Hi everyone,
The past couple of days have been very hard for my family. Our 19 year old male cat is declining in health rapidly. He’s had hyperthyroidism for the past 3-4 years and has been taking medication prescribed by the vet to treat it. This past January we noticed that Ozzies weight continued to decrease, we brought him to the vet and they said he just wasn’t getting enough of the thyroid medication in him. We tried special cat treats with the medication in it and that only worked for a while as he’s such a picky eater.
Fast forward to this past week and Ozzie’s weight is probably only 3-4 pounds. He is still moving around, very slowly now, and the only thing he will eat for the past 2 days is tuna juice and barely touches his water. We have stopped giving Ozzie the thyroid medication as it seems to only upset his stomach and we are just trying to make him as comfortable as we can. He is a very ritualistic cat and even now is still displaying his “Ozzie traits” such as looking at my mom in the kitchen while she watches dishes, trying to follow my dad around, being interested in what everyone is eating, etc.
At this point is there anything we can do to help him? I have a contact ready to call for in home euthanasian (Lap of Love) but I just want to be sure we are doing everything first. He doesn’t appear to be in any pain (still moving around slightly, laying down on floor, sleeping, eating tuna juice) but he just has this overall exhausted look about him. I really want to avoid taking him to the vet and putting him through more tests. When we took him to the vet In January the vet had a difficult time drawing blood as his veins are so thin and overall he hated being there.
Thank you for any advice!
The past couple of days have been very hard for my family. Our 19 year old male cat is declining in health rapidly. He’s had hyperthyroidism for the past 3-4 years and has been taking medication prescribed by the vet to treat it. This past January we noticed that Ozzies weight continued to decrease, we brought him to the vet and they said he just wasn’t getting enough of the thyroid medication in him. We tried special cat treats with the medication in it and that only worked for a while as he’s such a picky eater.
Fast forward to this past week and Ozzie’s weight is probably only 3-4 pounds. He is still moving around, very slowly now, and the only thing he will eat for the past 2 days is tuna juice and barely touches his water. We have stopped giving Ozzie the thyroid medication as it seems to only upset his stomach and we are just trying to make him as comfortable as we can. He is a very ritualistic cat and even now is still displaying his “Ozzie traits” such as looking at my mom in the kitchen while she watches dishes, trying to follow my dad around, being interested in what everyone is eating, etc.
At this point is there anything we can do to help him? I have a contact ready to call for in home euthanasian (Lap of Love) but I just want to be sure we are doing everything first. He doesn’t appear to be in any pain (still moving around slightly, laying down on floor, sleeping, eating tuna juice) but he just has this overall exhausted look about him. I really want to avoid taking him to the vet and putting him through more tests. When we took him to the vet In January the vet had a difficult time drawing blood as his veins are so thin and overall he hated being there.
Thank you for any advice!