Pets - 14 September 2007

My can has been diagnosed with Diabetes and will start having insulin injections tomorrow. He was diagnosed a few days ago, but the diabetes was strongly suspected about 12 days ago.

The first change that we made was to put him on an all wet food diet. No dry food at all! This advice was initially received from a couple of people here in the Cat section of Yahoo Answers and I also checked it with a couple of other sources online.

My cat has improved greatly with this dietary change alone. He seems a lot better. More energy, more stable, and a real decrease in the symptoms that initially made us think he had a problem.

Don't get me wrong. We are still going ahead with treatment for him and will continue to watch things very closely.

I am just curious to hear what folks here feed their diabetic cats. Have you tried using all wet food with less than 10% carbs? And did this help? Apparently it has worked very well for us, but I would love to hear what others think.

2007-09-14 02:49:09 · 5 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Cats

Well, recently, i have bought 4 goldfish and each of them is passing out waste at a fast rate and so i decided to buy two weird species of catfish which is 'supposed to eat faeces' but the rate of passing out waste is just too fast! theres one fish owner say that they eat faeces but the other say no. So i don no wat to do. I have observe the fish, and it seem s to eat them but in the other it don seem so. Plz help me

2007-09-14 02:44:03 · 16 answers · asked by evil_kindboy 1 in Fish

I feed them just the right ammount of food and never forget too feed them. They seem to be slowly dying like getting ill then just cark it!!!!!

Its like this

fish 1 and fish 2 are in the tank first
fish 1 dies
we buy fish 3
fish 2 and fish 3 in tank
fish 2 dies
we buy fish 4
fish 3 and 4 in tank
fish 3 dies
etc etc......

its like a pattern the old of the two fish always die!!! and im not getting them mixed up coz our fish have been different colours!!

HELP ME I HAVE NO IDEA WHATS GOING ON!!!!

2007-09-14 02:41:23 · 14 answers · asked by la.la.laura 1 in Fish

2007-09-14 02:40:54 · 3 answers · asked by nik c 1 in Other - Pets

She stays in the house and will not wear a pamper.

2007-09-14 02:25:35 · 16 answers · asked by Donna C 1 in Dogs

On the 18th of sept. they are going to cut off my blocks electricity for 5 hours. Im worried because i have a nano aquarium with 2 clowns 1 damsel and a cleaner shrimp. what do you suggest that i do? can they handle 5 hours?

2007-09-14 02:20:36 · 8 answers · asked by Chris M 2 in Fish

my dog died the other day and im wondering if anyone would no how to stop my sadness !

2007-09-14 01:51:24 · 19 answers · asked by livy 1 in Dogs

iI need to know if what I see as red flags are really red flags and I am hoping you guys can advise me.

I am in a discussion with a lady to adopt her Old English Mastiff one year old pups. They are both females, unspayed. During our emails back and forth a couple of things have been leaving me with a very uneasy feeling.

She specifically states in her ad the new owner must sign a statement agreeing to pay all medical on the pups. Yet she insists they are healthy and come from good stock. Now I did do research so I know these guys have the potential for major medical issues. So no problem with agreeing to this as I feel that is assumed when adopting any breed anyway. BUT...while talking with her it has come out these pups need immediate medical as they are behind on all normal vet care. Rabies, boosters ect. She has thus far not answered my question as to whether either/both of these gals have had a heat cycle yet, so since "dad" is still on the premises I am concerned of a possib

2007-09-14 01:47:00 · 14 answers · asked by grammabonney 3 in Dogs

She loves to destroy things, such as shoes...on a daily basis, she ate the arm of my new couch (unrepairable), everyone tells me to give her toys, especially when i catch her chewing something. Take away what she is chewing and replace it with one of her toys, well that is a grand idea but, she destroys her toys as well..they last about 30 minutes. I have bought her at least 40 dollars worth of toys a week and have to throw them away soon after i buy them. So hwo do i curb her chewing habit short of putting her to sleep..lol jk.

2007-09-14 01:19:10 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

hey everybody. i was wondering why my parakeet does these obnoxious screams then continues on with his regular singing.. why? and why does he do it in the morning??? thanks

2007-09-14 00:47:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Birds

2007-09-14 00:38:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

i have a black labredore and i have been feeding him once a day he is around 5 years

normally i feed him in the night just one meal

but lots of people tell me i should feed him in the morning?

2007-09-14 00:30:11 · 17 answers · asked by confusedgirl 1 in Dogs

I am in the process of dating this guy... we want to spend more time together but I dont want to leave my cat alone all the time to go see him, I took him once to his house and he seemed content (his tail was in the air). The problem is he has a cat himself that has been kept at his parents house that he is bring down to his new place. Can I get a cat used to traveling there and being in his place with his cat? Would it cause too much stress? What can I do?

2007-09-14 00:28:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

How much notice do you have to give and do you still have to pay?

2007-09-14 00:13:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs