Sentences with phrase «older cats tend»

Older cats tend to have an acquired immunity to the viruses, however secondary bacterial infections may be more serious to an older cat.

Older cats tend to end up with longer, thicker nails and often a greasy exudate around the nail bed.

This is because older cats tend to develop more health issues like arthritis, cancer and kidney problems.

Many older cats tend to be too chubby until they reach about 12 years of age.

Kittens are more energetic and older cats tend to be more lethargic and apathetic.

An important aside: Many older cats tend to be underweight.

Older cats tend to be more sensitive to cold and will often seek warmth more than when they were younger.

Old cats tend to be lean.

Old cats tend to have very delicate skin that is quite fragile.

Not exact matches

As your cat gets older, it tends to develop tooth or gum problems that hinder its ability to chew hard food.

«I tend to think of cats between the ages of 9 - 13 as senior and those 14 and older as geriatric,» said Angela Witzel, DVM, PhD.

An older or heavier cat tends to be one requiring re-bandaging and an extra stay.

A variety of topics come up, and I tend to ask a lot of questions from making decisions about a very ill cat, to how to welcome a new kitten into our home with an already two year old cat present.

Feline asthma usually develops in cats between the ages of two and eight years old, and tends to be more common in female cats, as well as Siamese and Himalayan breeds.

It tends to hit the very young and the very old, and no one yet can predict what causes it in some cats, and not in others.

Kittens are hard to come by at Christmas time because cats tend to breed during the summer months, so also consider that, if a feline friend is welcome as a gift, maybe an older cat would be a good choice.

This tends to be especially true of older cats and often times is more apparent (or just more bothersome) at night.

Foster Volunteers have dramatically increased our life - saving ability, whether they are giving older cats a break from the shelter environment, providing isolation for cats or dogs possibly exposed to contagious disease, carrying out behavior modification programs for dogs to make them adoptable, or tending to a myriad of other special needs.

Kittens tend to get adopted quickly while older cats are left waiting for the right home to come along.

The Things Older Cats Need are Easy to Give Older folk can tend to be stuck in their ways — they like what they like, no need for the shiny or the new.

Very young dogs and cats have as much as 70 % to 80 % total body water, 2 while older pets may have as little as 50 % to 55 %.2 Fatty tissue contains much less water than do muscle, organs, and soft tissue, so overweight animals tend to carry less water per pound proportionally to lean dogs.

Also many shelters tend to have lower adoption fees for older cats.

Some of my older cats are tending to her cleaning and care and she passively lets them dote on her.

Otherwise this is a formula my cats like and I appreciate that it has no grain in it and is low calorie and high quality for my older cats who are tending to put on weight.

Feline These tend to occur in neutered middle aged cats and older cats, especially Burmese, Himalayan, and Persian breeds.

Cats, especially older ones, tend to love routine.

Unlike a kitten, an older cat is housetrained and they tend to be calmer.

In addition to a decrease in physical activity, older cats and dogs tend to develop more degenerative health problems.

Dogs and cats with mammary tumors tend to be older, so Geriatric Diseases are more prevalent.

This tends to be a disease of middle - aged and older unspayed female dogs and cats.

This tends to happen more in older cats, but some breeds can be predisposed to it, especially the Manx breed, and it can develop in cats of all ages.

Cats with inflammation of the intestine tend to be middle - aged and older.

It is not only safe for most pets but these youngsters tend to bounce back faster than older cats and dogs!

«The problems we tend to see most with cats are obesity and dental disease,» says Collins, who notes that obesity is usually more of a problem with older, indoor cats.

Dogs tend to want to explore the whole place right away, but cats will adjust better if they are left in a smaller room first with some comforts from the old house and then slowly allowed the opportunity to check out the rest of the house.

Older dogs and cats tend to be less active and inquisitive.

Also: two very detailed studies supporting a widely understood (though only rarely acknowledged among TNR opponents) pattern of predators: cats tend to prey on the young, the old, the weak and unhealthy.

As is true with many cancers, affected dogs and cats tend to be older animals.

It's been demonstrated — though Clark and his colleagues won't acknowledge it — that cats (like all predators) tend to prey on the young, the old, the weak and unhealthy.

Kittens tend to go quickly once they enter the shelter system but older cats and cats with medical needs tend to be the last to go.

Unaltered cats, as young as five months old, are driven by their hormones and tend to sneak outdoors primarily in search of a mate.

The breed tends to be somewhat slow maturing, frequently these cats will not reach their full development until they are three years or older.

The condition tends to worsen faster in younger cats than older.

Heya I have a 4/5 month old rotweiller whom does not bark or protect our house of strangers, he tends to bark at the cats hanging around but not strangers coming near or to the house.

They tend to occur mainly in older cats and may be secondary to other illnesses, such as diabetes.

You can find dogs and cats of all ages in shelters, but older dogs tend to have a harder time finding a forever home.

As they grow older, cats tend to be picky eaters and you may have a hard time finding cat food that they will take a liking to.

These tend to be found in older male cats.

Older cats also tend to sleep more deeply, so it is not a good idea to disturb a sleeping cat as it will be startled, especially if its hearing is not as good as it once was.

Our companion animal's metabolism, just like that of humans, tends to slow down as we get older (20s and 30s for us, and past 1 - 2 years for cats).