manya
Member Since 2023
hi, im manya and my cats name is ted. He is a tuxedo cat and he is so sweet. (hes in my profile picture) Im here because I don't really know that much about diabetes in cats and my cats starting to worry me a lot.
Teds backround: Teds first 2-3 years were not good. He was abused and fed human food only. He is scared of male adults a lot and sometimes female adults. He loves kids though. When we first rescued him of course he was shy but he slowly opened up. He would eat a lot, mainly hard food, causing him to be 20lbs. My family and I moved to CA in june of 2021. He was fine with the move and seems to like CA a bit more because of the weather. He is aloud outside as long as our other 2 cats, Tipsy a ragdoll who is 9, and Barny who is 16. We let all of our cats outside because they are trained not to leave the yard or go to far. They are aloud out front and back and they love it. We do unfortunately have a coyote problem due to the area we live in (a lot of mountains near us). During the first couple of months of our move Ted did expierience trauma. He was sleeping on a chair in the backyard. We always have a timer to get our cats before dark, but he was left outside on accident. A coyote grabbed him and tried to hop up our brick wall with him. Thankfully he was fat at the time and the coyote was only slightly bigger than him. My mom also saw the coyote struggling to bring ted with him and she yelled VERY loud for the coyote to let go of Ted. We brought him in and made him comfortable. No serious injuries just 2 bite marks on his ruff. He wouldnt go outside for a week 1/2 after that. After that week 1/2 he was comfortable going outside again and to this day he is fine with it and the coyote problem is solved. Idk what happend because there are 0 coyotes around now. Its like they went extinct.
Last year all of our cats got fleas so we had to take them to the vet. They gave our cats each a shot which actually triggered Teds diabetes. He started aggressively pulling out his hair wherever he could, drinking/eating a lot. Not going to the bathroom in the litterbox, instead on rugs, basic symptoms of diabetes in cats. We have recently been giving him insulin for a couple of months now and it seems to be helping? im not sure because i cant ask him. I have only become concerned recently because his behavior has shifted A LOT. We recently changed his diet about 1-2 months ago because he was eating and drinking so so much. We took him to the vet and they told us to change his diet and for the first few days give him 1/2 a capsule of Gabapentin, so 50mg twice a day. It seemed to make him crazy. He stopped eating and drinking a lot but his behavior changed so much its concerning. He is always meowing. Hes wants attention so much. He wants more food. He seems way more happy. He loves to come to my bed because his favorite tortilla blanket is mine always on my bed, he loves to kneed it and purr which he usually would never purr. He seems to love me so much. But, he is becoming very aggressive towards my other 2 cats. Specifically the oldest (16yrs). He doesnt seem to mind my other cat to much because they are both usually on my bed. But when they are awake he stares at her and it looks like he is stalking her. Shes to scared to leave my room because he's next to the door. He stares both the girls down and fights the oldest a lot. Its becoming a thing where it happens like twice a day, every day. He fights her until we are able to seperate them. His tail gets puffy every time. He looks super scary when its happening because it looks like he has so much anger and wants to hurt them bad. It got so bad today when he was fighting the oldest. She stopped moving completely during the fight and was just laying there, completely still. While he was still beating her. She always fights back and i've never seen her do that. I don't know what triggers him to do this. I let him back in the house a couple hours ago, he is in my room sleeping. I moved the feliway thing to my room and sprayed lavender smelling water because I read it can help calm him. I am thinking that his anxiety has got really bad. I really do not want to put him on prozac because he has had bad expieriences with meds in the past. We do yell a lot in our household because my little brother is 13 going through puberty which is making him really mean. He always yells at my mom and dad and my mom and dad yell at him back. Because of his past trauma I can tell he get's very stressed out. My brother is so loud all the time and never calms down. He has very bad adhd and is on meds but still is too hyper. There is NO way I am getting rid of ANY of my cats. I treat them like my babies and put every single second of my time towards them. (im always at home). Our situation is difficult for Ted because he seems very stressful. I just want to help him. I do not want to give him any meds unless the vet says its the only way. Now on to my questions.
My questions:
-Do you guys have any idea on why this is happening? Is it the Diabetes?
-Could it be a reaction to insulin?
-Has any of your cats had similar behaviors? If so, how do you handle the behavior?
-If your cat has anxiety, what are ways that help your cat cope ?
-Could this just be a normal side effect of diabetes?
-Would re-introduction between the cats help ?
-Could it be the change in diet ?
