Nora's my tortie calico kitty. While we were still living with my parents, she developed diarrhea, which I assumed was because of the stress of being at the bottom of the kitty hierarchy.
I was hoping it would clear up once we were back in our own place and she only had Julie to contend with. But it hasn't, so now that I have a little time between gigs, I took her to a vet.
Hyperthyroid was actually the first word out of his mouth as he was going through the possibilities. I haven't noticed much in the way of other symptoms; not much weight loss or excess hunger. He didn't feel any swellings in her thyroid. But the blood work came back with a T4 level of 5.1. T4 is a thyroid hormone, and the normal levels in cats range from 0.8-4.0.
So we've started on medication. She gets half a pill twice a day. Right now I'm also giving her the antibiotic he initially gave her before the blood work came back. She can taste it in wet food, unfortunately, so I have to do it the old fashioned way. She's handling it pretty well, and I give her treats afterward.
I'm hoping she'll get so used to it it won't be a big deal. My parents had a cat with hyperthyroidism back when I was in my 20s. He was really easy to pill, especially if you caught him while he was taking a nap. Wake him up, open his mouth, shove it in, he barely knew what happened.
It seems to me like we caught it early, so hopefully if we stay with the meds she won't have much in the way of complications.
I was hoping it would clear up once we were back in our own place and she only had Julie to contend with. But it hasn't, so now that I have a little time between gigs, I took her to a vet.
Hyperthyroid was actually the first word out of his mouth as he was going through the possibilities. I haven't noticed much in the way of other symptoms; not much weight loss or excess hunger. He didn't feel any swellings in her thyroid. But the blood work came back with a T4 level of 5.1. T4 is a thyroid hormone, and the normal levels in cats range from 0.8-4.0.
So we've started on medication. She gets half a pill twice a day. Right now I'm also giving her the antibiotic he initially gave her before the blood work came back. She can taste it in wet food, unfortunately, so I have to do it the old fashioned way. She's handling it pretty well, and I give her treats afterward.
I'm hoping she'll get so used to it it won't be a big deal. My parents had a cat with hyperthyroidism back when I was in my 20s. He was really easy to pill, especially if you caught him while he was taking a nap. Wake him up, open his mouth, shove it in, he barely knew what happened.
It seems to me like we caught it early, so hopefully if we stay with the meds she won't have much in the way of complications.
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