Firstly, we are not veterinary professionals but have experienced living with a geriatric cat with CDS. If you have any concerns about your pet, we recommend you consult your vet.
Read here Vets4Pets Health Advice
A cat or dog with CDS can become anxious, disorientated, confused and forgetful – including forgetting to eat.
Here are the signs for a cat or dog:
- Confusion and disorientation so forgetting normal things: that they would previously be use to sleep pattern may change and there might be nighttime howling or barking
- Staring at walls or into space
- Withdrawn and depressed
- Memory loss
- Changes in general behaviour
So if you notice any changes in your senior pet, please book an appointment with your vet.
At this point we would like to quote Vets4Pets: “CDS is much more common than you might think – a study suggested that 28% of pet cats aged 11 to 14 years develop at least one geriatric-onset behaviour problem that appears to relate to CDS, and this increases to over 50% for cats of 15 years of age or older! As CDS is degenerative, sadly affected cats are likely to worsen with time, which is known as cognitive decline.”