Ashley N
Member Since 2020
This is going to be a sum of information, so thank you anyone who takes the time to read!
My baby angel kitty Yuki (10 yrs) was diagnosed with diabetes approximately a month and a half ago. The vet immediately put her on 1 unit of Prozinc, every 12 hours (8 am and pm) we'd give her a fancy feast classic pate and a unit of prozinc. She was doing well on this diet, except perhaps a bit underfed so we upped the amount of food in her morning meal to 1-1/2. Reading a bit more into different dietary options we landed on doctor Lisa Pierson's homemade recipe. We transitioned to a morning meal of fancy feast with insulin and a night meal of homemade food without insulin. Our hope was that we could monitor her blood sugar during this time with a freestyle libre glucose monitor so we had it installed at the vet and immediately as she got home she ripped it off! So, we decided to put her entirely on homemade food without insulin to ensure she did not become hypoglycemic and test her blood sugar the following week or taking her in if we saw any odd patterns of behavior. Sadly during this time, Yuki got out of the house as we were moving stuff out for my mom and grandma, and we lost her for about 12 or so hours. She came home covered in motor oil so we had to take her to the groomers to ensure she didn't lick off what she hadn't already, we fed her as soon as she got home and later that night outside of the regulated schedule. The next day she was doing super well, eating normally and being the sweet kitty she is. Unfortunately, the next day (yesterday) she did not cry for food in the morning and only ate about 1/3, my dad found vomit at about 9:30 am and the kitty was resting at the end of the dining room table (a decent hiding spot). I was at my grandma's having breakfast and my dad called us home to let us know the cat wasn't doing well. She was resting with her eyes open and was super lethargic, practically not responding to touch and sound. We were afraid that she was hypoglycemic, so I gave her a tad bit of honey on the gums. She would walk and then go into that odd resting state. We attempted to hand feed her a fancy feast pate (she LOVES those), and she threw up immediately after just a pinch of food. We went to the emergency vet, they gave her subcutaneous fluids and found her blood sugar to be in the 300 range. They tested her ketones and found a small amount. They wanted to keep her in to monitor her but we could not afford the 3000/night they were asking. They ended up giving us antibiotics in case an infection was the underlying cause of her problems as well as a 24-hour anti-nausea medication.
This morning she is resting more usually than before, head up, responds to sounds, and her name, etc. We tried feeding her so we could get her insulin and antibiotics in but she refuses. How do we get her to eat? we tried the parmesan thing to no avail. When I put food up to her mouth she rejects it. We're not sure what to do.
We know that we need to get a monitor for her blood sugar asap, but she has been under so much stress lately we don't want her to leave the house.
Any advice helps, thank you!!
My baby angel kitty Yuki (10 yrs) was diagnosed with diabetes approximately a month and a half ago. The vet immediately put her on 1 unit of Prozinc, every 12 hours (8 am and pm) we'd give her a fancy feast classic pate and a unit of prozinc. She was doing well on this diet, except perhaps a bit underfed so we upped the amount of food in her morning meal to 1-1/2. Reading a bit more into different dietary options we landed on doctor Lisa Pierson's homemade recipe. We transitioned to a morning meal of fancy feast with insulin and a night meal of homemade food without insulin. Our hope was that we could monitor her blood sugar during this time with a freestyle libre glucose monitor so we had it installed at the vet and immediately as she got home she ripped it off! So, we decided to put her entirely on homemade food without insulin to ensure she did not become hypoglycemic and test her blood sugar the following week or taking her in if we saw any odd patterns of behavior. Sadly during this time, Yuki got out of the house as we were moving stuff out for my mom and grandma, and we lost her for about 12 or so hours. She came home covered in motor oil so we had to take her to the groomers to ensure she didn't lick off what she hadn't already, we fed her as soon as she got home and later that night outside of the regulated schedule. The next day she was doing super well, eating normally and being the sweet kitty she is. Unfortunately, the next day (yesterday) she did not cry for food in the morning and only ate about 1/3, my dad found vomit at about 9:30 am and the kitty was resting at the end of the dining room table (a decent hiding spot). I was at my grandma's having breakfast and my dad called us home to let us know the cat wasn't doing well. She was resting with her eyes open and was super lethargic, practically not responding to touch and sound. We were afraid that she was hypoglycemic, so I gave her a tad bit of honey on the gums. She would walk and then go into that odd resting state. We attempted to hand feed her a fancy feast pate (she LOVES those), and she threw up immediately after just a pinch of food. We went to the emergency vet, they gave her subcutaneous fluids and found her blood sugar to be in the 300 range. They tested her ketones and found a small amount. They wanted to keep her in to monitor her but we could not afford the 3000/night they were asking. They ended up giving us antibiotics in case an infection was the underlying cause of her problems as well as a 24-hour anti-nausea medication.
This morning she is resting more usually than before, head up, responds to sounds, and her name, etc. We tried feeding her so we could get her insulin and antibiotics in but she refuses. How do we get her to eat? we tried the parmesan thing to no avail. When I put food up to her mouth she rejects it. We're not sure what to do.
We know that we need to get a monitor for her blood sugar asap, but she has been under so much stress lately we don't want her to leave the house.
Any advice helps, thank you!!
I hope she feels much better very soon. Keep posting for any help you need.
