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Should every cat get an annual vet exam ?
My 10 years old cat is going to have a blood work done tomorrow in preparation for her teeth cleaning in November. A vet technician just left me a phone message asking me if I also would like her to get an annaul examination. I think for an annual exam the vet usually listens to the cat's heartbeats, looks into the cat's eyes and ears and feels the stomach with his fingers but I don't know how important it is to do these things. Please let me know what you think. Plese reply to the newsgroup as my mailbox has been disabled by the swen virus. Thanks. |
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My cat and dog have an annual booster and they are checked over at the same time . I think it's important , and older cats and dogs should have twice yearly check ups. -- Alison Links to animal information websites http://mysite.freeserve.com/petinfolinks/ wrote in message ink.net... My 10 years old cat is going to have a blood work done tomorrow in preparation for her teeth cleaning in November. A vet technician just left me a phone message asking me if I also would like her to get an annaul examination. I think for an annual exam the vet usually listens to the cat's heartbeats, looks into the cat's eyes and ears and feels the stomach with his fingers but I don't know how important it is to do these things. Please let me know what you think. Plese reply to the newsgroup as my mailbox has been disabled by the swen virus. Thanks. |
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Hi ,
My cat and dog have an annual booster and they are checked over at the same time . I think it's important , and older cats and dogs should have twice yearly check ups. -- Alison Links to animal information websites http://mysite.freeserve.com/petinfolinks/ wrote in message ink.net... My 10 years old cat is going to have a blood work done tomorrow in preparation for her teeth cleaning in November. A vet technician just left me a phone message asking me if I also would like her to get an annaul examination. I think for an annual exam the vet usually listens to the cat's heartbeats, looks into the cat's eyes and ears and feels the stomach with his fingers but I don't know how important it is to do these things. Please let me know what you think. Plese reply to the newsgroup as my mailbox has been disabled by the swen virus. Thanks. |
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Hi ,
My cat and dog have an annual booster and they are checked over at the same time . I think it's important , and older cats and dogs should have twice yearly check ups. -- Alison Links to animal information websites http://mysite.freeserve.com/petinfolinks/ wrote in message ink.net... My 10 years old cat is going to have a blood work done tomorrow in preparation for her teeth cleaning in November. A vet technician just left me a phone message asking me if I also would like her to get an annaul examination. I think for an annual exam the vet usually listens to the cat's heartbeats, looks into the cat's eyes and ears and feels the stomach with his fingers but I don't know how important it is to do these things. Please let me know what you think. Plese reply to the newsgroup as my mailbox has been disabled by the swen virus. Thanks. |
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wrote in message ink.net... My 10 years old cat is going to have a blood work done tomorrow in preparation for her teeth cleaning in November. A vet technician just left me a phone message asking me if I also would like her to get an annaul examination. I think for an annual exam the vet usually listens to the cat's heartbeats, looks into the cat's eyes and ears and feels the stomach with his fingers but I don't know how important it is to do these things. Please let me know what you think. Plese reply to the newsgroup as my mailbox has been disabled by the swen virus. Thanks. I have always had an annual exam for each of my cats. It is done at the same time as any booster shots. Now that Holly is 8 years old ( think I said 9 years old in one message, then realized that I had added a year), I had a full panel blood work done. She is healthy and has never been sick, but this will give us a baseline to use as a guide as she gets older. Duffy is approximately 5 years old and was adopted several months ago. I had more extensive tests done because he came from an animal shelter and before that from a home that might not have given him the best care -- so he had vaccinations, heartworm test, thyroid check, blood pressure, full panel blood test, and FeLV (ELISA) test. Everything checked out fine. Now we will go back to routine annual exams for a few years. This is more information than you requested, but you can see from this that I do think it is important to have regular exams. It helps us to monitor our pets' health, and might catch some problems early (instead of too late) -- just as with annual exams for people. This is particularly important for your cat because he is 10 years old and is becoming a "senior citizen" (although I admit that I don't really look at mine as "seniors" at that age -- mine never showed any signs of aging until well past 10 years). MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Photos of Duffy and Holly (pictorial history of my blind cat Duffy's integration into our household): Duffy, Part I: The Introduction -- http://tinyurl.com/8y54 Duffy, Part II: Life at Home -- http://tinyurl.com/8y56 |
