Covert Ops
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I have a 15 year old cat that has been diabetic for about 4 years now. I switched him to Evo Low Carb dry food a couple of years ago and he has been on 1-2 units of Lantus with BG values maxing in the upper 200's. I recently decided to try switching to an all wet diet and chose the Evo 95% turkey and chicken. I am giving him a whole 5.5 oz can split up through out the day. After a week of this diet I am completely shocked, his BG values are between 80-100. Could he go into remission even after all these years? I have stopped giving him Lantus and have been checking his BG at different times just to be sure. His coat is finally soft and it seems he is drinking less water than before.
I am not sure if the 5.5 oz can will be enough food for him. He weighs a little over 10 pounds, and Sometimes I am not home for 8-10 hours so I don't know what to do for him then. I have two other non diabetic kitties and they are still getting the Evo dry food. I simply cannot afford to feed them the soft food right now. I keep their food upstairs away from my diabetic. It is on a timer so they don't eat to much. I have debated switching them to Nature's Variety "Instinct" because it has fewer calories.
Any thoughts on my situation would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your consideration.
Thomas
I am not sure if the 5.5 oz can will be enough food for him. He weighs a little over 10 pounds, and Sometimes I am not home for 8-10 hours so I don't know what to do for him then. I have two other non diabetic kitties and they are still getting the Evo dry food. I simply cannot afford to feed them the soft food right now. I keep their food upstairs away from my diabetic. It is on a timer so they don't eat to much. I have debated switching them to Nature's Variety "Instinct" because it has fewer calories.
Any thoughts on my situation would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your consideration.
Thomas