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Old 10-06-2009, 10:21 AM
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Re: Unexplained shaking of head - Cat.

Hi

Have you had your cat tested for thyroid, either over active or under active. My 16 year old female cat, Ebony took to shaking her head in a sort of twitch, she also had intermittent bowl problems, pacing etc and over active thyroid is also linked in with diabetes in some cases.

I actually argued with my vet, because Ebony has always been a bit skittish, but when I looked at the symptoms she does actually fit quite a lot of them. If it is an overactive thyroid the treatment is a simple one a day tablet called vidalta. Since taking them, Ebony is having a second, possibley 3rd child hood. In fact I think I'll start taking them too and see if I get a new lease of life lol.

Hope this helps

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