Senior pets
Older pets: more meds, more vet visits and a closer eye on weight and routine.
Guides on this topic
Tracking a Senior Pet's Changes Over Time
To track senior pet changes, write each one down in plain words with the date you first saw it and your pet's age, then bring the notes to your vet. What a change means is for your vet to say.
Senior Pet Care Checklist: What to Do and Keep Track Of
A senior pet care checklist is a short list: a vet visit about every six months, a comfortable home, a diet review with your vet and a written record between visits. Your vet decides anything medical.
Other topics
- Routines and shared careDaily care routines, and sharing them in a household without doubling up.4 guides
- FeedingMeal times, the portions your vet set, treats, water and schedules that stick.4 guides
- MedicationsGiving medicine on time: schedules, reminders, courses and a record of every dose.4 guides
- Vet visits and recordsWhat to note before a vet visit, and keeping a record your vet can read.4 guides
- Vaccines and preventivesKeeping track of vaccines, and flea, tick and worming dates.3 guides
- New petsThe first weeks with a puppy, kitten or rescue: routines, supplies and records.3 guides
- DogsWalks, meals, grooming and the routines of a dog household.3 guides
- CatsMeals, litter, grooming and the quiet routines of a cat household.2 guides
- Small pets and exoticsRabbits, guinea pigs, birds, reptiles and fish: care logs for every kind of pet.3 guides
- Senior petsOlder pets: more meds, more vet visits and a closer eye on weight and routine.2 guides
- Travel and pet sittersHanding care to a sitter, boarding, and travelling with pets.2 guides
- Lost pets and safetyMicrochips, ID, lost pet posters and being ready before something goes wrong.3 guides