Health Checks

Health Checks for kittens and Annual Health Check for adult cats. 

When you bring your new kitten in for a check up, we can ensure that your kitten is in good health, and talk to you about how to keep it healthy and happy. 

During each examination, we will examine your kitten/cat from head to tail. First of all, we’d weigh your cat, assess the Body Condition Score, and compare this weight to the previous weights, and then we will check the ears, nose, eyes, mouth, teeth and skin. Proceeding down the body, listen to the chest for abnormal heart and lung sounds, and then palpate the abdomen for lumps and bumps. We also check the lymph nodes and around the bottom, measure the body temperature and spend time on other specific areas such as joints. 

This consultation is especially important for first time cat owners to learn about normal cat behaviour, correct diets, preventative care such as de worming, flea control, home dental care, and some of the common cat diseases. 

Although adult vaccination booster is every 3 years, we recommend an annual health check for all pets. 

Older Cat Health Checks 

Cats older than 7 years of age are considered to be elderly. 

During the annual examination, we would pay more attention to diseases of old age, such as heart disease, dental disease, arthritis, Hyperthyroidism (high level of Thyroid hormone), Hypertension (high blood pressure), and renal/ kidney disease. 

We recommend annual blood and urine tests for older pets. 

Please do try to bring in a urine sample at the health check. 

The easiest way to do this is by using a special type of cat litter that does not absorb urine. We sell Catrine Pearl cat litter for this purpose. 

Wash & dry the tray well, put a thin layer of the Pearl cat litter in. 

Make sure no other cats can use that tray (for example, put the cat and tray in a bedroom, or toilet with the door shut, and wait!)