Ren has been Diagnosed with Hyperthyroidism - Damn
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Hyperthyroidism - I know it's a treatable condition, I know it's a common conditioning but damn all the same,
Ren is 15 now but has really never had an illness in that time. An injured tail, bit of lameness once and a quick dental about sums it up, so it is a real shock that actually has an old age problem. Until 2 months ago she was looking half her age.
I never normally have too worry about her (as most of you know Fitz is the one I normally have to worry about!)
I guess I have just twigged and admitted to myself that my ever reliable, gentle and sweet (though a wee bit feisty when being poked and prodded at the vets) little Rennie girl is finally getting old.
To add to it (and because she is s vet nurses cat) she is not typical of a hyperthyroid case so the vet wants to scan her next week, she'll need sedating for that!
Oh and her supposedly best friend Fitz hates her right now cos she smells of vet, funny how she never holds it against him when it's the other way round!
Well better get her started on her meds.
Ren is 15 now but has really never had an illness in that time. An injured tail, bit of lameness once and a quick dental about sums it up, so it is a real shock that actually has an old age problem. Until 2 months ago she was looking half her age.
I never normally have too worry about her (as most of you know Fitz is the one I normally have to worry about!)
I guess I have just twigged and admitted to myself that my ever reliable, gentle and sweet (though a wee bit feisty when being poked and prodded at the vets) little Rennie girl is finally getting old.
To add to it (and because she is s vet nurses cat) she is not typical of a hyperthyroid case so the vet wants to scan her next week, she'll need sedating for that!
Oh and her supposedly best friend Fitz hates her right now cos she smells of vet, funny how she never holds it against him when it's the other way round!
Well better get her started on her meds.
Edited by bexVN on Saturday 8th September 16:51
Edited by bexVN on Saturday 8th September 17:01
bexVN said:
Oh and her supposedly best friend Fitz hates her right now cos she smells of vet, funny how she never holds it against him when it's the other way round!
This is something I hate with my cats. The most placid one turns into a hissing little sod when he smells vet.Good luck with the treatment!
bexVN said:
Oh and her supposedly best friend Fitz hates her right now cos she smells of vet, funny how she never holds it against him when it's the other way round!
Aye, Bast always did this to Pepi when he came home form the Vet, but when it was the other way around he'd missed her dreadfully & groomed the smell out of her.Simpo Two said:
bexVN said:
ETA - Thank you Mods, I'm now titled
Promoted to Lady Bex!Well first tablet into Ren tonight, without too much trouble. She will be the trickier of all my four legged friends to tablet long term I think, but so far so good! Lets hope she gains a bit of weight. She only weighs 3.1kg normally but currently she's weighing in at 2.85kg tiny!
Our vet has a magic syringe type thing that pops the tablet in the right place in mogsters mouth, not sure what its called but definately saved some stiches with our last one! I always choose the slow release injections for anything he needed after a scrap! Good luck with daily tablets, the only long-term one I've dealt with, is the kidney tablets and good 'ol ginger lapped them up like treats.
Our Boris lost half a kilo and it showed - the vet diagnosed hyerthyroidism. Four months later, two tablets per day simply crushed into his meals, he has put back a kilo and is at his optimum weight(he thinks anyway) of 7 kilos............
Was offered the operation but thought we would try the tablets first as he is a bit of a scaredy cat and an op would have dented his self confidence for weeks.
Was offered the operation but thought we would try the tablets first as he is a bit of a scaredy cat and an op would have dented his self confidence for weeks.
Our youngest cat, Jazzy, has hyperthyroid disease, she is 8 or 9.
We hadn't really noticed but she lost loads of weight, other half took her to the vets and our usual vet actually specialises in it and could tell straight away what was wrong with her, she was very hyper and thin.
We were given a weeks worth of tablets to see how she reacted and were told that ultimately she would need a blood test on her kidneys, £180!! and if that was clear an operation to remove her thyroid glands £320!!!!!.
Fortunately she is ok on the tablets and put on weight very quickly.
We give her tablets to her in a little block of cheese.
We hadn't really noticed but she lost loads of weight, other half took her to the vets and our usual vet actually specialises in it and could tell straight away what was wrong with her, she was very hyper and thin.
We were given a weeks worth of tablets to see how she reacted and were told that ultimately she would need a blood test on her kidneys, £180!! and if that was clear an operation to remove her thyroid glands £320!!!!!.
Fortunately she is ok on the tablets and put on weight very quickly.
We give her tablets to her in a little block of cheese.
That's good too hear for her, though she's quite young
Most vets can detect a hyperthyroid cat tbh as symptoms are distinctive. Did she not have her kidneys and liver checked at the same time as her thyroid levels as this is fairly standard protocol?
Is she insured because as she is so young it may well be worth considering iodine therapy. Couple people here have had it on their cats, they do need to be hospitalised for a few weeks at a referral vets. If Ren was younger I'd consider it. It is costly though.
The other option is a new diet called Hills YD. It saves on tableting but only that cat can eat it as it'd be harmful to a healthy cat (no good for mms as Ren is not being the typical greedy thyroid cat so my other cat may pinch it!) We have seen some good results with it.
Most vets can detect a hyperthyroid cat tbh as symptoms are distinctive. Did she not have her kidneys and liver checked at the same time as her thyroid levels as this is fairly standard protocol?
Is she insured because as she is so young it may well be worth considering iodine therapy. Couple people here have had it on their cats, they do need to be hospitalised for a few weeks at a referral vets. If Ren was younger I'd consider it. It is costly though.
The other option is a new diet called Hills YD. It saves on tableting but only that cat can eat it as it'd be harmful to a healthy cat (no good for mms as Ren is not being the typical greedy thyroid cat so my other cat may pinch it!) We have seen some good results with it.
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