Re: hyperthyroid cat (off topic)

[Guest guest]

Please try natural cat groups for this first. It is very difficult

to ask a cat without a thyroid for symptoms. Maybe wholecathealth.

That one is moderate.

Esmeralda

>

> Hi, I know this isn't a pet forum but I thought someone here might

> know where to lead me...i'm going to take my cat to the vet soon

due

> to weight loss, excessive thirst, patchy fur...i'm suspecting

> hyperthyroid.

>

> Does anyone know of good websites or alternative treatments for

this

> condition for cats? EVerything I found said you either do

medication,

> surgery, or radioactive iodine (which sounded like the best

treatment).

>

> thanks!

> Liz

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the link. and thanks to others for info. If it is

hyperthyroid I definitely wouldn't do the surgery, who knows what

vital things they'd cut out. But the radioactive iodine sounds

pretty uninvasive and without long term effects...i'd probably spend

the money giving him $25/mo meds anyway...he's only about 10 years

old.

Liz

> >

> > Hi, I know this isn't a pet forum but I thought someone here

might

> > know where to lead me...i'm going to take my cat to the vet soon

> due

> > to weight loss, excessive thirst, patchy fur...i'm suspecting

> > hyperthyroid.

> >

> > Does anyone know of good websites or alternative treatments for

> this

> > condition for cats? EVerything I found said you either do

> medication,

> > surgery, or radioactive iodine (which sounded like the best

> treatment).

> >

> > thanks!

> > Liz

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I couldn't find the link you mentioned, wholecathealth.com...googled

whole cat health with no luck either.

Liz

> >

> > Hi, I know this isn't a pet forum but I thought someone here

might

> > know where to lead me...i'm going to take my cat to the vet soon

> due

> > to weight loss, excessive thirst, patchy fur...i'm suspecting

> > hyperthyroid.

> >

> > Does anyone know of good websites or alternative treatments for

> this

> > condition for cats? EVerything I found said you either do

> medication,

> > surgery, or radioactive iodine (which sounded like the best

> treatment).

> >

> > thanks!

> > Liz

> >

>

[Guest guest]

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/WholeCatHealth/

I copied and pasted this from their home page. Try it.

Esmeralda

>

> I couldn't find the link you mentioned, wholecathealth.com...googled

> whole cat health with no luck either.

> Liz

>

[Guest guest]

Well, just like humans who have undergone RAI, remember you will then

have a hypothyroid cat, who might well need dessicated thyroid the rest

of his life, and will have problems just like hypo humans if he doesn't

get thyroid hormone replacement.

sol

lizz7711 wrote:

> But the radioactive iodine sounds

> pretty uninvasive and without long term effects...i'd probably spend

> the money giving him $25/mo meds anyway...he's only about 10 years

> old.

>

[Guest guest]

thank you!

Liz

> >

> > I couldn't find the link you mentioned,

wholecathealth.com...googled

> > whole cat health with no luck either.

> > Liz

> >

>

[Guest guest]

wow, I didn't see that listed as a side effect of the RAI. Is it a

given for all cats, or just something that MAY happen?

thanks,

Liz

> > But the radioactive iodine sounds

> > pretty uninvasive and without long term effects...i'd probably

spend

> > the money giving him $25/mo meds anyway...he's only about 10

years

> > old.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

>>wow, I didn't see that listed as a side effect of the RAI. Is it a

given for all cats, or just something that MAY happen? <<

Same as wiht humans,they really onyl GUESS at now much of the thyroid they are

killing off. I have eard of cats dying of heart disease or gettign Diabetes

after it is done, and NOTH those are form hypothyroidism. If you do opt for this

INSIST on Free T4 adn Free T3 testing after. They will not want ot do free T3

telign you in animals T4 is the active hormone. DUH.. it is the same for them as

for us.

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