Mortified - I've been overdosing my cat!!

Oooh cat envy! His markings are very distinct; I thought he was an exotic breed. Hope you manage to get his meds sorted; its the one job I dread! I swear they know when it's time for their tablet!

Hi Nanabelle he's lovely - I've had a lot of tabbies - my very best buddy looked just like him and I was completely devastated when he died. Things have moved on since I posted the original thread. After much debating I decided to put my cat in for the radio iodine treatment at a special clinic in Wetherby. We had to wait until Feb to do it as my family were here over Christmas and NY with our grandsons so didn't want to risk them being in contact with her after the treatment. She did well on the Thyronorm but weighing up being on meds forever against the one off procedure which is a cure we opted for that so we had to take her off it for the last couple of weeks. She was away for 3 weeks in total which was hard but the staff were wonderful and rang me every day with progress reports. They fell in love with her even though she's such a madam and impossible to handle! The blood results after 3 weeks showed her thyroid levels were just slightly below normal (meaning she was hypothyroid) but they expect these to go back up over the next few weeks so they believe she is cured. She was supposed to have bloods done again after a month but unfortunately 3 days after she came home she had an accident and broke her jaw which was horrific. Nothing to do with the treatment but because her teeth are in such a bad way its reduced the bone density so the vet said even a small knock could have done it - she'd been in her tray and I think she ran into a tiled step by it. So she ended up having an op to have it wired. She has to go back in April to have the wire removed and a full dental - they will do the bloods then so we should find out after that if she is cured. Very stressful time for her (and us!) but she's fine and was eating as soon as she came home after the op! If you're insured it might be worth looking into the radio iodine option - it's expensive but then so is a lifetime of meds and blood tests and better for them in the long run.

hi Willow500 - thanks for your update. So glad to hear the radio iodine treatment worked - I did check it out online but as you say, it is a long time away from home! Bet its not done on the IOW either! Devastating news on your poor cat's broken jaw. Poor thing - I hope that gets better soon. How old is she? One of our cats in the past was knocked by a car and had to have her jaw wired up. I don't know - these modern cats! When I was a child, our cat never had to go to the vets! (Apart from neutering) We didn't even have flea treatment!
Lots of strokes to your cat

Don't feel too bad about that - we all make mistakes. My 18yr old cat has been on the same liquid medication for a few years now, but the vet told me to syringe it directly into her mouth - that way, I can be sure that she gets it all (my other cat would eat the food if I put the liquid in there). She also has kidney failure (old age) and has a cream which I apply to the skin of her ears each day

I've been buying homeopathic medications from chewy.com for about 6 months now for my two elderly cats. They are being treated for anxiety, skin infections and hot spots as well as for relief of joint stress. These meds are working great on both of my elderly cats. (14yrs and 23yrs). You might want to look around chew dot com and see if there are any homeopathic meds there for your own cat. Just a thought. I've used homeopathics on myself for many situations and have done it for years. Homeopathics are my first "go to" whenever treatments are called for. They are very inexpensive compared to traditional medications and I've found that they, many times, work even better. My own veterinarians throughout the years have pooh-poohed homeopathics but I've personally used them on both myself as well as on my pets and now I swear by homeopathics.

Marilii glad to hear your cats are thriving on the homeopathic treatments. I did try some of the Flowerbac remedies on one of my elderly cats who was very stressed by being away from home (we used to take him and the other two to a holiday home each weekend). He was blind and I think had some form of feline dementia so I hoped the drops would calm him down and also the other two who don't get on together at all. I'm not sure it had much effect on them really but you had to put it in their water and although he was a devil playing with his water none of them actually drank it.

My hyperthyroid cat is now officially cured thanks to the radio iodine treatment - her blood results just last week were very good. She still needs the wire removing from her broken jaw - it wasn't stable enough when she had her dental op a fortnight ago so still has to go through another one in a month when they will take out the rest of her teeth as well. Much more expensive than homeopathic treatments definitely but as she is impossible to handle this was the only real way to treat her.

Don't worry too much! Just take them to the vet and it'll be alright!