Cherryl, I really do think you're taking Nan's comment out of context.
I think that Nan was just trying to tell you that
right then, it wasn't something you should worry about. The people here that are willing to help new people can sometimes give too much information and that can just confuse them even more. It's a big responsibility for the people here to take on and help someone else because nobody here wants to be responsible for hurting someone else's cat. That's our number one fear!!
Mouzers numbers right then weren't low enough for you to worry about it
at that moment.....that's all she was trying to say.
For future reference though, low carb is generally anything under 10% carbs....but in a very carb sensitive cat, 8-10% may be too high even for them.
MC is generally 11-15%.....what I like to use is Fancy Feast Medleys White Meat Chicken Florentine at 13% but there are many other options....again, what works for Mouzer may be different.
HC is usually 16% or above....personally, if I need to pull out HC for China, I use Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers beef at 20% or if she's really low (like below 30) I might use FF Wild Salmon Tuscany in a Savory Sauce (23%) and/or add some Karo/honey/syrup to her food
It all depends on learning how YOUR cat responds to carbs. There's no one pat answer for every cat.
There's a good list of foods on
Dr. Lisa's site, but it doesn't include every possible variety of every brand of food. What I suggest to most people is they buy a few cans of each and take a magic marker and label the top with the carb % ....that way you don't accidentally give the wrong thing and can start gathering data on what works best for Mouzer when the time comes that you might need it.
Learning to "steer" with diet is a complicated thing and not everyone has the time or the experience to explain it properly, so that may have come across in the wrong way. I assure you everyone here is only trying to help you and Mouzer learn what you need to know so that you can eventually make these decisions pretty much on your own.
The idea of this board is to teach you how to care for your own cat, not dictate to you what you should do every minute of the day. Nobody has the time for that since we're all dealing with our own cats, our own families and our own lives. The best thing we can do is teach
you how to take the best care of Mouzer that you can....but again, if we try to teach you everything at once, we've found it just confuses a lot of people and makes them think they'll never be able to learn it all.
I hope you'll continue to ask questions and learn....it was about a year before I felt like I understood
all the concepts well enough to take China's life into my "own hands" and start making my own decisions without the help of the people here. There is so much to learn about controlling this disease! If you have read through the "sticky's" on the top of the forum, you've gotten a taste of how much there really is.....and of course the "stickys" don't take into consideration that your cat may react differently!
