Sphynx cat in old age: changes in the body

With age, a Sphynx cat accumulates a large amount of sulfur in the ears, which leads to significant hearing loss. But the main cause of hearing loss is the loss of elasticity of the eardrums. Result: the cat practically stops hearing high-frequency sounds.

The second problem is visual impairment. The main age-related eye disease appears - cataracts. Because of this, the lens becomes cloudy, visual acuity is lost. In addition, the number of photosensitive cells in the retina is sharply reduced, your cat sees, especially with a decrease in illumination, at dusk, not to mention the dark time of the day, it gets worse and worse.

Poorly seeing and hearing cats often get hit by cars, and other severe cases occur.

The work of the kidneys worsens, dryness appears in the mouth, the cleansing of the body is poor. The taste buds on the tongue wear out, and it loses one of the important elements - taste. This leads to an even more dangerous problem.

It weakens over the years, and sometimes the sense of smell is generally lost. Her antennae, nasal passages, other organs of smell cease to provide proper information for determining food, hunting. She may not find her way home, eat everything that comes across, not feel the temperature of food and other unpleasant things.

In a Sphynx cat, in old age, the skin becomes coarser, elasticity deteriorates. Wool becomes brittle, falls out. Plus, the vital activity of the sebaceous glands worsens. Dandruff, sores appear. All this leads to a violation of thermoregulation, high sensitivity to cold, to diseases.

Due to the lack of absorption of calcium, other vital substances, such unpleasant diseases as rheumatism and arthritis appear. Their danger is not only in the pain caused to the animal, but the trouble is in the loss of strength of bones, joints, weakening of elasticity and muscle capacity. Decreased body weight. She often gets fractures, is afraid to jump, tries to sleep more and move less, which worsens the situation even more.

The next trouble: teeth hurt and fall out. Unfortunately, the incisors fall out first. The oral cavity often becomes inflamed, especially the tonsils. She cannot eat normally, headaches appear, even dizziness.

The mass of the brain is reduced by more than a quarter, the number of nerve cells in the brain is drastically reduced. You notice that the cat's reaction speed disappears, a gradual loss of memory. The cat herself feels it even more, she becomes either nervous or indifferent.

Due to the deterioration of blood circulation, the brain does not receive the necessary substances, and at the same time cannot reproduce the components necessary for blood. There comes a gradual death of the internal organs: the blood, both in quantity and in its composition, cannot ensure their normal capacity. This is followed by the next trouble: heart failure develops. What this leads to is clear: strokes, heart attacks. Immunity, the body's resistance to diseases, and, above all, oncological ones, decreases.

With age, due to a sedentary lifestyle, the volume of the lungs decreases, mucus accumulates in them more and more, breathing worsens. Often suffers from acute respiratory diseases. There is shortness of breath, cough. The body does not receive the proper amount of oxygen. And if we add here the deterioration of thyroid function, then the picture is far from joyful.

In a Sphynx cat, metabolism slows down in old age. Digestion, the functioning of the liver and intestines become very, very problematic. One is superimposed on the other: it is necessary to lick the wool, but it falls out and goes to the stomach, intestines, clogging them. The work of the excretory system is disturbed - the kidneys suffer.

In cats, the menstrual cycle is disturbed, estrus is now irregular. You do not have to wait for the normal period of pregnancy and childbirth. Both in cats and in cats, cases of the formation of tumors of the reproductive organs are frequent. Urinary incontinence, frequent constipation and, conversely, diarrhea become common.

The whole situation can be summed up in one sad word: old age.