Field Notes
Care manuals
Household logistics: water, the box, the carrier, the older cat. Not treatment plans.
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8 min
Water, always
Chronic kidney disease is common in older cats. The cheapest intervention is making water unavoidable.
7 min
The box as a vital sign
Litter habits are often the first chart a veterinarian wishes you had kept.
6 min
Weight is a weekly number
A kitchen scale and a carrier. Monthly guesses miss the slide into thinness or the creep of fat.
5 min
The carrier is furniture
A cat who only sees the carrier at 2 a.m. will not walk into it at 2 a.m.
10 min
The older cat
Senior cats compensate until they cannot. Bloodwork on a schedule is cheaper than a crisis.
6 min
Teeth, quietly
Cats eat through pain until they stop. Bad breath and dropping food are clinic signs, not personality.
7 min
A quieter house
Cystitis in cats is often a stress disease as much as a crystal disease.
5 min
The 2 a.m. go-bag
The bag exists so you do not think. You pick it up and you leave.