Pets with Dementia

BoysInBlue · July 10, 2014

Just read an article on this subject: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...r-thanks-owners-love-theres-tragic-twist.html

Cats and Dogs being diagnosed with Dementia, forgetting who their owners are, where they live, what they like to eat...

I don't own any pets but I don't think it's fair on animals to suffer like this. I do wonder if it would be more humane to put them down if they're diagnosed with this.

Pat's Van · July 10, 2014

had a goldfish that kept trying to jump out the bowl

Kurt. · July 10, 2014

BoysInBlue said:
Just read an article on this subject: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...r-thanks-owners-love-theres-tragic-twist.html

Cats and Dogs being diagnosed with Dementia, forgetting who their owners are, where they live, what they like to eat...

I don't own any pets but I don't think it's fair on animals to suffer like this. I do wonder if it would be more humane to put them down if they're diagnosed with this.

I wonder if it would be more humane for humans to have the option to decide on this issue too when diagnosed with dementia, but that's another topic.

efcarentwe · July 10, 2014

our dog has dementia according to the vet. he never forgets when its Friday and chippy night though.

Pat's Van · July 10, 2014

efcarentwe said:
our dog has dementia according to the vet. he never forgets when its Friday and chippy night though.

on a related note, 4 forks and a savaloy makes a great dog shaped sausage toy

EFCNIK · July 10, 2014

I had a guinea pig who kept thinking it was a turtle and moving it's little paws in circular motions and crawling along at 1/5 the speed it usually would.

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Diogenes the Cynic · July 10, 2014

It should be like Logan's Run and they get wiped out at a certain age.

Still better for them than getting molested by Rolf.

BoysInBlue · July 10, 2014

Diogenes the Cynic said:
It should be like Logan's Run and they get wiped out at a certain age.

Still better for them than getting molested by Rolf.

0:35 "She spagged me... and I was doing nothing!"

evilwebby · July 10, 2014

BoysInBlue said:
Just read an article on this subject: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...r-thanks-owners-love-theres-tragic-twist.html

Cats and Dogs being diagnosed with Dementia, forgetting who their owners are, where they live, what they like to eat...

I don't own any pets but I don't think it's fair on animals to suffer like this. I do wonder if it would be more humane to put them down if they're diagnosed with this.

I'm pretty sure that this is due to a poor dry food diet that is deficient in essential nutrients. Carb heavy dry food is as toxic to cats as it is to humans - it's nothing at all like what their diet would be in the wild, so we shouldn't be surprised to see long term neural deterioration. I'll never feed my cats cheap dry food (I do sometimes use Applaws dryfeed, which is 80% chicken).

We see it in humans too with the standard western diet - but there are some pretty amazing anecdotal stories on how introducing Coconut oil into their diet has reversed Alzheimers' disease in humans. I'm convinced that if more pet owners used good wet food rather than cheap bulk dryfeed then their pets would be far healthier in just about all aspects.

Baines' left foot · July 12, 2014

I think it's partly because we look after our pets better these days and they're living longer. Our old cat got dementia and it just started pooing and urinating all over the house and pestering my mum non stop. We put it down in the end.