Human food and diabetic cats

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Audrey's Momma

Audrey's Momma

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I am just wondering if wee pieces (treats) of lean ground beef, cooked pork and/or steak are ok for a diabetic cat. Before anyone replies with recommendations for raw food, I cannot yet do a raw food diet for Audrey and I have read up on this protocol.

I was a dog owner well before a sugar cat came into my life. We were blessed with almost 18 years of our doggie and we spoiled our beloved pooch with very lean people food (maybe some added rice as well which I know is a no-no for Audrey). Now I realized that this may have well contributed to Aud's diabetes, as she was a Miss Piggy, always cleaning up what our beloved pooch left behind.

Audrey soon became used to lean, clean people food. She would ambush the dog's dish when she became diabetic and when our dear dog's appetite was slim near the end.

I'd like to have other people's opinions as to whether I can toss Audrey a chunk or 2 of some lean hamburger (mince), beef steak, pork and or wee chicken pieces baked or broiled with broth when she is desperate for anything from the kitchen or to use as a small treat for BG testing. We do Friskies pate - 1/2 can 3 times daily.

She can be such a good girl and I feel bad for her, but I do not want to jeopardize her strict insulin treatment.

I guess the bottom line is we did the best we could with our very beloved little dog. Perhaps feeding an aging dog and a pre-diabetic aggressive cat was a tough road, although we never realized this at the time.

Thanks kindly,
 
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I often use steak, chicken. pork and hamburger or whatever meat I am cooking, as a treat for my two FD kitties. HOWEVER if you give any sort of meats do not use any spices, especially garlic or onion or salt. I ccok my meats "au naturel" and add anything I might want after I have taken whatever I will be giving to my kitties.
 
Anything that's pure protein is fine for treats now and then!

For a long time, we used baked or boiled chicken for China's "pokey treat"
 
Thanks, all. I was never sure. I bake, broil or sautée meat and poultry without any spices, but perhaps with some low sodium chicken, vegetable, or beef broth...or just water.
I wasn't sure about some other lean meats and various choices.

I swear that a tray of Costco chicken breasts, prepped, cooled and broiled or braised, then fine chopped/shredded and frozen are the best pre-poke treats. I just pop a few nuggets in the wave for 22 seconds and she's all over that BG test like a cat on a mouse. I seem to go forever with that well wrapped freezer bag of nuggets as it lasts a very long time. Well worth it in my opinion for anyone trying to test their sugar baby with a struggle.

I was never sure about beef or pork.
 
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My Callie just loves cooked chicken. Cooking and keeping it in the freezer is what we do to treat our 4 cats and 2 dogs. It will definitely make testing easier.
 
Good advice. I've never given her lean beef before, mostly lean chicken and pork for treatsies, baked or pan simmered in water or broth - no seasoning or spices, of course.

I was in the midst of cleaning and re-organizing my deep freeze and wanting to cook up some frozen stuff that is still good, but needing to be used soon enough. My DH loves grocery shopping a little too much, is away most of the week and then brings home piles of meat. I guess that's a good problem, but it needed to be cooked up, chopped or crumbled and frozen for use soon.

Her BG can't get much worse in running high numbers right now, although we finally hit an all time low of 399 (first chart purple ever in a sea of black and red) this past week. I've been cautiously attempting to raise her dose slowly to see where it goes. Her daily food and nibbles during testing has been very consistent each day. Except for this past Monday, October 3/16.

The night before, we'd enjoyed a very spicy dinner of Chili Rubbed Pork Side ribs and sweet potato fries baked with Montreal Steak Spice and olive oil and roasted Brussels sprouts. Ribs and sweet potatoes were very spicy and those ribs were heat hot, as we enjoy them like that.

Upon waking up, I spotted the under sink cabinet wide open (garbage can), with garbage strewn all around the kitchen. Then at least 5 pork ribs, eaten clean to the bone laying all over the living room. I was mortified. It was not the first time she's been a food thief, but it is a first that she actually batted open the cupboard door to go garbage shopping. Other than throwing up in the early afternoon, her bm's seemed to be normal. Hope she enjoyed that hot food. Ugh! I swear she has stomach of iron.

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Audrey! :eek: Bad cheetah!!!

Hope her tummy's OK. Keep a close eye on her. If there was any onion or garlic in the seasoning you might want to give your vet a quick call for advice, just to be on the safe side.


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1/2 cup chili powder, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 Tbsp. cumin, 1 Tbsp. oregano, 1 tsp. cinnamon were the slow cooked chili rub ingredients for 4 racks of pork side ribs. Ugh. There might have been a bit of garlic and dehydrated onion in the Montreal Steak Spice shaken on the sweet potato baked fries, but I don't think she had much of that, as I refrigerated most of those leftovers along with the Brussels Sprouts. (As if she'd even bother with those anyway!)

We have no knobs or pulls on our kitchen cabinets by choice to even cat-proof them with an elastic band or hair tie, but we do have them in our garage as a future project. Lol. Guess what the DH will be doing soon enough?

That was Monday. She had one vomit in the afternoon, then she seemed to be back to herself.

Audrey, Audrey, Audrey... She has some nerve, alright.

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I like the tip about the yogurt. I have plain, natural (Liberte) yogurt in my refrigerator. This (a teaspoon or more) might be helpful. Would this be ok for my kitty?

Caution: no sugary or aspartame yogurt, but plain and natural. I use this sometimes as a substitute for sour cream.
 
I have a geriatric guy who is kind of fussy about his fare these days so I poach or roast chicken breasts/turkey, fry up pork chops and stir fry beef and make up little bags of morsels to put on top of his cat food to entice him. If he has an extremely fussy day, he gets a full meal of bland home cooked fare. He has always liked to "sample" my dinner and naughty me has always indulged him when safe to do so. FWIW, one of his favourite dinner "samples" is Cajun Chicken so you are not alone with a cat who likes "spicy" food. :D
 
25% starch in the homemade one? Lots of the ingredients are not species-appropriate either.

Some of the commercial / veterinary foods are OK carb-wise but not all (e.g. Hill's m/d is >10% calories from carbs).


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I just gave Audrey a Tablespoon of natural, no sugar, plain Greek yogurt to see if if would satisfy her. You'd thought I'd given her spicy ribs and a side of potato chips. Gobble, gobble, gobble.. She loved it. But everything in moderation I always say.

I like suggestions of treats that are healthy and diabetic friendly. I'm glad to know that Cajun Chicken and slow Chili rubbed Ribs are an accident by design, and although not choosing them, stuff happens. Thank goodness I'm not alone. Please do not choose to feed this to your cats. Lol.

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I just gave Audrey a Tablespoon of natural, no sugar, plain Greek yogurt [...] Gobble, gobble, gobble.. She loved it.
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Erm ... I was thinking along the lines of a fingertipful ...

Lots of cats like natural yoghurt; the trick is to make sure the yoghurt likes 'em back.

Hey, ho. Too late now ...


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Thanks, Mogs.

This is one tough furbaby, despite her angelic appearance, but she's as sweet as pie (no pun intended) in cuddles and soft eyes beaming forward. I think she's an old soul.
 
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