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Any experience/advice for a newly diabetic cat owner?
Our 6kg fat b
d finally (and after years of trying) started losing weight before Christmas. Post Christmas we realised he was losing it a little too quick and had him checked out and it turns out he’s diabetic.
So now we’re on to wet food, twice-a-day injections and a clean-ass fortune in vet visits and testing kits. He’s now down to 4kg as we still try and find the correct insulin balance. He’s still happy and ‘normal’, just losing weight and pissing like a race horse!
Anyone experienced the same?
Our 6kg fat b
d finally (and after years of trying) started losing weight before Christmas. Post Christmas we realised he was losing it a little too quick and had him checked out and it turns out he’s diabetic.So now we’re on to wet food, twice-a-day injections and a clean-ass fortune in vet visits and testing kits. He’s now down to 4kg as we still try and find the correct insulin balance. He’s still happy and ‘normal’, just losing weight and pissing like a race horse!
Anyone experienced the same?
I found the Facebook pages for various cat ailments very helpful. Here's one for diabetes -
https://m.facebook.com/groups/345614198784154/
https://m.facebook.com/groups/345614198784154/
Ours didn't have that, but had hyperthyroidism and wasted away to nothing. There is a medicated food you can buy, but it's expensive.
https://www.petsathome.com/product/hills-prescript...
https://www.petsathome.com/product/hills-prescript...
Took my lovely 12yr old Hendrix to the vet last week as he was a bit under the weather, little did i know that he wouldn't be coming home with me.
He had to be put to sleep as he had major heart failure, 2 atrium significantly enlarged, fluid in is abdomen.
no signs, no warning in the previous weeks/days. He was running around the back garden on the Saturday and behaving by and large normally
Totally gutted
RIP Hendrix, you'll not be forgotten
He had to be put to sleep as he had major heart failure, 2 atrium significantly enlarged, fluid in is abdomen.
no signs, no warning in the previous weeks/days. He was running around the back garden on the Saturday and behaving by and large normally
Totally gutted
RIP Hendrix, you'll not be forgotten
MiniMan64 said:
Any experience/advice for a newly diabetic cat owner?
Our 6kg fat bd finally (and after years of trying) started losing weight before Christmas. Post Christmas we realised he was losing it a little too quick and had him checked out and it turns out he’s diabetic.
So now we’re on to wet food, twice-a-day injections and a clean-ass fortune in vet visits and testing kits. He’s now down to 4kg as we still try and find the correct insulin balance. He’s still happy and ‘normal’, just losing weight and pissing like a race horse!
Anyone experienced the same?
The cat we were supposed to be adopting is on hold, the rescue has informed us that she has raised blood glucose levels so they're carrying out extra tests. Our 6kg fat b
d finally (and after years of trying) started losing weight before Christmas. Post Christmas we realised he was losing it a little too quick and had him checked out and it turns out he’s diabetic.So now we’re on to wet food, twice-a-day injections and a clean-ass fortune in vet visits and testing kits. He’s now down to 4kg as we still try and find the correct insulin balance. He’s still happy and ‘normal’, just losing weight and pissing like a race horse!
Anyone experienced the same?
MiniMan64 said:
Any experience/advice for a newly diabetic cat owner?
Our 6kg fat bd finally (and after years of trying) started losing weight before Christmas. Post Christmas we realised he was losing it a little too quick and had him checked out and it turns out he’s diabetic.
So now we’re on to wet food, twice-a-day injections and a clean-ass fortune in vet visits and testing kits. He’s now down to 4kg as we still try and find the correct insulin balance. He’s still happy and ‘normal’, just losing weight and pissing like a race horse!
Anyone experienced the same?
Its a hard long road but be prepared the chances of recovering is slim. Chances are its already been affecting the cat well before the weight loss is shown. With my boy socs noticed around christmas 2022 when i come back home to my parents that something wasnt right. Over eating but lossing weight his fur wasnt usual clean shinny self. Early 2023 we started seeking advice after test found he had diabetes. The first vet was useless so transfered to a new vet which were brilliant. Our 6kg fat b
d finally (and after years of trying) started losing weight before Christmas. Post Christmas we realised he was losing it a little too quick and had him checked out and it turns out he’s diabetic.So now we’re on to wet food, twice-a-day injections and a clean-ass fortune in vet visits and testing kits. He’s now down to 4kg as we still try and find the correct insulin balance. He’s still happy and ‘normal’, just losing weight and pissing like a race horse!
Anyone experienced the same?
He lasted about 18 months before he collapsed at home. In that period he had several moments of oh s
t this is it. He managed to make it back through but the last 2 months werent nice to witness. In the end the kidneys failed him. He passed away this time last year just shy of his 18th birthday and i still see him on his favourite spot every time i visit my parents. Gassing Station | All Creatures Great & Small | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff