Palliative Care Update: A Full Minute Of Billi Grooming | BilliSpeaks

Fur quality and appearance usually declines with illness and age for a few reasons:
1. They aren’t grooming as much. It takes energy they may not have!
2. As mammals age, the elasticity of the hair decreases. You see this in humans as they get older too. It’s a normal aging process, and not always indicative of disease.
3. The disease process itself can affect growth rate/type.

Billi is still grooming, but infrequently. She does like to be brushed, but it’s not a substitute for her tongue! Luckily she’s short haired, so mats don’t occur as frequently as a long haired cat.

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Billi is a female domestic shorthair, she's 15 years old, her favorite word is mad.

Inspiration for learning to “speak” with buttons from Hunger4Words (check her out on IG).

Affiliate link for FluentPet buttons: https://flnt.pt/billispeaks

LinkTree for:
✨merchandise
✨website with FAQs and getting started resources
✨other button options
✨food puzzles
✨Instagram
✨TikTok 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/BilliSpeaks

Want to learn more about the research study Billi and many other animals are in? Check it out here:
https://www.theycantalk.org/research
https://www.billispeaks.com/research

A Billi dictionary 📖
🔹Fan toy: a homemade toy with sewing elastic tied to a stuffed bunny or mouse
🔹Food water: a small amount of warm water over a handful of kibble
🔹Watermelon: a food puzzle that looks like a watermelon
🔹Catnip water: what Billi named my coffee