Well, I took Bird to the vet today, because we noticed that over the last week she was feeling boney (she has short hair, but it's very thick, so we didn't notice the weight loss until it showed up in her face
.She lost a pound since June, when she had her shots, and 2 lbs since last May(2 yrs ago), but she is small boned and was probably a little heavy at 9.5 lbs, so none of us thought anything about it, vet included, and sure enough, hyper(I do have the right one, right- I get 'em mixed up
) thyroidism. It didn't help that the (nice and well intentioned) lady down the street was feeding my cats because she thought they might be stays, and Bird was stealing Gretta's kitten food (I just thought she liked it
), and now that both of those are gone, I have a skinny cat.
They put her on meds that I am having mixed with chicken flavoring at the pharmacy, and it will be ready tomorrow. I am planning to try to keep her in until her next appointment (3 weeks), so I can monitor how much she's eating, drinking and tee teeing, and because I want her to gain her muscle mass back before I let her go hunting again.
Does anybody have any experience or advice to pass on? This is my first elderly cat
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Does anybody have any experience or advice to pass on? This is my first elderly cat