We offer special healthcare plans to closely monitor your pet as they age to make sure they have the potential for a long and healthy retirement.

We look at and give advice on:

Diet and Nutrition

• Digestibility, caloric content, quality of ingredients

• Discussion of any new developments in the use of stage-of-life diets, food supplements, or food additives (e.g., omega-3 fatty acids, nutraceuticals)

• Attention to ingredients that might affect disease in older pets

Dental/Oral care

Weight control

Maintaining mobility via exercise or therapeutic intervention

Pain management

Mental health and cognitive function

• importance of routine and predictable environment;

• environmental enrichment;

• companion pets and social interaction;

• discussion of brain aging;

• monitoring signs of cognitive decline

Preventative medicine

• as pets age their immune system is not as effective so regular worming, flea treatment and vaccinations are essential

Diagnostic tests

• to check internal organ function and pick up on any issues early

• examples of common conditions in ageing pets are hormonal disorders, kidney disease, cancers, diabetes, heart disease, osteoarthritis etc