I give Theo 2 pills a day and he does wonderful. He hates it but he knows if he takes his pills he gets treats right after. This has actually made a huge difference. I didn't do this at first and he would run from me and be very upset with getting his pills. Once i started giving him a reward for taking his pill he changed quite a bit. He also barely spits them out because he knows he won't get his treats till it is swallowed. I started out prying his mouth open at the jaw and it made him really upset. now i just tip his head back and pry his mouth open in front. much easier and less stressful for both of us. It's just a matter of listening to your cat and working to make things easiest as possible. He still reaches up and grabs my hand from time to time but he takes those pills like a pro.
Tachycardia can be dangerous in some ways. It doesn't always lead to the blood not getting to the extremities but it is the main reason hyperthyroid cats have kidney failure. The kidney's need the whoosh of the heart beat to flush out the toxins in the blood. When kitty's heart beats too fast the whoosh is not strong enough to flush the kidney's correctly. The other issues with tachycardia is of course heart failure. The heart is not filling with blood properly because of the fast heart beat and can cause the heart to be over worked.
Tachycardia can be dangerous in some ways. It doesn't always lead to the blood not getting to the extremities but it is the main reason hyperthyroid cats have kidney failure. The kidney's need the whoosh of the heart beat to flush out the toxins in the blood. When kitty's heart beats too fast the whoosh is not strong enough to flush the kidney's correctly. The other issues with tachycardia is of course heart failure. The heart is not filling with blood properly because of the fast heart beat and can cause the heart to be over worked.