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Hi everyone,
We are now dealing with a health issue (biggest one he's ever had) for our 13 year old male cat. He was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism and the vet put him on methamazole for a month. He has his vet appointment next week to check his levels again and then he's supposed to be scheduled in for his radioactive iodine therapy a week after that. I already made the appointment at the cat specialist and got funds together in preparation. However, my biggest concern, is the 3-5 days he has to spend at the place after the treatment. He is very skittish, afraid of pretty much everyone but me and sometimes my girlfriend. He hates going to the vet and in the past he's given me days of food strikes when he went through something that was too traumatizing (moving, a vet visit, too many people in the house for hours, etc). I am really afraid that these 3-5 days away from his family are going to be incredibly hard on both of us and I'm worried about his recovery. I'm also really scared that he won't eat anything for the entire 3-5 days that he's away and I'm not sure if the nurses are going to try as persistently as I do when he refuses food. He also tends to not use the bathroom when he's upset like this which is especially dangerous since he also has FLUTD and it will likely flare up while he's in a high stress situation, not eating or drinking and holding it all in. I'm not even thinking about how long it will take me to get him to eat again once he comes back home but that is another big issue that I will have to figure a way around later. I'm posting here because I wanted to see if anyone might have any advice on how you handled it with your skittish cat. Is there anyway I can make this easier for him when the time comes? Anything I can do to help him get used to this very scary situation that he's going to be stuck in for 3-5 days? I don't want him to think I abandoned him forever but I know the stress and depression of that is going to keep him from eating/drinking as well.
We are now dealing with a health issue (biggest one he's ever had) for our 13 year old male cat. He was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism and the vet put him on methamazole for a month. He has his vet appointment next week to check his levels again and then he's supposed to be scheduled in for his radioactive iodine therapy a week after that. I already made the appointment at the cat specialist and got funds together in preparation. However, my biggest concern, is the 3-5 days he has to spend at the place after the treatment. He is very skittish, afraid of pretty much everyone but me and sometimes my girlfriend. He hates going to the vet and in the past he's given me days of food strikes when he went through something that was too traumatizing (moving, a vet visit, too many people in the house for hours, etc). I am really afraid that these 3-5 days away from his family are going to be incredibly hard on both of us and I'm worried about his recovery. I'm also really scared that he won't eat anything for the entire 3-5 days that he's away and I'm not sure if the nurses are going to try as persistently as I do when he refuses food. He also tends to not use the bathroom when he's upset like this which is especially dangerous since he also has FLUTD and it will likely flare up while he's in a high stress situation, not eating or drinking and holding it all in. I'm not even thinking about how long it will take me to get him to eat again once he comes back home but that is another big issue that I will have to figure a way around later. I'm posting here because I wanted to see if anyone might have any advice on how you handled it with your skittish cat. Is there anyway I can make this easier for him when the time comes? Anything I can do to help him get used to this very scary situation that he's going to be stuck in for 3-5 days? I don't want him to think I abandoned him forever but I know the stress and depression of that is going to keep him from eating/drinking as well.