jimmy had a vet visit.

[farthing]

I took Jimmy into the vet last night as i thought he had lost weight, sure enough he has lost 0.5kg since he came. We took bloods and thankfully his kidney's are fine. We are now waiting for a thyroid test to come back- but looking at his past notes, I'm pretty sure that's what it will be. He was tested in May with his previous owner- the results were 66.4, the top of the normal range is 66.5! The vets didn't really start any treatment as his owner had a neurological condition so wouldn't have been able to give tablets anyway.
Does it sound bad if I say, I hope it is his thyroid and not something else, or worse, that he is unhappy.
If this is the case, once Fluffy comes a week on Saturday, we will have 6 cats with the condition- just goes to show how common it really is.

[MrsH]

Farthing - I had no idea that thyroid problems are so common in cats, why is this? Are their diets deficient in some way, or are they just being better diagnosed?

[farthing]

Originally Posted by MrsH

Farthing - I had no idea that thyroid problems are so common in cats, why is this? Are their diets deficient in some way, or are they just being better diagnosed?

I don't really know what causes it, but it do think it is being diagnosed more. I think the hyperthyroid cat fits the image of the old, scrawny cat and many people didn't bother to look into it futher. More people are taking their cats to the vets for treatment and so it is probably being discovered more often

[farthing]

Well, Jimmy is hyperthyroid too.
He starts on his meds tomorrow, so hopefully he will start to put some weight on.