Amount of water drank

[Shaz Butler]

I am about to carry out Bailey's 2nd BG curve test tomorrow. I am a little concerned that overnight Bailey is drinking 140-150 ml between say 21:30hrs and 08:00hrs. He is fed 4 times a day, mostly wet food now but in order to give insulin shot I have to give some Thrive biscuits if he has only eaten a very small amount of wet.

Should I be concerned?

Thanks all.

 

[Sonya NZ]

At the height of his uncontrolled diabetes my cat was drinking up to 600mls in 24 hours.

He still drinks alot, but not nearly as much. Isn't the average about 50ml/kg/day?

 

[Shaz Butler]

Thank you Sonya.

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

I give Sheba water in her food to make sure she drinks enough as she has early kidney disease as well as diabetes.
She gets an average of 350-400 mls a day which she willingly has.
The Thrive biscuits will make Bailey want to drink more too.
It is good he is drinking...better that then getting dehydrated.
Looking forward to seeing a photo of Bailey. I love Burmese cats. I used to have a female tortie Ming who was the most affectionate and delightful cat you could wish for. She lived for 21 years.

 

[BJM]

Check my signature link Secondary Monitoring Tools for a way to measure the water consumption.