I wanted to alert cat owners about a couple of really nice videos I've recently come across. The videos deal with two fairly common cat diseases; chronic renal failure and diabetes mellitus. Both of these conditions occur with surprising frequency in cats especially as they get older.
The
videos are produced by Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and are made possible by funding from our friends at
Purina Veterinary Diets.
Both videos provide comprehensive information on the diagnosis and management of these two chronic diseases. Real cat owners are interviewed and they provide real insight into how they began to recognize the symptoms of each disease and how they are dealing with home care.
I was really impressed with how complex subject matter like kidney function and glucose metabolism can be made so easily understood through simple animation. I have a better understanding of how each disease effects cats by watching these videos.
Both of these conditions require significant home care. It can be daunting to owners of newly diagnosed cats to learn that they will be responsible for daily medication, including injections, and that their cats are totally dependent on their loving owners. The video clips of actual cat people dealing successfully with these issues is super. Scary insulin injections become routine pretty quickly and these owners adapted to the challenges very well.
Much of the fear cat lovers have of certain diseases stems primarily for lack of knowledge. If you have a diabetic cat or one afflicted with kidney disease the half hour spent watching these
videos will be well worth it. Neither one mentions
pet health insurance by the way.
It goes without saying that a
PurinaCare policy for your cat can make managing long term diseases much less costly and stressful for both you and your feline best friend.