Re: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy

2009-07-04 Thread Amy
We are hoping that's what it is. We did a panel which does a T3 and TF4 test so hopefully something will show up. We are worried it's something much worse :( Amy --- On Sat, 7/4/09, Belinda Sauro wrote: > From: Belinda Sauro > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/que

Re: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy

2009-07-04 Thread Belinda Sauro
Classic hyper-t symptoms: No diarrhea or vomiting that I've seen. He just seems hungry all the time and follows me around crying at me. We did some tests yesterday and are waiting for results. this is exactly how Fred was and he was very early hyper-t. Only found with the tfree4 test. --

Re: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy

2009-07-03 Thread Amy
ilkin...@yahoo.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3:20 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy > > > I have an appointment for Wolfie to get bloodwork > tomorrow.  He's been > losing weight steadily for almost

Re: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy

2009-07-01 Thread Laurieskatz
tools. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of awilkin...@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3:20 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy I have an appointmen

Re: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy

2009-07-01 Thread Belinda Sauro
Hi Amy, I would suspect thyroid because of the being hungry all the time, I hope your vet figures it out so Wolfie can feel good again. Cats, they are mysterious sometimes!! -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... http://bemikitties.com http://BelindaSauro.com ___

Re: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy

2009-07-01 Thread Frank and Sue Koren
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:19 PM Subject: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy I have an appointment for Wolfie to get bloodwork tomorrow. He's been losing weight steadily for almost 4 years now. We've done numerous stool samples, bloodwork (CBC and chem) every 6 months

Re: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy

2009-07-01 Thread MaryChristine
i know that there have been some recent studies about cats developing antibiotic resistance that directly contradict one another--winn feline foundation reported on one sometime last year, you could check out their blog at www.winnfelinehealth.org; they may have also been the ones who reported on t

Re: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy

2009-07-01 Thread Amy
>    Have they done a T > Free 4 thyroid test, not the regular one?  Some cats > will be normal on the standard test but actually be early > hyper-t, my Fred was.  We only tested with a T Free 4 > because he had a nodule on his thyroid my vet felt had > gotten bigger so we did both tests, the T4 w

Re: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy

2009-07-01 Thread Belinda Sauro
Have they done a T Free 4 thyroid test, not the regular one? Some cats will be normal on the standard test but actually be early hyper-t, my Fred was. We only tested with a T Free 4 because he had a nodule on his thyroid my vet felt had gotten bigger so we did both tests, the T4 was normal

[Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy

2009-07-01 Thread awilkins23
I have an appointment for Wolfie to get bloodwork tomorrow.  He's been losing weight steadily for almost 4 years now.  We've done numerous stool samples, bloodwork (CBC and chem) every 6 months, and 2 thyroid tests.  He's been on kitten food (high fat) to try to stop the weight loss but it's no