Bobi
Member Since 2019
Hi everyone
My cat Bobi was diagnosed with diabetes last April and since then together with my veterinarian we are trying to regulate him.
He is an 8 years old big cat but not overweight.
I would like to say that I have other cats and they all eat grain-free dry and once a day wet food also grain-free or Gourmet or Sheba.
It has not been easy because his values are varying a lot. It was done several blood works and everything is fine except for low potassium that after taking some pills for a while became normal again.
I started giving Prozinc and from the beginning, I started with dry food for diabetic - just 1 tbs a day because he is really addicted - please do not judge, I'm trying my best to kept him far from dry -
https://www.farmina.com/us/cat-food/farmina-vet-life-feline/84-diabetic-feline.html
I even bought 2 microchip feeders to stop him to steal the food from others. He also eat wet food whenever he wants except for 2 hours before is shot (yes I've been reading your forum and site exhaustively).
From the first day on the advice of my vet I have been testing at home with a human meter.
All changes in insulin doses are made by the veterinarian to whom I send by mail Bobi’s SS every week.
All the curves have been done at home by me.
He also has a mild diabetic neuropathy and is taking vitamin B12 + folate – I made a mix with Solgar vitamins because we do not have zobaline.
At the moment he is no longer always hungry and he doesn’t drink lots of water as he did in the beginning.
I would like to ask if you can take a look at his numbers and give me your thoughts about it because I really can’t understand them.
Thank you so much.
P.S. I really don't if this thread is in the right place, if not just tell me where I should put it. TY
My cat Bobi was diagnosed with diabetes last April and since then together with my veterinarian we are trying to regulate him.
He is an 8 years old big cat but not overweight.
I would like to say that I have other cats and they all eat grain-free dry and once a day wet food also grain-free or Gourmet or Sheba.
It has not been easy because his values are varying a lot. It was done several blood works and everything is fine except for low potassium that after taking some pills for a while became normal again.
I started giving Prozinc and from the beginning, I started with dry food for diabetic - just 1 tbs a day because he is really addicted - please do not judge, I'm trying my best to kept him far from dry -
https://www.farmina.com/us/cat-food/farmina-vet-life-feline/84-diabetic-feline.html
I even bought 2 microchip feeders to stop him to steal the food from others. He also eat wet food whenever he wants except for 2 hours before is shot (yes I've been reading your forum and site exhaustively).
From the first day on the advice of my vet I have been testing at home with a human meter.
All changes in insulin doses are made by the veterinarian to whom I send by mail Bobi’s SS every week.
All the curves have been done at home by me.
He also has a mild diabetic neuropathy and is taking vitamin B12 + folate – I made a mix with Solgar vitamins because we do not have zobaline.
At the moment he is no longer always hungry and he doesn’t drink lots of water as he did in the beginning.
I would like to ask if you can take a look at his numbers and give me your thoughts about it because I really can’t understand them.
Thank you so much.
P.S. I really don't if this thread is in the right place, if not just tell me where I should put it. TY
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! It sounds like you have been working very hard to do everything you can do, including reading this forum. I am relatively new here & I also have a cat that has no weight issues but has chronic pancreatitis which may have led to the DM. I LOVE the microchip feeders 
! You may want to post on the Prozinc Forum because you will have people who have experience with managing dosing etc with that particular insulin. 
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