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Blarney33

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The new dose of thyroid medicine seemed to kick in right away. Her appetite
is HUGE! The vet gave me a free can of Purina kidney diet to try. We had
already tried it and she wouldn't eat a bite of it. Well she ate the whole
large can of it yesterday. She also ate a whole can of the Royal Canin. So
three servings of food. We have been putting one dish where we normally do
and another near where she sleeps.

This morning I gave her a can of KD which she had not eaten at all prior.
She stuck her face right into it and began eating.

I did not have to put any gravy on her food at all. She ate only her
prescription cat food and quite a lot of it. So this is very good! She was
also awake for a longer amount of time yesterday. She stayed awake all the
way through the "Cutest Cats" show and seemed to enjoy it. She doesn't
normally watch TV.

So thanks everyone for your help, but I don't think I'll be needing that
chicken fat any time soon now.
 
i had to quit readint the thread because of time contraints so i am really
glad to read this, i never saw what meds she is on, but i can tell you that
OEJ has done better every time her has been adjusted, and the only poroblem
we have with her is that if she eats wet food she gives it back so she only
gets dry so her food and pill stay down, good luck, this is a hard combo of
issues to fight in a cat,

Lee
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Thanks! Today we bought her another placemat so she can have a dish of food
near where she sleeps and we bought her a large water container to put there
too. She is very happy. She has been awake a lot more today too.

Saw a 15 pound cat at the pet store today. Was like a blob with a head.
Sad when cats get that fat. Maui was only 12 pounds at her fattest. She is
half of that now.
 
Julie Bove wrote:

Hypothyroid is common in certain breeds of dog. With a dog you can wrap
a pill in some meat and hand it to the dog. The meat is swallowed along
with the pill. Problem solved.

Cats aren't as easy about getting them to take pills but my cat-person
friends never seem to have any trouble giving their cats shots.

Glad to see the progress.
 
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:20:39 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
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It's very easy to get cats to take pills when one uses a pill crusher.
I have one cat with thyroid disease, she gets synthroid salve rubbed
inside her ear twice daily. I have another cat that gets insulin
injections twice daily. I have never had a problem medicating cats,
when done correctly they don't even realize.
 
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Luckily this is liquid medicine (triple fish flavored) and not pills. I
could get another flavor if I want. It is compounded. Normal procedure is
to squirt it into their mouth from a dropper, but I decided to try it in a
spoon. Normally she takes it quite well. Today she did not. If she does
not, I merely press the spoon to her lips where they get coated with the med
and if she wants to get it off, she has to lick it. Heh!
 
we are very luck with our cat that takes these meds, she has associated
feeling well with her pill, and if we are ten minutes late with it, everyone
hears about it until she gets it, its just a pill, and i mean she insists
very vocally until she gets it, she also most of the time hops up on the arm
of the couch and waits for dh to get it, why oh why did i think seven in
the morning was a good time for this pill, Lee
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mine went overboard when she first got sick, gallons it felt like... so she
got the whole monte of blood work, and lucky it was just a small pill a day,
i don't think she would have taken so well to insulin, Lee
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Maui is sooo cute when I do my insulin. She always comes up near me and her
eyes get all big. I just pull out my pen and say, "Give me the big eyes!"
I think she likes to watch the air shot squirt.
 
On Feb 15, 10:59?pm, "Storrmmee" wrote:

My old cat used to ask for her insulin injections. It only took her a
few days to go from letting me do it because she trusted me, to
realizing that it made her feel better.

Lee

--Bryan
 
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On Feb 15, 10:59 pm, "Storrmmee" wrote:

My old cat used to ask for her insulin injections. It only took her a
few days to go from letting me do it because she trusted me, to
realizing that it made her feel better.

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Aw... I had a roommate who had a cat with leukemia. Before we knew what
was wrong with her, she was supposed to take liquid vitamins. I would sit
with her in my lap, wrapped in an old blanket and she would lick them right
from the dropper. Not really sure if they made her feel any better or not.
Not long after we learned of the leukemia.
 
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