What treatment would a cat with diabetes have?

Question

The vet phoned me before with the posssible diagnosis. Don't know anything about the illness apart from the insulin bit. Got to take him (cat) to vet Monday to double check and start treatment. Thnks for the helpful answers.

He just gave him an anabolic steroid. That's all.

Answer 1

Insulin...( but you may have to try a few different types and amounts first)

I recently discovered that my dog (16 years old) has diabetes.... Its all cool now tho, I just have to make sure I feed her at the same time every day, give her no treats whatsoever, and inject her with insulin at the same time each day.

Took a bit of getting used to, but she is back to her old self now!! The vet recons she'll last a few more years yet!!!

The only thing is - her eye sight is very bad now (she can only really see shapes - so the vet says, how she know I'm not sure tho)- the vet says this happened when we were trying to get the insulin levels right. It took about 2 months to stabilise her (the dog not the vet!!) properly and now I have to give her insulin twice a day.

It's a big commitment because I've had to alter my own routine - but as I say she's fine now - she even has diabetic dog food!!

It's treated just like it is in humans, I even done a glucose curve on my dog!! - Although I'm not sure how you would get on sticking a needle into a cat.....I feed my dog straight after her injection, so now she gets all excited when I go to inject her cos she knows food is on the way!!

I found loads of info on diabetic cats on the net when I first found out - good luck with it!!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

If your vet is any good he/she will suggest a change of diet first, before any other kind of treatment is given. If you feed your cat dry food, slowly reduce your cat off it completely (take around 2 weeks to do this. Any diet change should be done slowly). The carbs in the dry food will make your cat's blood glucose rise and may give the impression of diabetes. Also, if you feed your cat canned meat in gravy - cut that out too. Switch to jelly as the gravy also raises the blood glucose. I also suggest home testing with a blood glucose monitor (you can buy at Boots for around £12) and you take the blood from your cats ear (sounds daunting but it really helps) feline diabetes is the same as humans and you can use these monitors on cats also. You should read up on it as much as possible, I wish I had. My cat has been diabetic for 3 years and I knew nothing and our useless vet made matters worse. I now know more than my vet. I seriously recommend visiting the following forum: http://www.felinediabetes.com/phorum5/list.php?8 They are extremelly helpful and helped me through many a traumatic time. Good luck with treating your cat but PLEASE get clued up before visiting your vet or letting your vet treat your cat.

Answer 4

:( it's horrible when your pet's sick! I've got a few friends with cats that have diabetes (and have it myself!). Treatment's kind of similar as for people with diabetes. Unfortunately it won't have type 2 diabetes which you can treat with diet or tablets - this is something that humans get when they have a poor diet for a long time. She has type 1 diabetes which is nothing to do with diet and should be treated with insulin. She will probably need one or two injections of insulin a day - the vet will show you how to do this. With diabetes it's important to ballance insulin with food so you will need to watch her carefully, esp. to start off with. If her blood sugar goes too low this is called a hypo (humans get them too!) and this is the main thing to watch out for in a cat - if she is floppy and not herself the dr will advise you but prob. to try putting some honey in her mouth to get her blood sugar back up. Humans prick their fingers to check their blood sugar (I do about 10 times a day!), but luckily you won't need to do that for your cat! Hopefully she will be feeling better quite quickly after starting on insulin and will live a normal happy life! Good luck xx

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Sorry to hear your furry friend is poorly ! Treatment would probably be same as that for humans with diabetes, Always with diet control, then maybe tablets or insulin, sometimes a combination of the above. A friend used to test her cat's pee for glucose daily, great fun I'm sure !. your vet will guide you., Hope your favourite feline is fighting fit soon.

Answer 7

You have to give him insulin the same as a human and watch what you feed him. A vet can help if you think your cat has diabetes.

Answer 8

I love all natural diets for me and my pets. It will help balance your cat's digestion, as there may have been an inbalance or overload in the past.

Homeopathic vets are very well reknowned for helping really sick animals. I don't use the homeopathic stuff for personal treatment but have seen horses, cats and dogs that have benefitted from treatments.

Good luck! Rob

Answer 9

My dog is a diabetic and we have to give her insulin everyday. Your vet will be the best judge at how, when and how much insulin to give your pet. You also must adjust their diet.

Answer 10

your cat is sick solely because of it's diet. we put our cat on a all natural diet almost 2 years ago. wow what a change.

http://cats.about.com/cs/catfood/a/bybrawdiets.htm

see a picture of our all natural disease free cat here...
http://www.purelyraw.com/rawanimals.htm

why should a cat eat cooked biscuits and processed meat. animals in the wild don't get sick. they die only of old age and injury.

we feed our Tonka 2 chicken drumsticks (with bones smashed up included) and a 1/4 cup or so of chicken liver daily. we also include a small, simple supplement to make up for all the other animal bits he is missing.