| Age is the great equalizer for us all and cats are not | | | | As mentioned above once a cat becomes reaches |
| different. With age the urinary system starts to | | | | the age of fourteen or fifteen is when problems |
| wear out as well as a cats mental faculties start to | | | | typically start to appear. Around this time there |
| deteriorate. Occasionally, cats over 14 years of age | | | | should be a litter box on every floor of the house. If |
| will get confused and disoriented, failing to remember | | | | the sides are too high, use your imagination to build |
| where the litter box is located. Sometimes the culprit | | | | an entrance ramp, or cut a hole in the side of the |
| is a urinary tract infection that leads to excess | | | | litter box. If your seasoned citizen feline can't squat |
| urination. Whatever the cause it makes good sense | | | | properly and urine tends to be displaced outside the |
| to add a number of extra clean litter boxes both for | | | | litter box or on the wall place a newspaper or plastic |
| convenience and as a precautionary step to minimize | | | | bag on the floor and adjacent wall. Secure them with |
| the chances of urinary tract infections. | | | | masking or duck tape. |
| As your cat proudly moves into the golden years, he | | | | In summary, elderly cats require special care and |
| or she should be given a fair amount of special | | | | after all they deserve it. Additionally, many proud |
| treatment. Granted a senior citizen discount card may | | | | owners of faithful felines are adopting a regime |
| not be one of the perks but perhaps that extra litter | | | | including a combination of special diet considerations |
| box just might be the ultimate reward. Elderly or sick | | | | and a natural homeopathic remedy to keep their |
| cats may become too weak to walk all the way to | | | | beloved cats urinary tract working at it best for as |
| the box, or a weakened bladder may release urine | | | | long as possible. These natural homeopathic remedies |
| before they can find their way to the litter box. | | | | are very safe and quite often contain ingredients |
| Arthritis is another bump in the road, making it | | | | such as uva ursi that are considered to be natural |
| difficult to step over the high sides into the box, or | | | | urinary tonics. |
| prevent them from squatting properly. | | | | |