Q: Our senior cat is hyperthyroid. How common is hyperthyroidism, and what causes it? A: Hyperthyroidism is caused by benign tumors in the two thyroid glands located in the cat's neck. The tumors ...

Ever since I got a new kitten last fall, my 14-year-old cat started to lose a lot of weight and so I had him checked. It was suggested that perhaps the food competition and stress of constantly being ...

In small animal medicine, we often find medical conditions that mirror human medical conditions. This is true for a small gland found in the neck that is known as the thyroid gland. The human thyroid ...

Hi Dennis, thanks for messaging me about your feline friend, Gator. So, it sounds like Gator was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism by his veterinarian and you are currently treating the disease. However, ...

The thyroid is the largest endocrine organ in the body. Canines and felines both can suffer from impaired function of the thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism), which influences the ...

I had two 17-year-old sister cats until one died two months ago. The remaining sister has been losing weight for a few months. I finally had my vet look at her. They took bloodwork, and the diagnosis ...

Dr. Arnon Gal, a small-animal internal-medicine specialist, is shown with his cat at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana. Dr. Arnon Gal, a small-animal internal-medicine ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2022. Q: Our senior cat is hyperthyroid. How common is hyperthyroidism, and ...