How to give palliative care to your Cat
Palliative care is caring for a cat at the end of her life or with a life-limiting disease like cancer. This stage shows the real love of the owner for his pet also a difficult stage for cat lovers. Decreasing the endless pain of an old cat or a cat surviving cancer is the major part of palliative care.
Modifying activities maintaining the diets, and changing the living style are also included in palliative care.
Some people think that Palliative care is only for cancer. It’s not true. It is for all types of life-limiting diseases like Feline Leukemia virus, Old ness, kidney disease, Heart disease and all kinds of cancer including bone cancer, mast cell tumour, Lymphomaand squamous cell carcinoma (which are common in cats).
Signs of life-limiting disease/Cat dying:
Many common symptoms of illnesses in your cat are signs of life-limiting diseases also. When you notice that something is wrong with your cat, first of all, you should examine the pet by your veterinarian. Some important signs of a cat dying are here.
Sometimes your cat eats well but is still losing weight. In senior cats, weight loss is common. Some of this is due to losing normal muscle cats’ bodies become less active and efficient in digesting the protein.
By increasing the age, the weight loss becomes extreme, and cats become more thin and lazy. In the case of cancer, weight loss is extreme. And the bone of the cat becomes weak.
Hiding is common for some cats, but Extra hiding is a sign of disease. Cats don’t like to go outside and prefer sitting and hiding in the corner of homes.
Cats don’t like to eat if they are falling ill. It can reject its favourite food and feel sad also. There are some medications that your vet can refer to you.
Behavioural change is a common sign of life-limiting illness. Some cats change their behaviour totally. Sadness becomes part of their life. They start to in depressed and don’t give response to the call of the owner. They don’t like to move.
That is the sign that differentiates between common diseases and life-limiting diseases.
In other diseases, cats become healthy after the use of medication or give some response to the medical treatment, but in the case of life-limiting diseases, cats show no response to the treatment.
Best palliative care tips for your Cat
A loving owner can’t see the painful and harsh life of his cat. We are providing you with the best tips for palliative care to make your cat happy at the end of life. Hopeful, it will change a painful time into a player.
Management of pain is the most important part of palliative care. In the condition of pain, cats tend to hide or discomfort. Many types of medication can be used to decrease the pain by your vet.
To make your cat comfortable, you should spend more of your time with it. When your cat gets pain relief completely, it feels comfortable. Also, make sure that your cat can get food, water and his/her little box easily.
In cancer or other life-limiting diseases cats decrease eating, So experiment with various types of food until you find one that is liked by them. Also, note all the activities of eating then you can find what change you need.
This is the most emotional time for the owner of a cat. Euthanasia provides painless and gentle death to your cat. It is a peaceful end to your pet which is better than a painful life. Your veterinarian is the best person to tell you about the time of euthanasia. He also has special training to free your cat from a life that cannot be lived.
