Hi all,
Up until this past weekend, my nearly 18 year old cat was doing really well on her Tapazole to treat her hyperthyroid condition. She was diagnosed last summer. She was eating and drinking normally, and everything was great.
But this weekend, rather suddenly, her appetite went downhill and she stopped drinking as often. She started sleeping in places she has never slept before, has become lethargic and today, for the first time in her nearly 18 years, she urinated in the living room and not in her box. All of these changes are very uncharacteristic for Katie.
I have been syringe feeding her ever since this started and I have a mobile vet coming tomorrow (she's quite tolerant of the syringe feeding and will even lick the syringe to eat it). Katie has major anxiety (she has fainted from an anxiety attack in the clinic, hurt herself jumping off an examination table, and her regular vet is the one who suggested a mobile service for that reason) and even the mobile vet visit will be traumatic for her. The vet will examine her, draw blood and do whatever else she needs to do to see what's going on.
From my experience, this seems like a renal issue - what are your thoughts? Could this be CRF from your experiences? The vet has advised me to stop her Tapazole for now so I will not give her tonight's dose or the one tomorrow morning. My guess is that she wants to see if her appetite kicks in?
A couple of months back she was really lethargic for a day and I syringe fed her then, but her appetite was back by that evening. I am so worried that this time it's not just a low phase I rescued Katie when she was 8.5 weeks old, along with her brother who unfortunately died at 6 months. I am just heartbroken that she has declined so suddenly.
I'm not ready for this - I'm not ready to lose her. But I made a promise to her long ago that I will always do what is best for her and weigh her emotional and physical health and put her quality of life above all else.
If you have any thoughts, support or experiences to share, I'd really appreciate it!
Katie's Mama
Up until this past weekend, my nearly 18 year old cat was doing really well on her Tapazole to treat her hyperthyroid condition. She was diagnosed last summer. She was eating and drinking normally, and everything was great.
But this weekend, rather suddenly, her appetite went downhill and she stopped drinking as often. She started sleeping in places she has never slept before, has become lethargic and today, for the first time in her nearly 18 years, she urinated in the living room and not in her box. All of these changes are very uncharacteristic for Katie.
I have been syringe feeding her ever since this started and I have a mobile vet coming tomorrow (she's quite tolerant of the syringe feeding and will even lick the syringe to eat it). Katie has major anxiety (she has fainted from an anxiety attack in the clinic, hurt herself jumping off an examination table, and her regular vet is the one who suggested a mobile service for that reason) and even the mobile vet visit will be traumatic for her. The vet will examine her, draw blood and do whatever else she needs to do to see what's going on.
From my experience, this seems like a renal issue - what are your thoughts? Could this be CRF from your experiences? The vet has advised me to stop her Tapazole for now so I will not give her tonight's dose or the one tomorrow morning. My guess is that she wants to see if her appetite kicks in?
A couple of months back she was really lethargic for a day and I syringe fed her then, but her appetite was back by that evening. I am so worried that this time it's not just a low phase I rescued Katie when she was 8.5 weeks old, along with her brother who unfortunately died at 6 months. I am just heartbroken that she has declined so suddenly.
I'm not ready for this - I'm not ready to lose her. But I made a promise to her long ago that I will always do what is best for her and weigh her emotional and physical health and put her quality of life above all else.
If you have any thoughts, support or experiences to share, I'd really appreciate it!
Katie's Mama