Cats aged 10 and over are entering their geriatric years and benefit from intensified wellness monitoring that enables detection of the multiple age-related conditions that emerge simultaneously in elderly cats.
Geriatric cats often have multiple concurrent welfare-impairing conditions that interact and reinforce each other — CKD causing hypertension causing retinal damage, hyperthyroidism masking CKD severity, dental pain reducing appetite and body condition, and OA pain reducing activity and normal behaviour. Single-disease management without comprehensive assessment misses the interactions that determine overall quality of life. Six-monthly comprehensive assessments allow early intervention in each condition, typically improving welfare across all dimensions simultaneously. Owners who invest in geriatric wellness visits consistently report dramatic improvements in their cats' quality of life from treatment of previously undetected conditions — particularly OA pain management and hypertension treatment.