I think that may be something that older kitties do. Bonnie
www.elephants.com ----- Original Message ----- From: wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2006 3:04 pm Subject: Chris-howling To: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] > > 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 > >
