My cats not been eating for over a week. Took her to the vets and she is hyperthyroid and has pancreititis.?

Question

Can anyone give advice on a similar situation with their cat. She is on three tablets a day and still is not eating since I left her at the vets overnight and they put her on a drip to get fluids into her. I am so worried. What Is the prognosis for a cat with these two problems (she is about 10 years old)? How can I tempt her to eat her vet reccomended diet of dried biscuits?

Has now been put on a special balanced wet died as she wan't eating the dry food. Will this have to be perminant?

Have now taken my cat back to the vets for a check up and vet said he want sto try her just on the specially developed wet food to help her digestion etc and not give her any more Synolox (antibiotics). She is eating more then she was and is now asking to be fed - surly this is a good sign?

Answer 1

I don't know anything about pancretitis but I know about hyperthyroid.

"HyperT" is usually caused by a benign tumor that causes one (usually) of the thyroid gland's two lobes to grow and produce excess hormones. These hormones regulate metabolism and in excess amounts they cause the metabolism to "speed up," resulting in a higher activity level and a reduced appetite.

HyperT is dangerous in two ways. One is that the reduction in appetite can cause the cat to eat so little that it triggers hepatic lipidosis ("fatty liver") which is fatal if not treated promptly.

The more common and more serious danger is that those excessive hormones, perfectly safe in their normal quantities, become cardiotoxic in their increased quantities - they poison the heart. The result is hypertropic cardiomyopathy (HCM,) a fatal heart condition. Once the thyroid is controlled the HCM will resolve by itself. If the thyroid isn't controlled the HCM will progress and kill the cat.

Fortunately hyperT is easily treatable. There are three treatment options. One is by injection of radioactive iodine which kills the diseased thyroid tissue. It's the least invasive method but by far the most expensive. It's also not available everywhere, and must be performed at a specialty clinic that's equipped to store and handle nuclear materials. Radioiodine is curative, but the cat could still get hyperT again in the future if the remaining, healthy portion of the thyroid becomes hyperactive.

Another treatment is surgery, where the diseased lobe of the thyroid is removed. This is much less expensive than radioiodine and it's a fairly minor operation. Many vets, probably most, are competent and experienced at this procedure. Like radioiodine, surgery is curative, but the cat can still become hyperT again in the future if the remaining now-healthy lobe of the thyroid becomes hyperactive.

The third treatment option is with medicine. Medication is not curative, it simply keeps the thyroid under control by suppressing the hyperactivity. A few cats have bad reactions to the medicine (tapezole) but most have no trouble with it. In the short run it's the least expensive treatment, since the medicine doesn't cost much, but over the life of the cat it could become the most expensive treatment because the cat will be on the meds for the rest of its life.

My Scooter had surgery for hyperT and it caused him no trouble at all. Several years later the remaining half of ths thyroid went hyper. Since the thyroid can't be completely removed, we treated him with medication that time, and he did fine on that for the rest of his life.

Please do something about kitty's hyperT soon, before it destroys her heart! The prognosis is excellent if you act quickly, but poor if you don't.

I hope her pancreitis is as easily treated...

Answer 2

Is the vet using tapasole for the hyperthyroidism? That's usually what they start them on for this condition. You may want to go to the transdermal form of this if her stomach doesn't tolerate ingesting it through the stomach. It takes a while for the medication to start correcting the hyperactive thyroid.

I have not dealt with the panceratitis. My holistic vet book doesn't go into it in any detail. It is stated that diet is very important so you need to learn about the high quality pet foods and switch her to a better food when she recovers from this "episode".

Jarred baby food is a good thing to feed her. Check label that there is no onion or garlic in it. It cannot be a long-term diet and cats who are reluctant to eat usually take to it. Feed it to her from your finger. Cats do not have to eat a lot of food and they must eat a little every day.

Right now her system can rest for a while with a little fasting. If the vet thinks it's necessary they will give her nutrition intravenously. The vet may also give steroids for pain and inflamation and these can help for a while.

An optimum diet will be the important issue when she recovers.

At catinfo.com the veterinarian there tells you how to do a raw meat diet. That is the very best thing you could do for your cat.

I was just reading posts on my Holisticat group at Yahoo. There was mention of Vitamin B12 shot. I know that my vet includes that in the fluids he gives. This doesn't last long and it does stimulate appetite and boost energy. At the board it was also mentioned that coriander can be an appetite stimulant, just sprinkle a small amount on a serving of food.

Answer 3

I'm sorry, hon! It's terrible when our pet children are ill. My cat had kidney failure, and the vet recommended that I put her to sleep, rather than make her go through a long and harsh surgery.
All I can recommend, is trying some of her favorite wet cat food and see if she will eat it. If she doesn't you will have to consider whether you should put her to sleep.
Cats are very good actors. In the wild, the sick and injured are the first to go, so cats hide their illnesses for as long as they can. When they get so sick that they can no longer hide it, then they usually cannot be helped. If she is no longer eating, then she is at that point.
I'm very sorry!

Answer 4

Try the wet food the Vet tolded you to use and get a second opion just to see if why the cat not eating and don,t put the cat to sleep try everything first. I wish you good luck

Answer 5

if the vet put cat on a wet diet then it should be fine for your cat, since cat is going to vet, ask vet his/her honest opinion about the quality of life your cat is going to have. if your cat is going to have a painful and sickly life from this point on maybe you should consider putting her to sleep. if she can live mostly normal life with pills and food change then i say go for it

Answer 6

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Hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid, is a very common problem, and there are many reasons for this, including drinking chlorinated and fluoridated water, and eating brominated flour.

Chlorine, fluoride, and bromine are all in the same family as iodine, and can displace iodine in your thyroid gland.

Secondly, many people simply aren't getting enough iodine in their diet to begin with. The amount you get from iodized salt is just barely enough to prevent you from getting a goiter.

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