- Pet's Name: Ginger
- Gender: Male
- Age: 12
- Diseases: Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid gland)
- Prescribed treatment: Therapeutic food with severely restricted iodine (Hill's Prescription Diet y/d). All treats, fish, seafood, and foods of other brands are absolutely excluded. Only clean filtered water (therapeutic y/d food, T4 blood tests every 3–6 months, antihypertensives or methimazole if diet alone is insufficient)
- General Information: He came to the shelter after his owner died. Relatives brought him in – thin, with a ravenous appetite, trembling, and constantly crying at night. The tests showed sky-high hormone levels. Now Ginger is on a special diet, slowly gaining weight. Every six months he gives blood sample
- Annual Cost of Maintenance: 3900
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