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wrote in message ink.net... My 10 years old cat is going to have a blood work done tomorrow in preparation for her teeth cleaning in November. A vet technician just left me a phone message asking me if I also would like her to get an annaul examination. I think for an annual exam the vet usually listens to the cat's heartbeats, looks into the cat's eyes and ears and feels the stomach with his fingers but I don't know how important it is to do these things. Please let me know what you think. Plese reply to the newsgroup as my mailbox has been disabled by the swen virus. Thanks. I have always had an annual exam for each of my cats. It is done at the same time as any booster shots. Now that Holly is 8 years old ( think I said 9 years old in one message, then realized that I had added a year), I had a full panel blood work done. She is healthy and has never been sick, but this will give us a baseline to use as a guide as she gets older. Duffy is approximately 5 years old and was adopted several months ago. I had more extensive tests done because he came from an animal shelter and before that from a home that might not have given him the best care -- so he had vaccinations, heartworm test, thyroid check, blood pressure, full panel blood test, and FeLV (ELISA) test. Everything checked out fine. Now we will go back to routine annual exams for a few years. This is more information than you requested, but you can see from this that I do think it is important to have regular exams. It helps us to monitor our pets' health, and might catch some problems early (instead of too late) -- just as with annual exams for people. This is particularly important for your cat because he is 10 years old and is becoming a "senior citizen" (although I admit that I don't really look at mine as "seniors" at that age -- mine never showed any signs of aging until well past 10 years). MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Photos of Duffy and Holly (pictorial history of my blind cat Duffy's integration into our household): Duffy, Part I: The Introduction -- http://tinyurl.com/8y54 Duffy, Part II: Life at Home -- http://tinyurl.com/8y56 |
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wrote in message ink.net... My 10 years old cat is going to have a blood work done tomorrow in preparation for her teeth cleaning in November. A vet technician just left me a phone message asking me if I also would like her to get an annaul examination. I think for an annual exam the vet usually listens to the cat's heartbeats, looks into the cat's eyes and ears and feels the stomach with his fingers but I don't know how important it is to do these things. Please let me know what you think. Plese reply to the newsgroup as my mailbox has been disabled by the swen virus. Thanks. I have always had an annual exam for each of my cats. It is done at the same time as any booster shots. Now that Holly is 8 years old ( think I said 9 years old in one message, then realized that I had added a year), I had a full panel blood work done. She is healthy and has never been sick, but this will give us a baseline to use as a guide as she gets older. Duffy is approximately 5 years old and was adopted several months ago. I had more extensive tests done because he came from an animal shelter and before that from a home that might not have given him the best care -- so he had vaccinations, heartworm test, thyroid check, blood pressure, full panel blood test, and FeLV (ELISA) test. Everything checked out fine. Now we will go back to routine annual exams for a few years. This is more information than you requested, but you can see from this that I do think it is important to have regular exams. It helps us to monitor our pets' health, and might catch some problems early (instead of too late) -- just as with annual exams for people. This is particularly important for your cat because he is 10 years old and is becoming a "senior citizen" (although I admit that I don't really look at mine as "seniors" at that age -- mine never showed any signs of aging until well past 10 years). MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Photos of Duffy and Holly (pictorial history of my blind cat Duffy's integration into our household): Duffy, Part I: The Introduction -- http://tinyurl.com/8y54 Duffy, Part II: Life at Home -- http://tinyurl.com/8y56 |
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I think for an annual exam the vet usually listens to the cat's heartbeats, looks into the cat's eyes and ears and feels the stomach with his fingers but I don't know how important it is to do these things. I think it's very important. My cats get annual wellness checks where they get a blood panel and a physical examination. I also think it's important as cats get older to have annual check ups. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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I think for an annual exam the vet usually listens to the cat's heartbeats, looks into the cat's eyes and ears and feels the stomach with his fingers but I don't know how important it is to do these things. I think it's very important. My cats get annual wellness checks where they get a blood panel and a physical examination. I also think it's important as cats get older to have annual check ups. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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