any diet that can reduce bg in diabetic cats?

Answer 1

Actually, there's lots of information available, no need to contact someone off line, which I would actually suggest against in this case.

Cats are carnivores. All cats but especially diabetic cats benefit from a diet that is low in carbohydrates. You can opt to buy vet foods but they are typically made from subpar ingredients like liver and corn.

You actually can buy friskies or fancy feast flavours that do not contain wheat, corn, soy or rice and do much better. You can go one step further and buy high end products like Wellness, or buy properly balanced raw food diets.

A combination of insulin and food change can help reduce your cat's insulin requirements and may even help eliminate the need for insulin. My cat was off insulin in a short time thanks to the combination PLUS hometesting bgs.

FOr more info see links

Answer 2

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Answer 3

There are some EXCELLENT diabetic cat groups on yahoogroups that can give you great advice.

I've got our diabetic cat on a high protein, low carb diet and he's stable. He gets 1/4 can of 9-Lives Super Supper (their lowest carb canned food) or a half can of any of the Fancy Feast 'feasts' (not the gravy ones or the grilled/chunk/ etc. Just the 'feast'), and for dry he gets either Purina DM which is the prescription one from the vets, Royal Canin Siamese 38 (he loves this one, it's at pet supply stores) or Evo, but that one gives him the runs if he's on it too long, it's very rich. Wysong 'Vitality' by the bag is good too.

Answer 4

There are few diets that help diabetics cats, both are prescriptions diets. Ask your vet what they recommend. This diets need to be given on a schedule and you have to measure out the. Your vet will be able to tell you what diet is best, how much to feed, and when to fed. Their BG will have to checked frequently to see what the response is.

Answer 5

I have never had a diabetic cat and Ken who is a frequent answerer here is very knowledgeable about it. He accepts emails and answers a lot of questions about cat diet in general. Check back on three or four Yahoo answer pages to find him.

There is a Yahoo group: felinediabetes and you should join that for information from cat owners with diabetic cats. Go to http://www.yahoogroups.com and put in a search for the diabetes forum.

Answer 6

Diets adapted to diabetic patient should:
- have low amount of glucose to avoid hyperglycemia
- have slow releasable glucose to avoid pic of hyperglycemia following the meal
- be light in fat

It might be tricky to produce an adequate home made diet. Good pet food companies have produced commercial diet for diabetic cats.

While my recommendation is Hill's MD (Diabetes Mellitus Diet), it is not the only possibility: other light diets such as Hill's RD or WD will help your cat as well.

I hope this helps, good luck.

Answer 7

I agree with others, that Ken is very knowledgeable about diabetic cats. He's always willing to help and won't mind you contacting him for advice. Here's the link to his profile.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=Aui74CwQAR5MofdAax_DL40yLxV.;_ylv=3?show=kArnjho7aa

You may also find the Feline Diabetes link helpful too, as owners share their experiences and information.

http://www.felinediabetes.com/

Hope you find the information and help you need.

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Answer 9

Hi,check this link out http://enwikipedia.org/wiki/diabetes_in_dogs_and_cats
Good Luck

Answer 10

Try a raw diet
http://www.rawmeatybones.com