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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 317165" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Now that cats are living so much longer, vets are seeing a LOT of arthritis. Used to a cat was lucky to make it to ten or twelve before dying of renal failure or the like.</p><p></p><p>husband and I had an old guy who lived to be nearly 23 years of age. He had his share of health problems, including getting quite senile and losing his hearing, but the big issue was that he had horrible arthritis in his spine, hips, and shoulders.</p><p></p><p>Back then, there weren't really any good long-term pain killers that cats could take. It was when they first came out with the joint supplements for humans and we used to open them up and mix a bit of the powder into some baby food meat to get him to take it.</p><p></p><p>I think it helped, but we finally did wind up putting the poor guy down when he was in such pain that he'd become nearly immobile.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully your old gentleman will do well with modern medication. If you have access to a veterinary acupunturist, both dogs and cats often get really good results from that treatment as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 317165, member: 1963"] Now that cats are living so much longer, vets are seeing a LOT of arthritis. Used to a cat was lucky to make it to ten or twelve before dying of renal failure or the like. husband and I had an old guy who lived to be nearly 23 years of age. He had his share of health problems, including getting quite senile and losing his hearing, but the big issue was that he had horrible arthritis in his spine, hips, and shoulders. Back then, there weren't really any good long-term pain killers that cats could take. It was when they first came out with the joint supplements for humans and we used to open them up and mix a bit of the powder into some baby food meat to get him to take it. I think it helped, but we finally did wind up putting the poor guy down when he was in such pain that he'd become nearly immobile. Hopefully your old gentleman will do well with modern medication. If you have access to a veterinary acupunturist, both dogs and cats often get really good results from that treatment as well. [/QUOTE]
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