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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Apr 19 2007 : 12:00:26 PM
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Hey gals. My mom's cat, Casper, was just diagnosed with diabetes....he's always been bigger (some type of himalyan mix), but about January, he looked like he was going to "pop" and about last month, she started going through a 40 lb bag of litter a week due to extreme urination (and I mean EXTREME).
Does anyone else have cats with diabetes? What food should he be eating now?
Any help is appreciated...he starts on shots on Monday.
"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." Margaret Atwood
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Apr 19 2007 : 12:34:37 PM
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| Oh, gosh. I haven't actually had my own cat with diabetes, but my next door neighbors asked me to pet sit once. They had a diabetic cat and a dog with epilepsy, so I had to administer shots to the one and pills to the other. The cat got normal food out of a can. I don't remember if it was a special formula, but I'm sure your mom's vet will tell her that. I was very freaked out about the shots, and the cat didn't seem happy about it either. But we both survived, so I hope that will be encouraging to your mom if she's nervous. |
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
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Talitha
Vermont
USA
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Posted - Apr 20 2007 : 08:55:46 AM
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Jonni,
I am so very sorry. I have no idea what your cat needs but just want to say I am sorry and I do so hope things level out so you and your cat can have a long and healthy time together! (((HUGS)))
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
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Anne
Portland
Or
USA
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Posted - Apr 20 2007 : 10:55:13 AM
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I found this on the web -
Feeding your cat non-dry cat food is the best thing you can do for your cat, diabetic or not. A cat is an "obligate carnivore." That means the physiology and anatomy of the cat are suited to eating a high protein, meat diet. Dry food, even prescription diabetic food, just cannot meet this requirement.
A low-carbohydrate, high protein, wet diet has been associated with remission (disappearance of symptoms) of diabetes in cats. You can feed your cat a raw or cooked diet that you make yourself or there are many excellent high protein canned foods available. As a cost-conscious compromise, you can feed readily available low-cost canned foods, such as certain varieties of Fancy Feast.
Anne in Portland
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them" Eyeore from Winnie the Pooh
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Apr 20 2007 : 1:56:07 PM
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Thanks girls. I looked on the internet, and I got a little overwhelmed--Anne, your blurb from the web helped.
Poor Casper--he really won't eat moist food. I guess he'll have to, now. He likes canned tuna and canned chicken, people grade, but literally turns his nose up at canned cat food. He's always been different, for sure....my main concern is those shots. He loves my mom, but he's not a real nice boy, and when she goes on vacation, it looks like it's going to fall on me.
Anyone have any of those "raptor" gloves? 
"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." Margaret Atwood
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