Any other suggestions or anything that you can add that will be helpful. PLEASE ADD IT!!!
if you read this whole god dam thing i appreciate you fr. like ong i do. thank you
Teds backround: Teds first 2-3 years were not good. He was abused and fed human food only. He is scared of male adults a lot and sometimes female adults. He loves kids though. When we first rescued him of course he was shy but he slowly opened up. He would eat a lot, mainly hard food, causing him to be 20lbs. My family and I moved to CA in june of 2021. He was fine with the move and seems to like CA a bit more because of the weather. He is aloud outside as long as our other 2 cats, Tipsy a ragdoll who is 9, and Barny who is 16. We let all of our cats outside because they are trained not to leave the yard or go to far. They are aloud out front and back and they love it. We do unfortunately have a coyote problem due to the area we live in (a lot of mountains near us). During the first couple of months of our move Ted did expierience trauma. He was sleeping on a chair in the backyard. We always have a timer to get our cats before dark, but he was left outside on accident. A coyote grabbed him and tried to hop up our brick wall with him. Thankfully he was fat at the time and the coyote was only slightly bigger than him. My mom also saw the coyote struggling to bring ted with him and she yelled VERY loud for the coyote to let go of Ted. We brought him in and made him comfortable. No serious injuries just 2 bite marks on his ruff. He wouldnt go outside for a week 1/2 after that. After that week 1/2 he was comfortable going outside again and to this day he is fine with it and the coyote problem is solved. Idk what happend because there are 0 coyotes around now. Its like they went extinct.
Last year all of our cats got fleas so we had to take them to the vet. They gave our cats each a shot which actually triggered Teds diabetes. He started aggressively pulling out his hair wherever he could, drinking/eating a lot. Not going to the bathroom in the litterbox, instead on rugs, basic symptoms of diabetes in cats. We have recently been giving him insulin for a couple of months now and it seems to be helping? im not sure because i cant ask him. I have only become concerned recently because his behavior has shifted A LOT. We recently changed his diet about 1-2 months ago because he was eating and drinking so so much. We took him to the vet and they told us to change his diet and for the first few days give him 1/2 a capsule of Gabapentin, so 50mg twice a day. It seemed to make him crazy. He stopped eating and drinking a lot but his behavior changed so much its concerning. He is always meowing. Hes wants attention so much. He wants more food. He seems way more happy. He loves to come to my bed because his favorite tortilla blanket is mine always on my bed, he loves to kneed it and purr which he usually would never purr. He seems to love me so much. But, he is becoming very aggressive towards my other 2 cats. Specifically the oldest (16yrs). He doesnt seem to mind my other cat to much because they are both usually on my bed. But when they are awake he stares at her and it looks like he is stalking her. Shes to scared to leave my room because he's next to the door. He stares both the girls down and fights the oldest a lot. Its becoming a thing where it happens like twice a day, every day. He fights her until we are able to seperate them. His tail gets puffy every time. He looks super scary when its happening because it looks like he has so much anger and wants to hurt them bad. It got so bad today when he was fighting the oldest. She stopped moving completely during the fight and was just laying there, completely still. While he was still beating her. She always fights back and i've never seen her do that. I don't know what triggers him to do this. I let him back in the house a couple hours ago, he is in my room sleeping. I moved the feliway thing to my room and sprayed lavender smelling water because I read it can help calm him. I am thinking that his anxiety has got really bad. I really do not want to put him on prozac because he has had bad expieriences with meds in the past. We do yell a lot in our household because my little brother is 13 going through puberty which is making him really mean. He always yells at my mom and dad and my mom and dad yell at him back. Because of his past trauma I can tell he get's very stressed out. My brother is so loud all the time and never calms down. He has very bad adhd and is on meds but still is too hyper. There is NO way I am getting rid of ANY of my cats. I treat them like my babies and put every single second of my time towards them. (im always at home). Our situation is difficult for Ted because he seems very stressful. I just want to help him. I do not want to give him any meds unless the vet says its the only way. Now on to my questions.
My questions:
-Do you guys have any idea on why this is happening? Is it the Diabetes?
-Could it be a reaction to insulin?
-Has any of your cats had similar behaviors? If so, how do you handle the behavior?
-If your cat has anxiety, what are ways that help your cat cope ?
-Could this just be a normal side effect of diabetes?
-Would re-introduction between the cats help ?
-Could it be the change in diet ?
Any other suggestions or anything that you can add that will be helpful. PLEASE ADD IT!!!
if you read this whole god dam thing i appreciate you fr. like ong i do. thank you
