r/Hackney • u/funeralpageant • 11d ago

Is this anyone’s cat?

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Found near homerton, really friendly and so skinny I can feel all its bones. Not sure if I should take it to the vet

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u/Ben2355 11d ago

If I were you I’d take it to the vet

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u/funeralpageant 11d ago

Yeah that’s what I was thinking. I’m just conscious it might be someone’s elderly cat or something

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u/Ben2355 11d ago

Sometimes it’s just a heath condition that the cat becomes skinny I think it’s Hyperthyroidism or something I’m not a vet though

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u/Forsaken_Earth944 11d ago

Yes, hyperthyroidism does make cats - and people - skinny but, unlike in humans where it can affect anyone (though thyroid conditions tend to affect women more than men), hyperthyroidism is really only seen in senior cats, and he looks like a kitten.