Since your cat will live over half their life as a senior, it’s important to understand how you can best to meet the nutritional requirements of older cats. It’s common for older cats to put on weight because they are a lot less active and even though there have been some major advances in cat care both by vets and in education cat owners, cats still have problems with optimum nutrient absorption and therefore don’t always get the most benefit from their meals.
One of the major problems you’ll encounter when looking after an older cat is the battle to keep their weight at a suitable level. Cat’s are classed as seniors from the age 7 to 11. After the age of 11 they become a mature cat. So from the age of 7 your cat is classed as an older cat and therefore will have different nutritional requirements.
