Sybil and Zoe
Member Since 2018
Hello. I am new to posting on a message board and new to having a cat diagnosed with diabetes. Zoe is a very skittish cat and this has not been an easy transition. She is 6 1/2 yrs old. She started drinking a lot of water and the box started having large pee clumps. I didn't act right away and I regret it. I am not sure how long she was acting this way--maybe a month. She ended up with a UTI and the diagnosis of diabetes. She stayed at the vet for 2 nights while they did the glucose curve. I started the testing on the 12th of this month. She has never been a kitty you could just pick up. She wants to be loved but runs if she thinks you are going to pick her up. Trying to catch her to test her and give her insulin is like a circus or nightmare when I am trying to get out the door to work in the morning. My furniture is all askew from having to move it to get her out of a corner or under or behind something. It is getting easier but will never be as simple as picking her up and doing what is needed. I have to chase her around and corner her or if she does come to me, I have to grab her. I hate it. She is not regulated yet after about 2 weeks because it is so hard to be exactly 12 hrs apart in dosing. She is still in the 300-400 range. She started off on 3 units Vetsulin but is now up to 4.5 units. Her last bg was 362 tonight. I have not noticed any problems though. I was scared going up on her insulin. I know I am doing it wrong, feeding her first and then checking bg and giving insulin, but her appetite was so poor I was scared to give it without knowing she had eaten or if she would eat. I cannot catch her and test bg then catch her after eating for her shot. She will have none of that. Usually it is eat and catch for both bg and shot shortly after. She like many cats was a kibble eater and a half can of fancy feast gravy lovers daily. Carb city. She also loves and was given Temptations treats daily. I have, much to her dislike, gotten her off dry and on ff pate though I am not sure who hates it more--me or her. And I have done the open three different kinds of food only to throw it away after a turned up nose at it. I give a few treats occasionally because I have a 2nd cat that is more insulted over the new diet and tiny and does not need to loose weight. Any advise would be appreciated!!! This has been such a shock and so expensive. I initially spent $1000 on vet bills and now to find the test strips/syringes and insulin may run me $100-175 month. Help!!!!
