of the ordinary showing. Blood tests will be ready on Monday so will see
what they bring up.

You should also have his urine tested. Sometimes the inability to
concentrate the urine well shows up first before anything out of the ordinary
shows up in the blood test for kidney disease. At least 70% of the kidneys
must be destroyed before it shows in the blood test; therefore if, say, 50%
of a cat's kidneys are destroyed, it will not show up in the blood test.

Also, as Phil stated, you should consider a T4 test also. That will check
for hyperthyroidism. That is another condition that older cats with
unexplained weight loss may have. Usually they will eat a lot but still
lose weight and are hyperactive. They may also drink and urinate more and
can have vomiting and diarreah.

In the meantime he hasn't vomited today as well as yesterday (though part of
that is probably due to stress) & vet seems to think it is nothing very
serious....... fingers crossed.

That's good.


Anna

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