Darnell & Sprocket (GA)
Member Since 2015
Hi Everyone, New here, and never thought I would have this issue. My cat, Sprocket, was diagnosed in the beginning of March, or end of February. Not sure, it's a blur, as we almost lost him. Sprocket was losing weight but gradually, I never thought he had diabetes. I thought he had hyperthyroidism, like two cats I had previously. I feel horrible that I missed the signs, he was suffering and I didn't realize it. He got pickier to what he would eat, but then he would chow. Then suddenly he would not eat, and when he looked at you, he appeared to be ready to vomit. I tried giving him a famotidine but it did nothing.
By morning, he was worse. The vet, where we took him the day before, had taken blood tests, but wanted to send them out, so we had to wait till morning. Overnight, I left a message on their machine about him getting worse, and for someone to call me asap. No call, I waited till hour after they opened to call them again, and the vet techs would not give me the results, but they said he wasn't dehydrated. I told them he was worse, and they said the Doc would be in in an hour. I called back in an hour a half, and still no answer. The office person or whomever made me make an appt to bring him in, and when the doctor saw us, she said not to even take him out of the carrier, and showed me the test results. She told me to go to the 24 hour vet, that something was wrong.
We went, the ER vet said if we hadn't of gotten him there within a few hours he would of died. His body was already shutting down. After a couple of tests, they called us back in, before we left there, and told us he had diabetes ketosis, but it was treatable. Sprocket went through hell that week, but he felt better little by little. He came home 7 days later.
It was tough but we learned how to get him to take all his meds, plus how to give him his insulin shots. We are still learning how to take the glucose tests but we are not giving up.
Now, I am learning about feline diabetes, and how do I make him healthier, and help prevent other kitties from getting this disease.
Not sure if I was supposed to write my story but I did.
So I guess I am in need of advice on the food part. How do you know how much sugar there is in cat food? What's better, less fat? Less carbs? Less both?
Thanks alot,
Darnell and Sprocket.
By morning, he was worse. The vet, where we took him the day before, had taken blood tests, but wanted to send them out, so we had to wait till morning. Overnight, I left a message on their machine about him getting worse, and for someone to call me asap. No call, I waited till hour after they opened to call them again, and the vet techs would not give me the results, but they said he wasn't dehydrated. I told them he was worse, and they said the Doc would be in in an hour. I called back in an hour a half, and still no answer. The office person or whomever made me make an appt to bring him in, and when the doctor saw us, she said not to even take him out of the carrier, and showed me the test results. She told me to go to the 24 hour vet, that something was wrong.
We went, the ER vet said if we hadn't of gotten him there within a few hours he would of died. His body was already shutting down. After a couple of tests, they called us back in, before we left there, and told us he had diabetes ketosis, but it was treatable. Sprocket went through hell that week, but he felt better little by little. He came home 7 days later.
It was tough but we learned how to get him to take all his meds, plus how to give him his insulin shots. We are still learning how to take the glucose tests but we are not giving up.
Now, I am learning about feline diabetes, and how do I make him healthier, and help prevent other kitties from getting this disease.
Not sure if I was supposed to write my story but I did.
So I guess I am in need of advice on the food part. How do you know how much sugar there is in cat food? What's better, less fat? Less carbs? Less both?
Thanks alot,
Darnell and Sprocket.
Lol Really? Like it's not hard enough to ear prick an animal. People monitors don't have timers, why would animals? 
I am "Queenie" to my little grandson, and there is a cat named Queenie on here, so I keep going to her threads thinking they are mine. 
), but the more you do it, the better you get at it. Or, let's put it this way, it becomes less traumatic (for you - not the cat...my cat doesn't seem to care). 
Last November Elizabeth was drinking more and peeing a lot. I took her to the vet and at that time her glucose was normal, but she had a bladder infection. They sent me home with liquid antibiotics, and although Liz will let me prick her ears 19 times a day, she's not taking medicine, no way, no how. So I always wondered if the infection was cured due to the miniscule amount of antibiotics that actually went into her mouth.