By taking the time to learn more about the special needs of your senior pet, you have taken the first step towards ensuring your pet continues to lead a healthy and happy life. Pets in their senior years — roughly age seven and older — begin to go through a gradual reduction of their physical capabilities.
Fortunately, this process can be slowed down and managed through proper veterinary care, offering your beloved pet an extended period of vitality and good health. Additionally, preventive care tailored to your pet's age, lifestyle, risk factors, and other elements can help prevent common diseases or detect them at early and easily treatable stages.
Once the specific needs of your older dog or cat are addressed, a solid baseline laboratory test may be used to monitor your pet at a time when small changes can be detected before they become more serious, and even life-threatening, concerns.