daily, His sugar is 373 and has not gone below the high three hundreds. He gets 1/2 cup of food in the morning and a 1/2 cup of food at night. He has also gained 5 pounds in 11 months. Is there something I should be doing to get his wait and sugar down.
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I feel for you very much as my diabetic cat has recently died after feeding Hills CD for the whole life (he had Urinary problems as well).
Any quality wet food you feed is much better than the dry prescription. I unfortunately studied the subject too late. Vets get close to no education on feline nutrition and when they do, the courses are ran/sponsored by the pet food manufacturers, so they do not know any better. I now know multiple cat owners who manage their cat’s diabetes on wet or raw diet.
There are multiple reasons to stop feeding dry and if you want to understand the subject fully, I’d recommend reading the following article written by a vet/nutritionist. It’s on cat diabetes and nutrition.
I hope your cat gets better soon!
http://www.catinfo.org/?link=felinediabetes
P.S. If you do the switch to wet low carb diet, you cat will probably INSTANTLY require lower dosage or no insulin, so make sure you are in touch with your vet, or you are risking Hypoglycemia and possible death of the pet. Really, read the article it gives all the info needed to help your cat.
I think his blood sugar is too high. This is something that you need to discuss with your vet. He’s the best one to advise you on weight, food, and blood sugar levels.
Try getting him more exercise.
Find a toy(s) that not only he likes, but also something that he and you can participate in. The reason I say this is that usually, if the both of you play with the same toy, the cat will not only play longer, but also not lose interest in it so fast.
Toys on strings work wonders for this.
Just ten extra minutes of hard play in a cat’s daily activities can make a huge difference in both their weight and sugar level.
Just a suggestion, so take it with a grain of salt,
Hope this helps,
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There could be a few things going on here. As was pointed out it could be the high carb food here, it could be that these tests were not preformed by you but by the vet making them inaccurate at best, it could be you are overdosing your cat, the correct dose being missed and there could be something there called acromegaly
Many possibilities. Save my email addy as i will not keep you as a contact. There are too many unscupulous people here that have put me as a contact only to harrass
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Listen to Ken, he helped me with my diabetic cat and he is doing great now!
By the way, some cheaper, lower carb foods you can feed him are: "Wellness" (you can buy this at a pet store) or if you are on a tight budget, certain flavors of fancy feast. The flavors that are under 10% carbs are listed here: http://www.felinediabetes.com/glutenfree.htm ALWAYS FEED WET, it has to be under 10% carbs. Do not feed dry food.
Your cat could have various problems that are causing his blood sugar to stay so high and the weight gain. The dry Purina DM is not very low carb at all, that is part of your problem. The wet DM is much better food. However i’d rather it had more muscle meat, i think it is mostly liver. And that is the best of "prescription" diets for feline diabetes. but you can feed other foods that are better quality and don’t cost more (and may cost less).
my cat did not get controlled until he totally switched to really low carb wet food. first the Purina DM then Innova Evo. but that is very high calorie. A good choice for your cat might be Merrick . The "Before Grain" canned varieties , or the old Merrick canned Cowboy Cookout are low carb and I think lower in calories than many of the "premium" foods.
Before making any diet change you need to be testing BG at home.
And you need a source of ongoing support. e-mail Ken if you want to and I’d also recommend you go to felinediabetes.com and join their message board "FDMB". It’s a very active board, you can get advice and support just about 24/7 . It’s good to get different perspectives, and you may have some complicated things going on causing insulin resistance.
Or it could be that your cat is just very carb sensitive and switching to a genuinely low carb food will do the trick . Again – -it can be risky to make that switch if you are not testing, so if you have not started learning that, that should be your first step. You can do it with a human glucometer. and that group will give you lots of help. (So can Ken if you e-mail him)
Good luck! hope you get this straightened out!
another source you definitely should check out is http://www.catinfo.org , a vets site with info on feline nutrition, diabetes etc.