Posted by Snoozy on June 6, 2003, at 0:09:27
In reply to Re: cats and tapazole - Snoozy, posted by BekkaH on June 5, 2003, at 22:35:12
Sadly, I am not near New York City. But if they have these nice boarding places where I live, I can't believe there wouldn't be any in your area. When I was looking, there were a couple of places that mentioned "kitty condos" but they were all waaaaay out of town, and all booked up (Christmas time). I checked out a very nice place, it was a cats-only clinic (in the city!) and they also had boarding. They had a cancellation, so I was able to take my cat there. I don't think I would have gone otherwise! They actually had 3 options for boarding: a single cage, double cage and the kitty condo. I was only able to get my cat the double, but it seemed pretty good space-wise.
You should have several options for the treatment in your area. There is some variation, but the cost for the radioiodine is usually equal to 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 years of tapazole and all the tests.
My cat is an "only" cat. You should check out this group (it's free) that I joined for cats with hyperthyroid (or their humans I should say):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/feline-hyperT/
They're very nice and incredibly helpful. I think I would have totally freaked without them when my cat started her vomiting reaction. But there have been several cats from the group that have had the radioiodine treatment very recently, and most of them do come from housholds with other cats.
Wow, I am suddenly rotfl thinking about if other people here read this post about vomiting cats and radioactive litter! Oh my.
> > The place she stayed was really nice - they had "kitty condos".
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> Hi Snoozy. Wow, that kitty condo place sounds great! I wish I could find a place like that. I did find a fairly decent kennel not far from where I live, but the cat cages are so small! Is that place anywhere near the New York City area? If it is, I just might use it. (By the way, if you don't want to say where it is for privacy reasons, that's OK).
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> I heard about a place that gives the radioiodine treatments called "Radiocat" or something like that. I think it's a nationwide chain, believe or not. I have to do more research on this for all the reasons you mentioned. In addition, the transdermal methimazole is pretty expensive each month, and I figure that after about two and a half years, it would cost the same as the radioiodine treatments, which are about $1,000.00, I believe. Do you have any other cats? I heard that if you have other cats, you have to be very careful when you bring the hyperthyroid cat home from the radioiodine facility. You have to make sure the cats aren't in close contact for about a week, and you can't let the healthier cat get near the litter box of the treated cat. I'll find out more about that place and I'll let you know.
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> Take care.
> Bekka
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