Insulin costs for a cat?
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Sorry to hear that. You did your best.
Having lost my own black cat to cancer 11 years ago, I can say (without meaning to be flippant) that there is one up side: the rescue centres are full of black cats, and we were lucky enough to find another lazy fat black tom cat about 3 years later. He's a ringer for his predecessor, and went some way to making things better.
Having lost my own black cat to cancer 11 years ago, I can say (without meaning to be flippant) that there is one up side: the rescue centres are full of black cats, and we were lucky enough to find another lazy fat black tom cat about 3 years later. He's a ringer for his predecessor, and went some way to making things better.
But sometimes it's easier when they go as a shock, you don't have the time to torture yourself IYKWIM 
N Dentressangle said:
Sorry to hear that. You did your best.
Having lost my own black cat to cancer 11 years ago, I can say (without meaning to be flippant) that there is one up side: the rescue centres are full of black cats, and we were lucky enough to find another lazy fat black tom cat about 3 years later. He's a ringer for his predecessor, and went some way to making things better.
I agree but I can't see why. We've had 3 black cats, still have one and they're lovely.Having lost my own black cat to cancer 11 years ago, I can say (without meaning to be flippant) that there is one up side: the rescue centres are full of black cats, and we were lucky enough to find another lazy fat black tom cat about 3 years later. He's a ringer for his predecessor, and went some way to making things better.
Hi David,
Hope you don’t mind me replying on an old thread. I’m sorry to read that your poor cat passed, I was enjoying your story of diabetic cat hope - as I’m here in your previous situation with a newly diagnosed diabetic cat - and upset to see how it ended. Pets bring great pleasure, and great pain.
If it’s not too painful to remember, I was wondering if you could shed some light on the original topic. I am taking on a diabetic cat from my parents as I’m in a position to help her get the insulin and treatment she needs. But I’m struggling to know what to expect - she’s booked in on Friday for the process to begin.
How much were you very roughly paying for the treatment (including needles, medicine, food) per month? I literally can’t get the price into a ballpark of £30 a month or £160 a month going by google which brings me results from all over the world.
I agree with your choice of going ahead with the insulin, we can’t just end a cat’s life if they have good life left in them. I hope your remaining flock are okay, and you found peace with your very sad loss of your beautiful cat. Any information you could give would be valuable at this stage, and thank you in advance.
Hope you don’t mind me replying on an old thread. I’m sorry to read that your poor cat passed, I was enjoying your story of diabetic cat hope - as I’m here in your previous situation with a newly diagnosed diabetic cat - and upset to see how it ended. Pets bring great pleasure, and great pain.
If it’s not too painful to remember, I was wondering if you could shed some light on the original topic. I am taking on a diabetic cat from my parents as I’m in a position to help her get the insulin and treatment she needs. But I’m struggling to know what to expect - she’s booked in on Friday for the process to begin.
How much were you very roughly paying for the treatment (including needles, medicine, food) per month? I literally can’t get the price into a ballpark of £30 a month or £160 a month going by google which brings me results from all over the world.
I agree with your choice of going ahead with the insulin, we can’t just end a cat’s life if they have good life left in them. I hope your remaining flock are okay, and you found peace with your very sad loss of your beautiful cat. Any information you could give would be valuable at this stage, and thank you in advance.
I was in the same situation a few years ago, insulin was actually the cheapest thing and needles were the priciest. Food isn't cheap either. I think I was probably spending an average of about £40 a month including food, this rose every 6 months with a checkup and also when new needles were needed. I'd be surprised if you were spending anywhere near £150 a month.
eta: I used to get food and needles from www.viovet.co.uk they also do insulin but for the amount I would have saved, it wasn't worth paying for a prescription from the vet. Ted used to eat Coley fillets for dinner and diabetic biscuits for breakfast. Finding the fish was a bit of an issue sometimes
eta: I used to get food and needles from www.viovet.co.uk they also do insulin but for the amount I would have saved, it wasn't worth paying for a prescription from the vet. Ted used to eat Coley fillets for dinner and diabetic biscuits for breakfast. Finding the fish was a bit of an issue sometimes
Edited by eybic on Tuesday 8th January 08:26
Edited by eybic on Tuesday 8th January 08:28
Hi, I honestly can't remember I'm afraid. She didn't last long enough to get a proper handle on the costs but I recall it wasn't huge.
I never had any real concern it wasn't the right thing to do it was just that fate got the better of us.
After a little while we I wanted another little girl so we found a kitten at the rspca. At collection they happened to mention there was one other left from the litter...oh ok we'll take them both. So for a few years we had 5. Now as it turns out that was too many and we had a few territory issues in the house but on the whole they all got on well. Age range was 2 kittens, 2 at 5 and one at 14. This year that as 2 at 3, 2 at 8 and one at 17.
We lost our eldest in October, he just dropped down dead in front of us one evening. Perfectly fine up until then. To compound it one of the youngsters (the extra one as it turns out) developed something odd - absence/focal seizures which paralysed his back legs for 15 min sessions. It was all very odd and he was responding variably to keppra and phenbarbitone. We opted to have an mri scan to rule out an SOL but very sadly he died overnight after the scan, early december. I do wonder if he should have been discharged as he was very wobbly on his return home but he was definitely improving through the evening and was walking about and eating. I didn't have any concern about leaving him on the kitchen sofa for the night to recover fully. Sadly it was not to be and we found him laid out the following morning. Such a shame as he was such a lovely boy and tolerated all the poking and prodding (and travelling) without even a whisper. Basil was great and he deserved a better chance than the cards he was dealt.
Christmas and cats has never been a great time for us. But we have 3 here still (seems so few) and they need looking after so life goes on.
Anyway I hope you have more luck and that your plans work out. David
I never had any real concern it wasn't the right thing to do it was just that fate got the better of us.
After a little while we I wanted another little girl so we found a kitten at the rspca. At collection they happened to mention there was one other left from the litter...oh ok we'll take them both. So for a few years we had 5. Now as it turns out that was too many and we had a few territory issues in the house but on the whole they all got on well. Age range was 2 kittens, 2 at 5 and one at 14. This year that as 2 at 3, 2 at 8 and one at 17.
We lost our eldest in October, he just dropped down dead in front of us one evening. Perfectly fine up until then. To compound it one of the youngsters (the extra one as it turns out) developed something odd - absence/focal seizures which paralysed his back legs for 15 min sessions. It was all very odd and he was responding variably to keppra and phenbarbitone. We opted to have an mri scan to rule out an SOL but very sadly he died overnight after the scan, early december. I do wonder if he should have been discharged as he was very wobbly on his return home but he was definitely improving through the evening and was walking about and eating. I didn't have any concern about leaving him on the kitchen sofa for the night to recover fully. Sadly it was not to be and we found him laid out the following morning. Such a shame as he was such a lovely boy and tolerated all the poking and prodding (and travelling) without even a whisper. Basil was great and he deserved a better chance than the cards he was dealt.
Christmas and cats has never been a great time for us. But we have 3 here still (seems so few) and they need looking after so life goes on.
Anyway I hope you have more luck and that your plans work out. David
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