TEN THINGS YOUR VET WANTS YOU TO KNOW

How to get the most from your relationship with your vet.

How to have a better relationship with your vet.

Your relationship with your vet is really important. When it comes to caring for a cat, the vet is the person you will turn to when your cat is sick, needs preventative care such as vaccinations, and often for a range of advice. Having a vet you can trust and who you feel knows your cat will go a long way to making cat ownership a much more positive experience.

However, what do our vets want from us to make this relationship the best it can be? Vet Penny Clarke is on hand to help as she reveals 10 things your vet would like you to know…

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Diagnosing your cat’s illness is a bit like putting together a tricky jigsaw puzzle. We collect pieces of information about your cat’s health and build a picture to help us work out what’s going on.The more pieces we have, the clearer our picture is of your cat’s situation.

We’ll examine your cat for physical changes but we also need information from you about their symptoms and behaviour.Try writing a list of your concerns before the appointment to help jog your memory. Even seemingly insignificant changes in your cat’s behaviour could provide the key to explaining what’s wrong with your cat.

Penny Clarke, BVetMed MRCVS, graduated in 2003 from the Royal Veterinary College. She is a cat-loving clinician at a busy, small animal hospital in Warwickshire. Penny writes about all things veterinary and also human neurodiversity, particularly autism.