Cat Health

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Everything for a cat that's unwell or needs support: prescription diets, supplements, and treatments for skin, joints, digestion and stress. It's grouped by what's wrong rather than by product type, so you can see the food and the supplement for a condition side by side. Some things shouldn't wait Cats hide illness well, and by the time something is obvious it has often been going on a while. If your cat is straining in the litter tray, has stopped eating for more than a day, is breathing oddly, or has gone suddenly quiet and withdrawn, that's a call to your vet rather than a purchase. Most practices in the UK have an out-of-hours service, and it's usually a recorded message on the main number telling you where to go. Worth knowing yours before you need it. Start from the problem The pages under this section cover urinary, kidney and liver, digestive, dental, weight, coat and skin, and thyroid. Each one has the veterinary diets and the supplements for that condition together, so you're not hunting through two departments. If you're not sure which applies, the Veterinary Condition filter on the left does the same job across everything here. Diets and supplements are different things The veterinary diets here are clinical nutrition for diagnosed conditions. They work by restricting or adjusting things a healthy cat needs, so they aren't an upgrade and some are unsuitable for a well cat. Buy exactly what your vet named. Supplements are a different category altogether. They're feed supplements, not medicines. At best they support a treatment plan. A joint supplement won't reverse arthritis and a urinary supplement won't clear an infection. They're worth it when your vet has suggested one, or alongside proper treatment for an older cat, and rarely worth it as a precaution for a healthy young one. Give them time. Most joint and skin supplements need six to eight weeks before you can judge whether anything has changed. Getting things into a cat The main practical problem w