I completely agree....I have had three cats over the years who had this
disease. And many people I know have also had cats who suffered from it.
Can't imagine a vet not knowing.....
----- Original Message -----
From: Sharyl
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] ot-next problem
Debbie, if your vet doesn't think cats get hyperthyroidism then you
desperately need to find a new vet. Here is a link to more info.
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/thyroid.html
Most folks start out treating with meds to see how the cats responds.
Some will be candidates for radiotherapy. Be aware that may cats are dx with
CRF after the thyroid issues are resolved. Hyper T tends to hide CRF.
Sharyl
--- On Sat, 7/19/08, Debbie Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Debbie Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] ot-next problem
To: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 4:52 PM
Question...is "hyper-t hyper thyroid"??? It is what I suspected with
my Baby Ruben...but the vet says "cats don't get that"....I tried to argue the
point, but she wouldn't listen...
Debbie (COL)
"You gotta bloom where you're planted!"
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Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:26:08 -0700
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Felvtalk] ot-next problem
My cat Shaft has lost nearly half his body weight. Everyone here has
been so sick I just didn't realize it until a few weeks ago (a few days before
I was leaving for a week's vacation). I got him into the vet suspecting
hyper-t as soon as I got back. That's what it was. The vet detected a heart
murmer as well. He is an estimated 18 years old. He had a fever and the vet
put him on some amoxy for that, as well as the tapazole, of course.
Problem. He now hides and I have to chase him around to get any
med.s down him. I've given up on everything except the tapazole and he still
hides. Should I stress him out with the chase down? Crate him for a while?
He doesn't seem to be gaining ANY weight, and I have an appt. with vet again on
Monday. We were supposed to wait a month, but he's getting worse, not better.
Does anyone have the link to join the hyper-t group or any other
advice? I am quickly losing my mind. la la la la.
t
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