Any last minute advice for Bella?

[Freedom]

Hello Sus,
I am so sorry to read all that has happened w/ Bella. You must be exhausted as well, it is so terrible when our furkids are ill and can't tell us anything.

I have had 3 cats diagnosed with hyperthyroid, and all were prescribed the Thiamasole. I never had any of the issues you describe with Bella.

As such, I don't really have any help to offer to you.

How old is Bella? One of mine was 8, the other 2 were in the mid teens.

How does she feel to you? Very very thin? I mean, the Dec weight of 4ooo grams / 8 pounds is a small cat. Now she is down to 7 pounds and a bit. Is her spine all bony? Or is it still covered?

Is she dehydrated? Has she been given and subcutaneous fluids?


Oh, for others reading: 4000 grams is 8 pounds 13 ounces. 3300 grams is 7 pounds 4 ounces.

[Catty1]

I have no advice - poor Bella!! Is there a chance she has diabetes?

I hope you get some advice soon.

ETA: Randi, a PT member is in Copenhagen, though I don't know how far that is from you. I'll PM her the link to this thread.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so sorry to hear this. I've never had a cat with this problem before so I don't have any advice to give you. Hopefully something can help her improve her appetite and health. Do you have any holistic vets in your area? If you do then maybe they could provide her with a more natural remedy. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent her way.

[Medusa]

My RB Boo was on methamezole for hyperthyroidism and he did well w/it once we got the dosage figured out which took a while. Boo was 19 1/2 when he passed and he'd been medicated for a couple of years before then. He lost a lot of weight, too, but after a while I realized that it was b/c of his age and nothing more. When he died, it wasn't from hyperthyroidism; he had bladder cancer, so I wouldn't want to give you the wrong impression. If we knew how old Bella is, that would help and maybe you could postpone your decision until you know a little more. Please understand, I'm not asking you to decide not to have her PTS but just saying that, if she's younger, maybe there are alternatives. This is for you and your vet to discuss, of course. Please let us know Bella's age. I probably haven't been much help to you but I do know that hyperthyroidism is tricky and it sometimes takes a while for things to calm down. Keep the faythe.

[Randi]

Sus, I've sent you a PM.

[Sus]

Hello again, thank you for your kind word and advice. Bella is 16 years old, so she is an old girl, and you are right that old age could be part of the problem. But it is difficult for me to understand, how and why she would age so quickly, after she began treatment with Felimazole. But I know that time is on a different scale with a kitty. And I have never seen old age before, she is my 4th cat and the other ones were clearly very ill (heart, cancer, kidneys) when I had to say goodbye. This is so difficult because it is hard to tell which is which, if you know what I mean. She has a very thick fur, so one cannot actually see bones, but her spine feels sharp underneath, and because she is not moving (I guess) the muscle around her back and hind legs is clearly diminished, and the feels more "dry" and bony all over. But the penicillin cure was really hard on her, and it seems to be impossible to make her gain the weight she lost from the diarrhea (which the new vet also didn't have any idea how to stop). Do any of you know whether it would be OK to give her a about 7 ml. mixture of eggyolk, a little cream and lukewarm water on a daily basis? Just to get her to eat extra calories? Or what can I give her which is fattening but not harmful? She has lost interest in all sorts of things that used to be goodies, like cod roe, tuna, little slices of meat from my lunch. Whenever I offer her these old favourites, she now makes a vomiting movement.
The main problem still seems to be the Felimazole in the sense that she seems to feel sick when she gets the dose she is supposed to have, but if I try to lower the dose she seems to get fever and the ... I don't know the word... membranes? of the eyes will appear. When do people that have hyperthyroidism feel the most lousy, do anyone know?

As for tomorrows appointment with the vet, I am thinking that I can always go there without Bella and pay the consultation fee, to be fair.

I would love to hear from Randi! Are you there, Randi??? Help! Have you changed you phone number??

Lots of love for now!
Sus and Bella

[Randi]

I'm here and I have the same phone no. Call if you want to talk. Or PM me.

Fister is crazy about Royal Canin's Sensitive, it has 33% protein, 22% fat, but also 7,1 ash, which I don't think is good.

I looked for the pictures I have of Bella, they are from 2006 I believe. Will attach some here: