This is where your cat’s best life begins! Comprehensive preventative cat care is essential to ensuring our pets are happy and healthy today and tomorrow. Preventative care also helps provide them with as many good years with you as possible. Moreau Animal Clinic recommends annual wellness exams for all adult cats!
Vaccinations
Keeping your feline friend up to date on immunizations and booster shots is a highly effective way to prevent many common diseases and infections like distemper and rabies. Beyond those core vaccines, your cat’s age, lifestyle, and likely exposure to certain diseases will be evaluated before we recommend additional inoculations.
Dental Care
Imagine what your teeth would be like if you never cleaned them. Well, the same thing is happening to your cat’s teeth without proper oral care. We can show you tips for brushing your pet’s teeth as well as alternative routine dental care. Providing preventative dental care can reduce the need for expensive extractions and more serious dental work in your pet’s senior years. Brushing at home, water additives, dental diets, and chews all play a role. We’re happy to demo brushing techniques during your next visit.
Parasite Control
Fleas, ticks and intestinal parasites – preventing them in the first place is much easier and ultimately less expensive than getting rid of them after they’ve infested your pet. We recommend monitoring your pet and having them screened for internal parasites regularly. If your cat is an indoor outdoor cat, routine dewormings are encouraged. We have several options for flea, tick and intestinal parasite preventative.
Proper Nutrition
There’s so much confusion about what to feed pets. Grain-free kibble? Home-cooked meals? Raw food diet? Proper nutrition is so important to your pet’s good health, and we can help you figure out what is best for your pet and your lifestyle.
Behavioral Evaluation
Changes in mood or behavior can often be a symptom of an underlying medical condition. Cats in particular are very adept at hiding signs of illness! Swiftly addressing these shifts can help to identify and treat the root cause.
Skin and Coat Care
Cats that are over grooming can be a sign of illness as well as pain. Contact us for a problem exam if you find your pet is over grooming.
Senior Animals
At Moreau Animal Clinic, we love senior pets! And we don’t believe aging is a disease. We also know that preventative feline care is even more significant for them in their golden years. Cats age much more rapidly than humans, so diseases and illnesses progress faster as well. We recommend exams twice a year as well as screenings for certain ailments to help prolong and improve their quality of life.
We know that every furry friend is different! Our veterinarians tailor a plan to best fit your pet, your family, and your lifestyle.
Call us today at (518) 792-6011 to schedule your cat’s wellness exam!