my 18 year old cat has been diagnosed with thyroid which she has tablets for shes still very skinny?

Question

i need to know what is best to feed her to build her up to put more meat on her bones

Answer 1

it sounds like an over active thyroid she has
give her light foods such as chicken it has lots of protein in it ideal for this problem
but see your vet about an opp. for her this may sound o.t.t. but when my 18 year old had this problem the vet suggested it to me
my cat recovered really well and was back to the cat she was in just over a week it was like she had just been on holiday and come back with vengeance's
this way you wont need to give her tablets any more also

Answer 2

Cook for her. Cook a chicken leg, boiled in water in its own fat, now and then.

Change her food gradually. Add a little new food in the old food, then increase the quantity.

Also feed Kitten food, Arden Grange is good and totally organic, so is Almo Nature, and the best around Orijen, a high meat, low carb content, -since when do cats eat alot of corn? That's what most pet foods are made of, corn unfit for human consumption and artificial meat flavourings.

Orijen is a Canadian, all organic dry food. Highly digestible, my 9 year old cat throws up everything else, but not this one. Almo Nature also is hormone free, all organic. Eaglepack is a good one too. The best diet possible is all organic, hormone free, as you would give a child. It's advisable to feed her the best as she is old and ill, and you need to give her the best strenght possible to fight her consuming illness.
Cut on cheap 4% meat derivatives (beaks and hoofs) content like Whiskas and KitKat and their likes. Very poor feed.

There's a website which sells totally natural, vet approved, herbal supplements since 1948. The mythical Dorwest. They offer the best advice on all ailments, give them a call or e-mail them.
Natural, therefore : No side-effects. They are used by all best breeders of both cats and dogs as a complementary medicine alongside traditional veterinarian medicine. Here's a link below. Ask your vet if the sutable preparation they advise at Dorwest is compatible with the medication she's on.
Or maybe consult an homeopathic vet.

Give her three drops of cod liver oil a day in her feed. Adds suppleness and D-E vitamins. a few drops of sunflower oil otherwise.

IAMS and Science Plan both test on animals, so that they can write "new and improved" on the packet. Google it if you want to see the disgusting torture they conduct on poor defenceless pets, like feeding them their stuff, then sewing their stomach to see what happens. Crazy! Buy their food and you're killing innocent cats and dogs...NO THANKS!
It's all artificial anyway.

Good luck!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I had two cats with thyroid problems that required pills. It will take a while for her to bulk back up, and she probably won't ever be as big as she was at her peak.

There are special foods for senior cats, and since she is 18 she is definitely a senior (about 120 in people years) you might want to try one of those.

Otherwise check with your vet to see whether he/she has any special recommendations.

Answer 5

My previous Siamese, Jeremy, was diagnosed with hyper-thyroid problems. He was also given tablets to control this, yet he wasn't particularly skinny.

Now, my present Siamese, Hamilton, has just turned 15 and he has gone extremely skinny ... yet he eats and eats and ... drinks his water... Obviously, he has the same condition.

I would suggest trying a higher calorie diet of the type designed for kittens. Royal Canin has the widest variety of diets and, unlike a lot of Hills Science Diet, cats really LOVE it! I am referring to the dry Royal Canin as my cat will not eat 'wet' food!!! Have a word with your vet and see what advice you get. I'm so pleased your cat is 18. I hope mine gets to be the same.

Wishing her well ... Mo & pets

Answer 6

If your vet has prescribed any medication she should start getting a bit better soon. If a thyroid is overactive still no matter what you feed her on she will have problems putting on weight. Well done for keeping her so long. I have just lost my cat after 7 years and am devastated.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

It can take three months for thyroid tablets to take effect, just keep giving her what shes used to and let her get on with it, changing her food at her age isnt a good idea, you could try a few cat treats if she will take them, but radical changes will just make her ill.

Answer 9

If your cat is that old, you are lucky that she is eating at all. My advice would be to feed her whatever she likes to eat, as long as it is healthy, and avoid making dramatic changes to her diet. Old animals are not very adaptable to change of any kind.

Do take a look at her teeth (which I'm sure the vet has already done with your). At that age their teeth are usually pretty bad, if they have any left, that is! She is likely to need soft foods.

It is typical for old cats to lose weight as they age. Has her weight loss been dramatic, or has she been skinny for quite some time? The reason I am asking is this: with all due respect to your vet, I do think a hyperthyroid is an older cat is best left alone. Hyperthyroidism is extremely common in older cats, and usually something they can live with very well. It's quite likely that she has had it for years. All it means from your perspective is that she can eat as much as she wants without fear of getting fat.

You have to be realistic and accept that you have a very old cat. Keep her comfortable, happy, and refrain from treating anything too aggressively, for in most cases the cure will be worse than the illness. She is much more likely to become seriously ill from the medication than from the thyroid problem itself, which, as I said, she probably has been living with for some time (unless, as I said, she lost all the weight very suddenly, in which case listen to your vet!).

All the best.

Answer 10

She is an elderly cat now, and like people, she probably won't put on any weight. If she has just been diagnosed with thyroid trouble, the weight may go back on, given time.