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Originally Posted by john walker's workshop
one sign of hyperthyroid is lots of barfing when they didn't do it before. they waste away. lost 3 cats so far to that condition. there was a recent writeup that fire retardant caused it, among other things. and guess where fire retardant is. not just in foam and furniture, but in cat food.
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Iodine 131 therapy.
Not cheap but it works.
Turok was a 20 lb beast who had wasted away to 11 lbs. He was pretty close to dead and we did the Iodine 131.
He got back up to and has maintained 17 lbs for the last 3 years. We keep him a bit light to help his arthritis.