My kitty is finite.

[ThatsMyBarack]

Yesterday I found out my 11-year-old golden orange tabby boy Goldmine has hyperthyroidism. He has to take medicine for it for the rest of his life. Other than that, he's healthy.

[The Straight Story]

1. Looks like Morris the cat in retirement

:)

here is my kitty:

[BuelahWitch]

2. What is her/his name?

reminds me of my Angel...

[The Straight Story]

3. Evil :) (more pics)

[ThatsMyBarack]

8. His name is Goldmine.

I named him after the music magazine. Also, he's such a nice golden color.

[Roon]

7. Is she deaf? eom

[idgiehkt]

4. I can sympathize

Today I found out that my parents' cat has hyperthyroidism in addition to feline leukemia. We are going to treat the thyroid to see if that improves her health as she has lost a pound since May, and she was underweight then. What method of medication are you choosing? The vet told me today that there are many choices, from pills to treats to a gel to put on her ear to a radioactive iodine treatment that costs $800-$100 dollars (which I cannot afford). But if her weight goes back up she may survive the leukemia longer, right now she is having what the vet called potentially neurological symptoms which is not good but she is so sweet and loving we want her to live as long as possible, because she is not in pain and is very content at this point.

:hug:

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

5. Our Ferg was hyperthyroid and lived to be 19

He took meds every day. We elected not to go with the radioiodine treatment due to $$$ concerns, either. As I recall, he was diagnosed at around age 15. It wasn't that that killed him - it was his kidneys and basically old age.

Keep a close eye on your kitty's weight, as hyperthyroid cats can lose a lot of weight. Make sure he gets his meds faithfully and feed him as high a quality diet as you can. Best of luck. He's beautiful!

[SPKrazy]

6. kitty is finite

well, thyroid problems are easy to treat with meds

we're all finite...

Morris the cat?

:hug:

[applegrove]

9. Thankfully he is well loved.

[deucemagnet]

10. My mom's 10 yr-old calico, whom I'm babysitting,

was just diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. She's taking the transdermal gel, and she seems to be responding.

BTW, if you happened to be listening to Thom Hartmann this week, he mentioned that feline hyperthyroidism has skyrocketed since the '70s. He said a study found a high level of the chemical used to make fabrics fire-retardant in the blood of cats with hyperthyroidism. I don't have a link, but I found that interesting since my parents just had a cat diagnosed with the disease.