Can Cats Suffer From Dementia. Memory loss in cats can manifest in various ways. Temporal disorientation confusion about what time it is eg forgetting that feeding time has just occurred.
As one would expect this figure increased with age and 50 per cent of cats aged 15 and over showed signs of dementia. Feline cognitive dysfunction syndrome aka. Alzheimers disease equates to memory loss and the same applies to cognitive decline in felines.
Recent studies have found that 28 percent of cats ages 11 to 14 years exhibit at least one symptom of dementia and the number jumps to 50 percent for cats 15 years and older.
One such condition is feline dementia. Some are funny some are sad and some are just plain unpleasant. It is important that you can recognize the symptoms of this condition so that your cat can get the right diagnosis from the vet and so that you can support them in their daily life. Unfortunately cats that are lucky to live a long life may experience some level of cat dementia.
