Recent Content by MidwinterMary

THANK YOU! Yes, we will let you know how it goes :)

It's interesting, isn't it, how things are done differently? Chess had her pre-treatment tests today (blood tests, blood pressure and a urine sample), and I asked the vet about scintigraphy, in the context of radio iodine. His response was that, here, aside from being used to reveal ectopic...

That's hugely comforting and I had begun to suspect as much, from talking to various staff at the centres. One vet told me (in the context of giving medication) that while they need to be seen to comply with regulations and can't tell clients anything that would lead to them being less than...

Thanks M :) I HOPE she'll be OK but going on past experience of her personality and how she's been on the occasionally day hospitalisation at our own vet, I suspect she might just freeze in a corner. Hopefully there's something they can do if that happens - even though they are at pains to say...

Hi Neely, thanks for that lovely reply. I think there's no way around the worry and this really is the only solution for Chessie, our girl. We're all set with accommodation for her when she comes home, so that's less of a worry than how she might cope, or what might happen, while she's in...

Hi everyone First post here, hoping that someone will have experience of radio iodine treatment for cats (especially in the UK). My sweet, sassy girl is booked in to have the treatment at the Wetherby Hyperthyroid Cat Centre next week, and - no exaggeration, we're worried almost witless! She...

Hi Yes, my cats frequent sick up dry food; I suspect it gets caught in their throat. They don't seem to come to any harm from it, but I always make sure they have lots of water on hand and only offer a small amount of dry food, alongside the wet food. As someone else said, it does swell...