Question about sugar in urine

[Airway]

Orion had a UA done yesterday. The vet said he has a significant amount of sugar in his urine. Would someone please take a look at his numbers and tell me if this should be the case? Is there a certain glucose level where sugar is no longer present? I thought it was under 300 but perhaps I am wrong.

 

[Yong & Maury GA]

Just did some quick looking and found something that said over 200

 

[Djamila]

I believe I've read somewhere around 200 or 250....but that might have been because of variation between AT2 and human meters.

 

[Squeaky and KT (GA)]

Every cat is different when it comes to the 'renal threshold'. Dakota starts spilling glucose into his urine at about 230-ish, some do it lower, some do it higher. With my little old man kitty, I'm happy to just be able to keep him under that....

 

[Larry and Kitties]

Renel threshold:
This occurs when glycemia reaches 200-280 mg/dL (11.1-15.6 mmol/L) in the cat.
http://www.vetsulin.com/vet/Cats_Monitoring_Urine.aspx

the value for cats is not well established but appears to be higher, at 230–280 mg/dl.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3440050/

 

[Noah & me (GA)]

That's how Noah was diagnosed. He's a nervous traveler, was having his teeth checked and peed on the exam table. My vet scooped some up and looked under the microscope, sugar crystals. He wasn't a classic pee a lot/drink a lot like his brother. That's not very scientific but it is "sugar in his urine".

 

[Phoebes (GA)]

Are you not going to have sugar in your urine if your diabetic?

 

[Airway]

Are you not going to have sugar in your urine if your diabetic?

No, you probably won't. There should not be sugar in urine.

 

[Noah & me (GA)]

Are you not going to have sugar in your urine if your diabetic?

I should clarify. My vet may have used language she thought I would understand, it was very early stage and Noah had not had his first insulin. Maybe I'm remembering it wrong. That was twice in the same exam room I got that diagnosis (Noah's brother Nigel GA) and my TGN was a lot worse then.