their wet food, or even just water to make a gravy~Frequent raw meats is good, too!!!~
Do not want to use petroleum products. Periodically use canned 100% pumpkin, added to soft food and also unrefined coconut oil. They love both.
thank you! my cat hase anxiety sins i saved him from greece, he was abused! and i am so sweet to him but the fear is onley 20% less and he is 11 years old now, can you just give them melatonine and in what dosis? about the lavendel that is a good idea! coconut oil is also realy good for cats!
Hi there I have a similar situation with my boy cat rescued from Mexico. I found cat CBD treats online from Intrinsic Hemp. Like you said some anxiety is still there but he’s so much more calm since I’ve been giving them to him. It’s been maybe 8 months now. I didn’t want to medicate him, these CBD treats really work!!
Love your video i learned so much
Makes sense
do you have a list of the supplements? I had a hard time understanding some of them.
I have one male cat who's 10 years old and absolutely refuses to eat anything he will go days without eating and he destroys everything around me if I don't give him his dry food. I've had him since he was seven weeks old and he has never ever wanted anything to do with wet food. What should I do?
Ive always fed canned but what canned food do you recommend? Thank you
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For me taking a good quality CBD oil helps a lot. Have heard tremendous benefits for pets too.
I have a gray cat his name is gus hes 15 a year older than me and hes an outside cat but hes still my baby
Lately hes been meowing very quietly it's almost like hes trying to meow loudly like he usually does but it just wont come out also my mom (the one who put him outside in the first place) says he has worms yet she wont take him to the vet to get checked😡🙄😑
Is the Ultimate feline health formula okay for elderly CRF kidney compromised kitties?
I have two elder cats, one 15, the other 17.. the 17 yr old is sooo thin. He will not transition to wet food, only wants dry, which he does eat, but not enough. The 15 yr. old loves her twice daily wet food, she's been eating for almost three years now. I am def concerned with the health of my 17 yr old and would like to find the best, nutrient dense dry food available or maybe a suggestion to get him to eat the wet food. He does like to lick coconut oil...is this okay? Thank you for the informative videos.
Coconut oil is OK. The eukanuba maximum calorie is a good option
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My cats are 9, 13 and 14 yrs old. They are rescued as babies and I had to feed the litter. We found good homes for all but three. No one wanted theses kitties so we end up keeping them. I will change their food Kibble to moisture cat food. Just for thought putting our cats and dogs age as we do we need more trips to the doctor they are the same way they get sick we need to get them some help. Can you be expensive yes so, please look at the long-haul of your pet. Make sure you can provide the medical needs as well as their mental needs.
Hi thank you SO much for this video for my 14 year old baby boy Oliver :) Random side question. Is rosemary safe for cats? He got fleas for the first time since he was a kitten and I'm looking for an alternative option. I've tried coconut oil and I read to make a spray with rosemary water. Thanks so much!
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Lol! Kitty says she doesn't want to be your "helper".
I wish I had seen this 4 years ago before I my last cat passed away, she was 14 years old. I think she had arthritis and her Vet said it was possible she did. I don't think your kitty liked being held lol. She was so pretty. I now have 2 cats 6 years old (boy) and a 2 year old (girl) both been fixed. Can I give them these supplements now?
Yes
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I have a cat that sheds terribly and has problems with hair balls, but canned food seems to give her loose stools. I'm not sure what to do.
Fantastic video
Thanks!
Thoughts on CBD oil?
My cat is 15 years old and has a blotting stomach and trouble walking..is there something i can do...thnks
Its a great video by the way ...
Thnks
Hi. In this video you talking about how take care of cats, what about treating warms in a national way? I use Diatomesios Earth (DE), do you think it's a good idea for treating warms?
Yes, I regularly use DE
How do you treat with DE please
i always assumed canned food was bad for them. i have 3 senior cats.lord knows i dont have enough money for treatment so i will start preventative.
The canned is far better- good idea
I thought the same. My 10 year old indoor cat ran outside 2 nights ago. I was not paying attention. I hope she comes back. No more dry food. She was limping too and hiding sometimes
Have you considered slippery elm for several things you've talked about?
I have featured slippery elm in several videos.
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I have tried so many brands of wet cat food & my cat is so picky do you have any suggestions?
Dr,ze when cat itachi then we Indian put Been Oil and put warm water mix put massage after Been soap give to cat sawer . Never fall hair we use only Neem soap in home to . Is are OK .
Older cats can't clean their fur as easily lve been massaging each inch of fur slightly tugging at the roots fluffing out the fur is making a big difference in the well being of my 15 year old boy
Thank you very much for this informative video! I just started a 4 week "therapy" of green lip mussel powder to help my elderly cat keep her agility or even improve it. The powder contains glucosamine and is used as a remedy for animals as well as humans. What do you think about this treatment? Should I add more nutrition, vitamins etc? Thanks again! Sunny greetings from Berlin
Thanks. That is also a good option.
my 5 yrs old black cat doesnt eat wet food for some reason.. I tried several different brand but she licks and goes away.. could you give me advice or any recommendation please?
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Wow, that is a very old cat and I learned that s/he passed away already.