15/02 Bailie AMPS 495 +4 307

Staci & Ivy said:
Hi Nancy,
Very normal!! How is Bailie doing and how are you doing today? :bighug::):bighug:
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I’m just kind of worried about his back legs. He is walking on his hocks I don’t know if it’s totally due to the diabetes or it’s also a mixture of the arthritis and the diabetes do you think it’s possible that could get better?
 
Nancyco* said:
I’m just kind of worried about his back legs. He is walking on his hocks I don’t know if it’s totally due to the diabetes or it’s also a mixture of the arthritis and the diabetes do you think it’s possible that could get better?
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I understand about the neuropathy in the back legs. Ivy has it also. She walks on her hocks.
I’ve been using Zobaline for a year and it’s not gotten better.

Some cats improve, some cats it don’t, from what I understand. I do know that their BGs have to get much better in order for it to improve, if it’s going to improve.

I know that there are alternate less expensive products to use instead of Zobaline if you wanted to save money. How long has Bailie had this condition going on?
Have you talked to your vet about what they think? Do they think it is just arthritis or could it be both conditions ?
 
Staci & Ivy said:
I understand about the neuropathy in the back legs. Ivy has it also. She walks on her hocks.
I’ve been using Zobaline for a year and it’s not gotten better.

Some cats improve, some cats it don’t, from what I understand. I do know that their BGs have to get much better in order for it to improve, if it’s going to improve.

I know that there are alternate less expensive products to use instead of Zobaline if you wanted to save money. How long has Bailie had this condition going on?
Have you talked to your vet about what they think? Do they think it is just arthritis or could it be both conditions ?
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It’s been a few months but I just thought it was arthritis because he wasn’t diabetic to my knowledge I always get his bloodwork done every six months and had it done 6 weeks before he was diagnosed it blew my mind that the blood work came back great only 6 weeks before. I use zobaline as well . He is also getting Cartrophin for arthritis and before that he was getting Solensia for over a year . But I’ve read some terrible things about solensia and I don’t want to give it to Bailie anymore.
 
Nancyco* said:
It’s been a few months but I just thought it was arthritis because he wasn’t diabetic to my knowledge I always get his bloodwork done every six months and had it done 6 weeks before he was diagnosed it blew my mind that the blood work came back great only 6 weeks before. I use zobaline as well . He is also getting Cartrophin for arthritis and before that he was getting Solensia for over a year . But I’ve read some terrible things about solensia and I don’t want to give it to Bailie anymore.
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I do know of several members here using Solensia and seem to think it helps. I’m unfamiliar myself.
Hopefully, the Zobaline wil help but the bg has to be under the renal threshold for that to take place from what I’ve read.
 
Staci & Ivy said:
I do know of several members here using Solensia and seem to think it helps. I’m unfamiliar myself.
Hopefully, the Zobaline wil help but the bg has to be under the renal threshold for that to take place from what I’ve read.
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What does the renal threshold mean?
 
Nancyco* said:
What does the renal threshold mean?
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I believe the Renal threshold is the numbers where the kidneys start to spill glucose into the urine, meaning the kidneys have to work harder. The number can vary by cat, but can range from mid/upper blues to low yellows. So upper 100s to upper 200s.
 
Staci & Ivy said:
I believe the Renal threshold is the numbers where the kidneys start to spill glucose into the urine, meaning the kidneys have to work harder. The number can vary by cat, but can range from mid/upper blues to low yellows. So upper 100s to upper 200s.
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So basically diabetes causes kidney disease ?
 
Nancyco* said:
So basically diabetes causes kidney disease ?
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no, diabetes doesn't cause kidney disease, but the kidneys are responsible for filtering the blood and when the glucose is too high, no matter how hard they work, they can't get it all so some "spills over" into the urine. That's why uncontrolled diabetic cat urine is often sticky (and flies love it).

Pretty much every cat over about age 10 has some degree of kidney disease. We want to limit how hard those kidneys have to work by reducing the amount of glucose they are trying to filter out.

A properly treated diabetic cat doesn't die from diabetes. They pass from the same things every other cat does, and kidney failure is one of the top reasons. Cancer, heart disease, and just plain old age are some of the others.
 
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