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Originally Posted by helena330
I had a kidney kitty that made it to 21. I have to respectfully disagree with not taking an older cat to the vet. My cat's kidney failure was found early and I was able to have her five more years just with diet change. There's a test now that can find it even earlier. Diabetes can be managed if found early. So can heart issues. My seniors go twice a year for blood work. They get over the shock pretty fast. I don't vaccinate them past about 14, however.
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Thanks for this. I will pass this on to my daughter. She's had another cat now for over a year, and was dragging her heels on taking her in for vax and spaying. She just managed to get that done last week. I'd been nagging her to do it for months, but I finally gave up, decided to let her get there on her own (or what she'd think was her own).
My daughter is weird about some things. She had problems with going to both the local vets, one because she was the vet who diagnosed late Kitty's kidney failure, and the other because she was the one who gave the second opinion (there's no hope) and who performed the euthanasia.
I don't know if she'll listen or not, but I'll try. It just might be that the vet who said not to bother with annual visits was just trying to make her feel better. Daughter had asked if it would have made a difference.
