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re: Is diabetes in cats a death sentence if untreated for a little while?
Posted on 1/23/24 at 10:24 am to Gris Gris
Posted on 1/23/24 at 10:24 am to Gris Gris
In my cat’s case, we didn’t consider insulin but the healthier food, portion control, and weight loss was enough. Cats are natural carnivores and the cheap cat food has things in it they aren’t meant to eat. It only took like 3 lbs of weight loss to fix it.
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Posted on 1/23/24 at 10:29 am to vangrem
Oral medication is now available for cats with diabetes to avoid the injections and improve the outcomes. SGLT2 inhibitors come in a pill or liquid
Posted on 1/23/24 at 10:36 am to cattus
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Some breeds of cats will over eat and if you're only feeding it kibble then that's not good. Wet food should be implemented in a diet for better protein.
The website I went to had a list of low carb foods. Apparently, they'd done research and contacted companies for the information. I chose to change my kitty to the Fancy Feast Classics. I always added a little water as well which made a gravy that attracted the kitty. Cat foods in gravy are high carb typically, so stay away from those except to keep a few on hand in case your cat's sugar drops too low.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 10:46 am to JinFL
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so I'll know in another 3 weeks after more blood work if it worked. They get you for almost $200 each visit! I remembered when $100 was automatic.
Did you ever notice, with no animal insurance, that the same bloodwork and xrays they do on humans are like 10x the cost?
Posted on 1/23/24 at 10:49 am to vangrem
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I am considering just letting him drop more weight. Get him down to 10-12 lbs. Then getting some bloodwork done.
odds are high it will die if you do that
diabetes does make you lose weight, it makes you loose muscle mass and then internal organs start shutting down permanently
diabetes is not a weight loss cure
Posted on 1/23/24 at 10:55 am to vangrem
You're good, all those diabetics inject themselves with insulin several times a day for fun.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 11:04 am to vangrem
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am considering just letting him drop more weight. Get him down to 10-12 lbs. Then getting some bloodwork done.
Feels like a sirwinston twink post.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 11:16 am to vangrem
Get it checked out.
Easier and cheaper to treat if you catch something early. Price shouldn't be an object unless it's going to really kill you financially.
Easier and cheaper to treat if you catch something early. Price shouldn't be an object unless it's going to really kill you financially.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 11:20 am to vangrem
Sounds like ours when her kidneys were an issue. Go to a vet.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 11:30 am to vangrem
Some people have success switching them to only eating high protein no carb type of food. Fancy feast classic pâté is the most affordable.
You could do insulin for a while and hopefully they go into remission.
You could do insulin for a while and hopefully they go into remission.
This post was edited on 1/23/24 at 11:32 am
Posted on 1/23/24 at 11:31 am to Rick9Plus
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In my cat’s case, we didn’t consider insulin but the healthier food, portion control, and weight loss was enough. Cats are natural carnivores and the cheap cat food has things in it they aren’t meant to eat. It only took like 3 lbs of weight loss to fix it.
That is awesome. So yours did go into remission through diet?
Posted on 1/23/24 at 11:37 am to beauchristopher
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So yours did go into remission through diet?
Although mine was on extremely low doses of insulin for 16 days, I switched to Fancy Feast immediately and I think that's what did it. I had to go to micro doses of insulin right away because her sugar levels dropped dramatically with the food switch. Not necessarily the norm, but it can happen.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 11:39 am to vangrem
I appreciate that you’d diagnose your cat with diabetes yourself and not spend money on a vet
I like cats, but they’re totally replaceable since they don’t have a lot of personality
I like cats, but they’re totally replaceable since they don’t have a lot of personality
This post was edited on 1/23/24 at 11:40 am
Posted on 1/23/24 at 11:57 am to vangrem
We had a cat take up with us about 9 years ago. He actually took up with me because I was making chum and gave him a taste and the bastard never left. My wife and kids think he's about the best thing since sliced bread. I think the world of the fricker...he is funny as hell and still pretty playful although he spends most of his time killing birds and lying in the sun. I say that to say this...if that fricker needed anything from a vet that cost more than a couple of hundred bucks a year his adorable arse would either get over it of I'd be doing some hole digging. Its a cat for fricks sake, not a dog.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 12:46 pm to vangrem
My cat has diabetes and he had extreme weight LOSS, not gain. He drinks so much water he's in the box constantly. We give him insulin now but honestly it hasnt done shite yet, been on it for 3 months and they increased it once. Also paying for Rx food which hasn't done much either.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 12:47 pm to vangrem
We had a cat with diabetes. Had to give it shots. Humans have 2 types of insulin. The cat could take one of them. It was like $50 then it went to $250 like 3 months later.
Shots would be easier than trying to give a cat a pill.
Shots would be easier than trying to give a cat a pill.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 12:47 pm to vangrem
ours got it from steroid injections that the vet did not diagnose to us - we put him on 2x a day insulin shots for a year or so, but eventually he just hit his time.
the shots kept his quality of life going well, it just eventually got to the point it couldn't keep up.
the shots kept his quality of life going well, it just eventually got to the point it couldn't keep up.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 1:31 pm to vangrem
Like others have said, take it to the vet. Be prepared to possibly have to put them on a special diet and almost certainly having to give them insulin shots.
The wife and I had a cat that got diabetic and she wasn't overweight by any means. For about a week we noticed her peeing and drinking more and then one day she had a sore in her mouth that we noticed and off to the vet we went.
Diagnosed as diabetic and like most diabetics, the sore took longer to heal.
She eventually had a stroke one afternoon and died in my arms in the kitchen. That was the 4th time I've had to dig a hole in my back yard in the 30 years I've been here.
The wife and I had a cat that got diabetic and she wasn't overweight by any means. For about a week we noticed her peeing and drinking more and then one day she had a sore in her mouth that we noticed and off to the vet we went.
Diagnosed as diabetic and like most diabetics, the sore took longer to heal.
She eventually had a stroke one afternoon and died in my arms in the kitchen. That was the 4th time I've had to dig a hole in my back yard in the 30 years I've been here.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 1:36 pm to vangrem
Yes, and the cat will start peeing in spots near the litter box or just pee wherever it is when the urge arrives.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 1:50 pm to vangrem
I always considered cats as disposable or replaceable.
If it isn't a kitten, its a used cat.
FWIW I don't like cats, but there have been cats I liked. I currently "have" one, though I'm certain if I dies it would not miss me and probably eat me.
But for the OP, might be leukemia, rather common. Good luck, sounds like you are attached to the critter.
If it isn't a kitten, its a used cat.
FWIW I don't like cats, but there have been cats I liked. I currently "have" one, though I'm certain if I dies it would not miss me and probably eat me.
But for the OP, might be leukemia, rather common. Good luck, sounds like you are attached to the critter.
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