Thread: 10 year old not eating but hungry.......help

Originally Posted by Bruce

I'll ask the vet about the thyroid check.........Thanks.

Our vets would have this checked as a matter of course with a cat of that age & is run through the same lab here,plus the heartbeat is normally more rapid too but yet another good avenue to find out about. If he is loveing tuna & will eat a whole tin of that & keep down could you perhaps get him some of the more "expensive" tuna cat food & see if you can mix it in with the human one gradually upping the amount or is he wise ole boy who would cotton on....? Think while he is eating only that I would deff.get some extra vitamins to give him. My boy "Bruce's" [sorry about the name] normal weight is around that mark or very slightly heavier but not a lot.....
Another thought on the hyperthyroid side is over activity too & you reckon he is flying around still,sometimes you can actually feel the gland swollen in the throat especially on a lean cat,just run your fingers over slightly & see if you can feel any abnormality..