Terrie, My son's 18 year old black/brown tabby Fu is living with me and is hyperthyroid. He was diagnosed about two and a half years ago. He gets a half tablet of tapazole everyday and fluids with potassium. He is very skinny as such kitties tend to be as their systems are working overtime. I have make sure his food bowl is always filled; that means he lives in his own room when I am not at home. He eats a lot but stays quite skinny. He was rather plump before. But he does act like a normal kitty. As you know, meezers can live a long time, so I hope Ling will be with you for several more years. Sometimes the condition is treated with surgery or radiation, which is supposed to cure it, I think. I remember some my friends hyperthyroid cats was ill and the dose of tapazole their cat was taking was terribly large and the vet proposed to increase it> This was alarming because it was quite different from what my vet said. There is supposed to be a Yahoo hyperthyroid group.
Good luck, Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:58 pm Subject: My newest addition "Ling" > Hi all, > Well, I'm finally going to talk about the new Siamese kitty > that was > willed to me. Remember this kitty is 15 yrs old. > Well we found out that she isn't a girl but a very neutered boy. > He had 7 front claws embeded into his pads. So a very minor > procedure was > performed to get his claws back to normal looking. > Had severe case of ear mites in his ears then on top of that he > has > "Hyperthyroid". > I have never dealt with a kitty with this illness, pretty much > everything > else as far as illnesses go. > So whatever advise you give me would be appreciated. What kind of > meds will > he need? (I won't be picking up the meds until tomorrow. I don't > know what they > are) > Since he is an older meezer do you think his chances of a good > life are > hopeful. > I only listen to what the Vet partly because was kind of numb when > he was > telling me everything that was wrong with him. He said Ling is a > fighter and a > sweet kitty. > As I stated I know nothing about Hyperthyroid in cats. > Please advise! :( > Thanks! > > > > Terrie Mohr > > Check site for available Siameses for adoption! > > http://www.iGive.com/TAZZYS > > https://www.paypal.com/ > TAZZY'S ANIMAL TRANSPORTS > > > http://www.tazzys-siameses-collies.petfinder.org/ > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wasiameserescue > > http://hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/index.html > > http://hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/myhomepage/petmemorial.html > > TAZZY'S ANIMAL TRANSPORTS > SIAMESE & COLLIE RESCUE > Owner/Driver > > Petfinder.com > Adopt a Homeless Pet! > > http://www.petfinder.com/ > > http://www.orecatay.com/ > > http://www.awca.net/index.htm > http://www.felineleukemia.org/ > http://www.petloss.com/ > http://www.meezer.com/ > > http://thesiamesestore.com/ > > http://tx.siameserescue.org/adopt.html > > http://ca.siameserescue.org/ > > http://co.siameserescue.org/ > > http://va.siameserescue.org/ >
