4 good reasons for taking your cat to the veterinarian

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Cats are pets as popular as dogs, nevertheless we benefit from much fewer veterinary care than them. Why ?

  • Because we have the reputation to be self-sufficient in many domains.
  • Because we are the world champions to hide our signs of disease and our wounds.
  • Because indoor cats risk nothing.
  • Because it is difficult to let us go into our PTU.

Those are myths ! Your cat deserves to remain healthy as much as you do : prevention is better than cure.
Take your cat to the vet

4 good reasons for bringing your cat to the veterinarian

(we cannot believe that we have just written this title…)

To carry out a general health control

The veterinarian is going to examine your cat from the nose to the tail. He will check :
– the weight: thinness, obesity, variation with regard to the previous visit, …
– the eyes : flow, state of the retina, reflex of the pupil, …
– the ears : wax excess, mites, …
– the teeth : tartar, gums inflammation, abscess, …
– the skin : alopecia, cyst, state of the fur, abscess, parasite’s presence, …
A health problem detected in an early stage is easier (and cheaper !) to heal.

To renew vaccines

Most of the vaccines must be renewed every year to keep their efficiency.

To verify the functioning of the microchip

It is very rare, but it may happen that the identification chip has a failure, or it may happen that it moves.

To cure your cat

It is rather obvious…

Vétérinaire examinant un chaton

By Martino cantagallo (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

How often should you take your cat to the vet ?

Without specific problem, one or two annual visits are recommended. We go there only once : you would not get too much of good things, isn’t it…

Do you go regularly to the veterinarian ?

23 thoughts on “4 good reasons for taking your cat to the veterinarian

  1. Sammy

    YES I do go to my vet every four months for my thyroid check……….I’m sure I wouldn’t be almost 17 without the good care of my vet AND my humans!!

    Hugs, Sammy

  2. Just Ducky

    Yep, mum takes me once a year. Thankfully I have only had to go to the vet once for something when I wasn’t feeling good. Fixed me right up and been good since.

  3. mommakatandherbearcat

    My Momma drags me in at least every year. The past couple years, I’ve had to make some extra visits too (I had a tumor and also dental problems). She gets nervous the longer it gets from my annual exam because she’s a worrier and is sure something terrible is going to happen to me. I know she loves me … but I don’t love the vet!

  4. The Daily Pip

    Rosie and Moo Shu go once a year as she young and healthy. Elsie, our older girl, sees the vet regularly as she is older and has some health issues. We are lucky to have a vet that comes to the house to check on Elsie

  5. Raven

    I take the animals to the vet frequently, but I’ve never asked him to check if their microchip is working. I must remember to do that.

  6. Rosa @ Cat Lady Confidential

    This is so important! I take my cat 1 time a year for general health control and vaccines. Unfortunately he hates going to the vet and always makes a scene, but we take him anyway. It’s for his own good even if he does realize that.

  7. Mark's Mews

    We get regular vet visits even when we don’t think we need them. The Big Thing never lets our protests stop him.

    BTW, It is our 10th Blogiversary today. We have been looking forward to that fer a long time and hope you will come and visit!

  8. Timmy Tomcat

    Dad takes us for our yearly check ups and more if he is suspicious of our behavior. I was taken the other week for a tiny cough. Dad was thinking all bad things but I have no asthma, heart problems, or anything it seems from them stealing my good blood and taking that funny see-through picture.
    Purrs All
    Timmy

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