Article Title: Fat Pets Make Your Vet The Fat Cat
Author: Paula Martinez
The vet in your dogs and cats life is now able to treat obesity
in pets. As the pet owners weight is reaching new plateaus pets
are following suit. Fat pets are becoming more and more common.
This trend in pet's corpulence is verified in the American
Journal of Veterinary Research. A third of dogs and cats are
overweight in America. These statistics are found in a few
studies that attributed the findings to unhealthy pet foods and
a sedentary lifestyle.
Researchers suggested that this would bring on pet related
maladies that would mimic human health problems. The point is
that pets and owners are on the fast track to accelerate aging.
Pets are developing the same diseases that their human
counterparts have. They now get diabetes, heart disease, kidney
problems just like the human population.
Couple that with the fact that medical procedure have been
growing at the fastest pace in cardiovascular devices and
orthopedics. The same type of modalities is being explored for
your pets. Most of the market segments it addresses are products
or drugs for people 60 or above. An overweight eight year old
dog is akin to an overweight fifty-six year old man and subject
to many of the same health risks. Fat pets wind up at risk for
age related conditions that are brought on by poor nutrition.
The true fat cat has to be the vet in your pet's life. They
call this the golden age for medicine. As they lineup more
surgery and drugs to treat us in our senior years, they now can
offer Fido the same procedures. The cost of veterinarian care
has continued to climb out pacing inflation. To keep a pet
healthy takes a big part of the household budget.
As of Jan 18, 2007 there is a new anti- obesity drug for
overweight dogs that recently got approval from the food and
drug administration. Paunchy porches and portly pets may be
liked for their cuddliness but not the extra health care costs.
In hot humid weather overweight dogs have more problems with
overheating.
Flabby cats can develop skin problems from not being able to
groom themselves. Different veterinary reports explore the
reason we see overweight pets, and its impact on mobility, the
role of surgery in redressing mobility issues, as well as how
physiotherapy and rehabilitation can help.
As people bring fatter pets into their veterinarian'
and clinics a new fat cat industry will be emerging, one that
will cater to maintaining and preserving the overweight dog and
cat's life. The Vet will eventually have an array of
pharmaceuticals in their arsenal and be inclined to prescribe
them. A mans best friend may be his pet, but a pets best friend
may not be humans.
About The Author: Paula Martinez is a contributing editor to
Clermont Rocks which is a marketing resource for small business
in Clermont, Florida. You can find it at
http://www.clermont
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