Well I have a friend whose very
sleepyhead, big cat started doing the same thing a few months ago. When she
took him to vet, sure enough it was his thryroid. She now shares the joys of
morning and evening pilling!
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Behalf Of catatonya
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006
10:26 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: RE: Chris-howling
Oh LORD!!! I hope not. I've got several
'howlers'. I thought it was something to do with bedtime!
t
Chris
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That's
what my vet said... of course, that's after I lived with it for a
year or so! This from a cat who spent her time eating, sleeping, playing,
sleeping and more sleep!
Chris
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wendy
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 4:04 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Chris-howling
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
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>
> -----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
>
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