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MadrasT

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15. First of all (hugs) for both of you.

Reply to beam me up scottie (Original post)

Sat Oct 25, 2014, 07:55 PM

Oct 2014

Last edited Sun Oct 26, 2014, 09:36 PM - Edit history (2)

Go to felinediabetes.com. Extraordinarily helpful folks and everything you need to know is there.

Main site: http://www.felinediabetes.com/
Forum: http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/index.php

I recommend getting a blood glucose monitor and learning to test him at home. We use a ReliOn Confirm. It will give you a much better feel for how he is responding to the insulin. Also you want to cut carbs out of his diet as much as possible - Fancy Feast classics are an affordable option. Even prescription diabetes diets are not really what he needs - especially not anything dry. I believe the Purina DM canned is OK but no better than good old Fancy Feast classics.

My boy was diagnosed at the beginning of September and due to diet change and vigilant attention to glucose levels and proper insulin dosing... he appears to be going into remission. We are on day 5 of him not needing insulin at all. (His glucose is below 100 now.)

Seriously... check out the website I referenced. It was a lifesaver for us, maybe literally.

My best to you and Calvin.

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My cat Calvin was just diagnosed with diabetes. [View all] beam me up scottie Oct 2014 OP

{{{BMUS}}} {{{Calvin}}} shenmue Oct 2014 #1

Thank you shenmue. beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #2

My dear Frosty procon Oct 2014 #3

Good advice, thank you. beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #4

Don't worry too much. Curmudgeoness Oct 2014 #5

Hey, I like the idea about giving him the shot when he's eating. beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #7

kiralove gets her insulin immediately after I put he food bowl down. irisblue Oct 2014 #17

I'll do that. beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #26

a little more reading: ginnyinWI Oct 2014 #6

Thanks! beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #8

My Tze Chiu was diagnosed w/ diabetes when he was twelve. TygrBright Oct 2014 #9

I may have to give Calvin fluids. beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #18

Our Travertine kitty has it as well Mbrow Oct 2014 #10

Thank you, Mbrow, your story gives me hope. beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #19

They get used to the shots. I house sat a cat that I had to give shots to. applegrove Oct 2014 #11

Thanks. beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #20

I had a diabetic cat. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2014 #12

That is awesome, six years is a long time. beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #21

I take insulin as a human with diabetes kdmorris Oct 2014 #13

That is good to know. beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #22

Oliver has been on insulin for 2 years Sanity Claws Oct 2014 #14

Excellent information and advice. beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #23

First of all (hugs) for both of you. MadrasT Oct 2014 #15

Thanks for those links! beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #24

Thanks, I really wish you both the best! MadrasT Nov 2014 #28

He went back to the vet's yesterday and his reading was still extremely high. beam me up scottie Nov 2014 #30

Yay, that's great news! I am so glad he is comfortable and happy. MadrasT Nov 2014 #31

No experience with cats, just diabetic dogs. I've heard cats are easier to sinkingfeeling Oct 2014 #16

Our vet started him on Vetsulin. beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #25

Recommended to read up on Fenugreek Lodestar Oct 2014 #27

Thank you. beam me up scottie Nov 2014 #29

I've started adding it to one of my cat's meals too. She has weight issues but don't know if Lodestar Nov 2014 #32

one of my cats had diabetes years ago blackcrowflies Nov 2014 #33