Daisy's Thyroid and Horse Crazy

Yesterday I took my cat, Daisy, to the vet for a checkup. I've had her since my high school graduation (1998). She was a gift from my best friend, Laura.

Over the past few months, my husband Brian and I have been noticing that she's been dropping weight (I originally spelled it wait...really???). She's always been a (for lack of a better word) pukey cat, but she's never had an issue maintaining a healthy body weight, until recently.

Anyway, a few weeks ago, I began slowly switching her food over to a high protein food that I purchased at a "natural" pet store near my house. Daisy does seem to be getting sick less and less, which is good, but she was still dropping weight, so.....vet time!

The vet told us that she suspects Hyper Thyroid. She came to this conclusion based on a few things such as: Her slightly elevated heart rate, drop in weight and her age (12). A blood sample was taken and $140.00 later, we were on our way.

I have to say though, that I felt like the dumbest cat owner, ever.

Did you know that:

Cats sweat through their paws when they're nervous? (apparently dogs do too, whodathunkit?)

and

There are tons of different calico patterns and varieties. I didn't know that Daisy was a Tortoise Shell DILUTE Calico, until another client pointed that out to me.

In a few weeks we'll know more about why Daisy is dropping poundage so quickly. Hopefully it is her thyroid because according to the Vet, that is the lesser of the evils of potential causes.
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On our way back from the vet, Brian was telling me about a mutual acquaintance of ours who recently graduated from Equine Veterinary College at MSU. She moved down to Florida earlier this summer to begin her new job as a...well...Equine Vet. Anyway, last weekend while she was up visiting, she told Brian that she was quitting her job and moving to Seattle to be a small animal vet. According to her, horse owners are "too damn crazy and I can't take it anymore."

Well, I have to say I was surprised to hear that, for a second. Then I started thinking back on all of the horse owners I've known and worked for throughout my life. Does the term "horse Crazy" have a deeper meaning? Think about it! LOL. I'm horse crazy, but am I horse CRAZY? Yikes, I hope not.

I am only generalizing as I know that the vast majority of horse owners are wonderful AWESOME people, like my mom and all of you! I's just sayin'! Regardless, I can't wait to see this girl and drill her on all of the juicy, scandalous and annoying shenanigans that drove her to such extremes!

I'm thinking that in reality, it's probably the hours and sheer lack of equine vets that drove her crazy.