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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 can't tolerate the medication treatment though, so there's no other sensible option.
My main concern is that, although she's bossy and quite dominant at home, she's been an indoor cat all her life and tends to be nervous and withdrawn in unfamiliar places: I don't think this is something we've done to her - when we first brought her home, she hid under a bed for the first 3 or 4 days, while her sister was marching about the house exploring straight away! On her first outing, she crept onto my chest and slept for an hour before going back under ... kitten days
Fast forward, and she's a young 14 years old so we feel like we have to swallow our terror and make the 5 hour journey to Wetherby (they're the centre that currently has the shortest stay. Potentially). But, on past experience, she could literally be too paralysed with fear to eat, drink or use the litter tray. Hopefully that won't happen ... neither cat is a fan of Feliway, but the vet at HCC has suggested Gabapentin, which sounds like quite heavy medication.
If anyone has any recent, or not so recent experience with this Centre, or nervous cats having this treatment generally, I'd love to hear.
C
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 can't tolerate the medication treatment though, so there's no other sensible option.
My main concern is that, although she's bossy and quite dominant at home, she's been an indoor cat all her life and tends to be nervous and withdrawn in unfamiliar places: I don't think this is something we've done to her - when we first brought her home, she hid under a bed for the first 3 or 4 days, while her sister was marching about the house exploring straight away! On her first outing, she crept onto my chest and slept for an hour before going back under ... kitten days
Fast forward, and she's a young 14 years old so we feel like we have to swallow our terror and make the 5 hour journey to Wetherby (they're the centre that currently has the shortest stay. Potentially). But, on past experience, she could literally be too paralysed with fear to eat, drink or use the litter tray. Hopefully that won't happen ... neither cat is a fan of Feliway, but the vet at HCC has suggested Gabapentin, which sounds like quite heavy medication.
If anyone has any recent, or not so recent experience with this Centre, or nervous cats having this treatment generally, I'd love to hear.
C