{"id":693,"date":"2010-06-06T07:17:21","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T14:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/askapetpro\/?p=693"},"modified":"2017-08-17T21:40:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T04:40:19","slug":"older-cat-with-hyperthyroidism-having-problems-with-regular-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vetlocator.com\/askapetpro\/older-cat-with-hyperthyroidism-having-problems-with-regular-medication\/","title":{"rendered":"Older cat with hyperthyroidism.  Having problems with regular medication"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"3f81037fbbee6fed079dfd7a0441fe75\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1291583721800567\";\r\n\/* SearchBottomTop - 468x15, created 7\/14\/08 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"9979947770\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 500;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>I have an older calico cat and I recently brought her to my veterinarian for her  annual checkup. She had lost two pounds from the year before and I didn&#8217;t even  notice. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>My veterinarian did some blood tests and told me that she has  hyperthyroidism. He said this is very common in older cats and that she needed  to start taking pills to control it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> I travel a lot and I&#8217;m not sure if I can  give her the medication regularly. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Are there any other options?<\/span><br \/>\nPat<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles by Zemanta<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.happyclaws.com\/hyperthyroidism-in-cats-warning-signs-and-origins.html\">Hyperthyroidism in Cats &#8211; Warning Signs and Origins<\/a> (happyclaws.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have an older calico cat and I recently brought her to my veterinarian for her annual checkup. She had lost two pounds from the year before and I didn&#8217;t even notice. My veterinarian did some blood tests and told me that she has hyperthyroidism. He said this is very common in older cats and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,146,22],"tags":[691,689,690,692],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cat","category-cat-diet","category-cat-health","tag-cats","tag-feline-hyperthyroidism","tag-hyperthyroidism","tag-pets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetlocator.com\/askapetpro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetlocator.com\/askapetpro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetlocator.com\/askapetpro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetlocator.com\/askapetpro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetlocator.com\/askapetpro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vetlocator.com\/askapetpro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1795,"href":"https:\/\/vetlocator.com\/askapetpro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions\/1795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetlocator.com\/askapetpro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetlocator.com\/askapetpro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetlocator.com\/askapetpro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}