I took Lucy to the vet (my 7 year old terrier mix) last week to get her senior blood panel done, specifically because the vet thinks she may have thyroid problems. They drew her blood and spun it down (?) and as I was leaving the vet ran out to my car and said that there was too much fat in the blood and it would be hard to get accurate results so I was supposed to fast her for 12 hours and bring her back to get blood drawn again. If there is still too much fat in her blood then we will go from there. My appointment is in an hour and I am hoping there isn't too much fat in it this time. Unfortunately I won't hear back until tomorrow the results of her blood panel.
The vet thought she may have a thyroid issue because she is overweight (how did I miss that!) and has lost her appetite and her energy level has dropped noticeably in the last month or two. Half of me hopes she does have a thyroid problem so she will go back to normal. She weighs 28 pounds and the vet wants to see her at 20 pounds but I find that very unlikely to happen as she has never been below 24 pounds since I got her. I may have to put her back on raw exclusively because that is the only way I've ever gotten her to loose any weight in the past. I can't feel her ribs at all but her waist is thin-ish so I guess that is why I didn't notice she was overweight.
The vet thought she may have a thyroid issue because she is overweight (how did I miss that!) and has lost her appetite and her energy level has dropped noticeably in the last month or two. Half of me hopes she does have a thyroid problem so she will go back to normal. She weighs 28 pounds and the vet wants to see her at 20 pounds but I find that very unlikely to happen as she has never been below 24 pounds since I got her. I may have to put her back on raw exclusively because that is the only way I've ever gotten her to loose any weight in the past. I can't feel her ribs at all but her waist is thin-ish so I guess that is why I didn't notice she was overweight.
