Hi,

Several months ago my 12 year old cat started to lick obsessively.  Took him
to the vet who thought he had some sort of allergy.  Vet gave him shots
every couple of months, but excessive licking did not stop.  Put him on
special allergy diet, which did not seem to help either.

Finally we and the vet took notice of his loss of weight.  Vet did blood
test and found hyperthyroidism.  Started cat on 5 mg tapazole per day (mixed
with wet food).  Since then the cat seems to have stopped licking
obsessively; at least it is much less of a problem.

Has anybody else noticed that Tapazole has an effect on obsessive licking?

Thanks,

DaveC