Pet Cancer Warning Signs

Pets are susceptible to the same types of cancer that people get. Cancer can strike at any age, but it is usually a disease of middle-aged and older dogs and cats. And it is all too common: Cancer causes almost half the deaths of pets older than 10 years.

Here is a checklist of possible warning signs of some pet cancers:

If your pet exhibits any of these signs, call your vet.

1. Your pet has a lump or sore that won’t go away.

2. Your pet is eating but losing weight.

3. It is hard for your pet to chew or swallow.

4. There is a discharge or bleeding from any body opening.

5. Your pet has a bad smell.

6. Your pet tires easily and doesn’t want to exercise.

7. Your pet has quit eating for more than a day or two.

Read more: Pets, Everyday Pet Care

Adapted from New Choices in Natural Healing for Dogs and Cats, by Amy D. Shojai and the editors of Prevention Pets (Rodale Press, 1999). Copyright (c) 1999 by Amy Shojai. Reprinted by permission of Rodale Press.
Adapted from New Choices in Natural Healing for Dogs and Cats, by Amy D. Shojai and the editors of Prevention Pets (Rodale Press, 1999).

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Vicky P.

6:14PM PDT on May 20, 2012

sad article..my old cat died of cancer..

send a green star

Angela N.

1:44PM PDT on May 15, 2012

thanks :)

Winn A.

6:43PM PDT on May 14, 2012

Thanks

5:01PM PDT on May 8, 2012

Thanks!

Pim K.

6:54AM PDT on May 7, 2012

Positive thinking, don't look for signs, don't do tests and eat what you like. Live with nature as it intended!

Abbey M.

3:57PM PDT on Mar 18, 2012

Great read, thank you!

tetyana p.

1:34PM PDT on Mar 18, 2012

Thanks for the valuable info.

Debbie F.

6:56PM PDT on Mar 17, 2012

We need to put a stop to all of this suffering! Why is this happening? If half of all pet deaths past 10 years old are caused by cancer then what is happening to us? We are sharing the same environment as our pets. We are exposing ourselves to these same threats. We need to find the causes and clean up the mess before we are all sick with cancer.

Pavel S.

10:24AM PDT on Mar 17, 2012

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