Our 15 yr old boy was grinding his teeth ealier this year & hyper & loosing weight (2.5kg but he has never been a big cat) it was his thyroid to, he had both removed as the vet said if he just took one out he may start to have the same problem again with the other.

He has been great since put on some weight (4kg) & his coat looks better than ever. Trouble is he has been drinking alot over the last couple of days & I just herd him grinding his teeth again when he had his tea today so keeping an eye on him and fingers crossed his kidneys arnt starting to play up now as I read that the thyroid removal affects the amount of blood flow to the kidneys or something like that haveing a thick day sorry hope your cat continues to improove on the pills

Hi Dally Banjo,
Thanks for your reply. I hope that your cat is ok.

Hi.
A few weeks ago I had to say bye to my cat.
She was 16 and a half.
She had been acting weird since we introduced our new dog to her. She has been the only pet for 16.5 years so we knew she would be stressed. A few days on she refused to eat and started drinking lots of water. Her teeth wern't that good anymore and a few times I did hear her grinding her teeth.She stopped cleaning herself and all she did was sleep and drink. She was a house cat anyway- so she never went out. Me and My mum was getting very worried and was shocked when she refused to eat fish from the chip shop! A week later we took her to the vets and she had blood tests. The vets rang back 2 hours later saying our cat had Chronic Relane Faliure(kidney faliure) and she also had Liver Disease. The vet said to be prepared and give her lots of love..So we did. One morning Wincey couldn't move properly and was soo weak she was moving like a robot, So we made a brave decision to say bye..Its so sad loosing a pet you've had for so long..We thought our cat was just stressed from the dog coming into our home and never thought we'd say bye until she was atleast 18. But she lived till a good age and its always good to be aware with elderly cats.
Hope your cat is okay.
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