Hyperthyroidism/Hypertension and Cleo

[TopCat3]

Thanks, Cyber-cat for your concern and suggestion. Cleo has never taken well to medication hidden in food. She simply won't eat it. At a dollar a dose I won't be wasting any! I find her quite easy to pill. And I've now bought some blades that are about 1.5 inches long, by 1/2inch deep, rectangular, with a thicker rounded bit at the top. You can hold it in both hands with fingertips and get a good clean cut. Into 1/8s is still challenging but it's a lot easier and more controlled. Get 6 reasonably even pieces and 2 lots of crumbs
I try to even out the dosage across the week,if it's a smaller bit today or the crumbs, a bigger chip tomorrow etc.
She's worth it.
I got a great new mobile phone this week, have some lovely pics of both the TopCats, when I learn how to transfer them to my pc I can post them!

Cleo goes back for BP check next Fri 28th, as much a measurement of my nursing skills as her BP!!!

[TopCat3]

Cleo had her BP checked on Friday and it's down to 160 - great news. Heart sounded fine and weight stable.

We're trying out some different foods for her CRF, a tin of Hills k/d wet and a Walthams sachet of wet also vet gave me a free sample of Walthams dry which I liked the look of ingredients-wise better than the Hills. I didn't like the look of the Iams and I won't use their stuff anyway. It's hard to feed two cats different diets isn't it! I need eyes in the back of my head Colette keeps sneaking in for a nibble.

It's got very hot here all of a sudden (spring/summertime) and as usual, they've temporarily gone off their food as they acclimatise.
This is how it is here, we hardly have any between seasons like spring/autumn. It's been unseasonally hot though and humid. So they're on "hunger strike" and I'm trying not to fret as usual!

It's quite funny when I prepare the tablet, I've started shutting the kitchen blind so no-one can see in, there I am scooping the powdery fragments off the board with the edge of the razor blade onto tiny pieces of Al foil that I've creased ready to tip into the open mouth at dose time. For all the world I look like an old hand getting ready to snort a line and if anyone sees in I'm afraid I might get raided!

[furrykidsmother]

Wonderful news about Cleo!!

Hmm, I would probably do the same thing with the white powder!! LOL!

Continued good thoughts for both you and Cleo!