Is the howling a symptom of hyperthyroidism? Is so, that makes sense, as Julie has been doing that for a couple of years.
--- Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think hyperthyroidism is very common in older > cats. They go on tapazole > just like humans and biggest problem is the once or > twice a day pill! Had > one cat who lived to early twenties after years of > tapazole...There were no > restrictions on diet or anything. She had lost some > weight and was doing > the midnight howling thing went I brought her in and > she snapped right back > after starting tapazole. > > Chris > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of wendy > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:48 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Hypertension and Julie, our geriatric kitty > > Hi guys, > > I took Julie to the vet this past Friday because she > was having pain going to the bathroom the Sunday > before and had a little blood around her genitals. > I > couldn't get her to the vet until Friday so I gave > her > Baytril I had left over from Cricket starting on > Sunday, which wiped out whatever bacterial infection > she might have had, and all her renal functions > seemed > to be back to normal by Friday. But I took her in > anyway just to be sure, and they ran a urinalysis > and > total blood/labwork on her. Saturday the vet called > me and said her results showed hypertension (she got > a > 17 on her T4 results, normal is between .4 and 5.2) > and he prescribed 10 mg of Tapazole/Methimazole > daily. > I have to bring her in in two weeks for further > blood > work to see how the drugs are helping her thyroid. > Does anyone here have any experience with > hyperthyroidism in their kitty, and what did you do > about it? What does T4 measure? Did your kitty > pass > away from the hyperthyroidism? Did the drugs > reverse > the heart murmur? What diet would be good for a > kitty > with hyperthyroidism? Any advice is greatly > appreciated! > > :) > Wendy > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
