Complete Care for Your Aging Cat Quotes

“One of the best ways to find out about care options and receive emotional support is to talk with other cat owners who have experienced similar situations with their pets.”
― Amy Shojai, Complete Care for Your Aging Cat

“Therefore, Hill’s Pet Nutrition therapeutic diet called Prescription Diet Feline l/d for cats with liver disease is supplemented with carnitine, taurine, and arginine. Depending on your cat’s specific needs, other therapeutic diets may be appropriate as well.”
― Amy Shojai, Complete Care for Your Aging Cat

“When pain or illness consumes her with little hope of recovery; when your cat knows her fight is done; when prolonging her life offers no hope for enjoying that life; these are determinations only you, as your cat’s best friend, can make. People who are closely bonded to their special cats just know when the time is right. Listen to your heart, and your cat will tell you when she’s ready to say goodbye.”
― Amy Shojai, Complete Care for Your Aging Cat

“A good way to keep in mind the special needs of your aging cat is simply to use the acronym L.O.V.E.  That stands for Listen With Your Heart; Observe for Changes; Visit the Veterinarian; and Enrich the Environment.”
― Amy Shojai, Complete Care for Your Aging Cat

“In fact, weight loss particularly of lean muscle, tends to occur in cats at about two to two-and-a-half years prior to their death from age-related diseases,”
― Amy Shojai, Complete Care for Your Aging Cat

“Although senior cats are the same constant friend we’ve always known, they tend to become less patient as they get older. She’ll rely more on routine, want her dinner right now, and demand attention this instant.”
― Amy Shojai, Complete Care for Your Aging Cat

“We share our secret souls with our pets in ways we wouldn’t dare with another human being,” says Dr. Wallace Sife, a psychologist and president of the Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement. “We’re human beings, and love is love.”
― Amy Shojai, Complete Care for Your Aging Cat

“Studies have shown that contact with cats offers great physical and emotional health benefits to people, from children and adolescents, to adults and senior citizens.”
― Amy Shojai, Complete Care for Your Aging Cat

“we consider cats to be middle aged at seven to eleven years old, and geriatric thereafter.”
― Amy Shojai, Complete Care for Your Aging Cat

“According to the 2013-2014 National Pet Owners Survey, there are 86.4 million cats kept in 45.3 percent of U.S. households, a number expected to rise.”
― Amy Shojai, Complete Care for Your Aging Cat