So the reliOn from Walmart is the glucose montitor? The vet wants her on lantus but not the pen. I can order the insulin thru that site u posted? How much is it?
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with gravy if you are going low carb. Gravy is flour or corn starch, and flour/cornstarch is actually sugar when it hits the digestive system.. BTW the clear gravies may be made of either guar gum, or cornstarch, both produce a much clearer gravy than flour based gravies. You want the good stuff, (meat based) to be in the first five ingredients on the can. And meat by-products isn't necessarily bad. (You WILL, however, want to keep some cans of gravy laden foods in your HYPO emergency kit...they'll bring your cats' glucose readings back up if they crash)
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Yes "the reliOn from Walmart is the glucose montitor"
Her name is Gato. She has already been eating Purina DM dry and wet ( vet recommended) she loves the wet, so not hard to change her over to just wet . Just wondering how much I should give her a day? It is 630 am here and she is staring at her bowl like food is going to appear, and like she is starving. Should I give her some in the morning some at night ?Welcome to the board, Lisa!
BTW, what's your kitty's name? We like to get down on a personal level with your cat, too. Even our male members are
The manufacturers of dry foods would have you believe that a cat can consume their grain and veggie/fruit based dry foods and stay healthy. What the manufacturers have done is cater to the general public's wish for a food that is easy to feed, and convenient to store. I think of them as being like the tobacco companies...there's a lot of Sins of Omission within their advertising programs. Now the truth is getting out, which is why we're now seeing so many new dry foods coming out on the shelf. But they're still not any more optimal for our cats, than living on an exclusive diet of Brownies and Hot dogs is optimal for human health. (Here I need to tuck my tail between my legs, and go hide. MUST HAVE Brownies, gack!
Cats need moisture in what they eat...they can survive, but they can't really thrive, on dry food... In the wild, they get their water from within the bodies of the critters they eat. Off the savanna and into our homes, cats, most of them, just don't drink enough water. They're programmed to NOT drink much. So our"house lions" go around dehydrated, and that leads to stomach upsets, dry flaky skin, (dandruff), and eventually other, more serious problems. So you want your wet food to contain at least 72% water.
Make sure the wet food corresponds with low carb brands and flavors. Fancy Feast is a good one, and within 'normal' price range. So are Friskies classic PATES, (pates only). There are other good foods on the market, and there's a link in this message board to a whole list of acceptable canned food.
So don't buy chunks, shreds, morsels, whatever
Stay away with wet foods that have fruits or veggies, because they're carbs, too. Dry food manufacturers toss them in their foods because they look and sound good to human eyes and ears. It's like putting pleasing colors on the food's packaging.
Cats are obligate carnivores, true meat eaters. Anything else can eventually throw their systems out of whack. Even lions and tigers rarely ingest plant matter, and even then it's usually from the guts of prey, and has been predigested, and only eaten in small amounts. Greens like Cat Grass are mostly hurled back out because they're eaten to help remove hairballs, parasites, and other 'clutter' from the cats' guts. The cat grass sold in most Big Box Stores' cat food aisles, is usually rye grass and that DOES have carbs. Every Carb counts, especially if your kitty is a brittle diabetic, who is very sensitive to changes in BG levels. Switch to wheat grass kitty greens. No or minimal carbs..
And as other members have pointed out, go s l o w. So your furbaby doesn't crash and burn. We're so glad to have you here
The Lantus pen itself may not allow for fine enough dosing. However, the pen cartridges are like mini vials of Lantus. They have a little rubber seal on the top, just like the vials, and you use a syringe to draw up the insulin dose.
Yeah those are the size syringes she wants me to use but with the vial
Thanks Chris, I will be copying this for my file.
Ok I will have to discuss it with her , cod I don't want to throw stuff away
Ok thank you my cat is in the small side and not overweight, I give half a can of fancy feast in the morning and half at night and she acts like she is starving. Every time I am near her bowl she meows for food
What should her glucose level be ?
She weighs about 7 lbs
Thanks I am giving her 2 cans a day she still thinks she is starving and whenever I walk near where her bowl is she runs to it. I can only space out her food so much because I work, so I give her some in the morning when I get home from work and then later in the evening so that is 3 times
Is pumpkin good for them?
I work all day, too! I have two auto feeders (one for each cat), that I put a frozen portion of canned food in before I leave for work, and set it to release at lunch time. I do the same if we need to do a late night feeeding and everyone needed to go to bed early. If your cats aren't food crazy like mine, you can try just leaving a frozen portion out without a feeder, and that would be fine, too.
This is good! The reduced drinking means she's better hydrated, and reduced peeing means that the food must be having a positive impact on her BG levels. Many cats don't drink from the water dish at all when they're on an all canned diet. Bandit only drinks water when there's something wrong with him (e.g. high blood sugar), so it makes me worried when he does!
Ok thanks that helps, she is food crazy over the canned food, I could feed her all night it seems where do u get the times feeder ?