max&emmasmommie
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Does anyone know a vet in the San Diego or LA area who is knowledgable about diabetes?
Diabetes Vet in San Diego or LA?
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Vicky & Gandalf (GA) & Murrlin
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Hi,
Honestly, there is no such distinction as "diabetes vet." There are good vets, not so good vets and great vets. A "great" vet should be able to manage optimum Feline Diabetes care. The best way to find a great vet is call around and ask specific questions about how they treat FD - what insulin (it should be Lantus or Levemir rather than Prozinc, in my opinion), do they encourage home-testing (they should), what diet do they recommend (it should not be a prescription diet), and how many cases of FD have they treated and how successfully.
You have actually found the best feline diabetes care resource, this message board. The collective knowledge and experience here outweighs that of probably 99% of vets where feline diabetes is concerned. Yes you need a vet to support what we know works for most of cats, so that's why you should call around to find one which supports our recommendations for the basics (diet, insulin, & home-testing). Even great vets may not be familiar or even agree with the those FD basics, we always have someone come on board saying how much they love their vet and have gone to them for years, but the treatment they have outlined for FD is not to our standard because of the diet or insulin choice, etc.
Hope that helps.
Honestly, there is no such distinction as "diabetes vet." There are good vets, not so good vets and great vets. A "great" vet should be able to manage optimum Feline Diabetes care. The best way to find a great vet is call around and ask specific questions about how they treat FD - what insulin (it should be Lantus or Levemir rather than Prozinc, in my opinion), do they encourage home-testing (they should), what diet do they recommend (it should not be a prescription diet), and how many cases of FD have they treated and how successfully.
You have actually found the best feline diabetes care resource, this message board. The collective knowledge and experience here outweighs that of probably 99% of vets where feline diabetes is concerned. Yes you need a vet to support what we know works for most of cats, so that's why you should call around to find one which supports our recommendations for the basics (diet, insulin, & home-testing). Even great vets may not be familiar or even agree with the those FD basics, we always have someone come on board saying how much they love their vet and have gone to them for years, but the treatment they have outlined for FD is not to our standard because of the diet or insulin choice, etc.
Hope that helps.
max&emmasmommie
Member Since 2012
Thanks, Vicky.
Sheila & Beau GA & Jeddie GA
Member Since 2009
Hi Dale. Not sure what people have been suggesting to you, but I noticed you are changing Max to Wellness canned food (notes in his spreadsheet). That is good. It is much better quality than the Rx food in terms of protein quality and amount and lower carbs. For his CRF concerns, a low protein diet is actually not a good thing for a cat. The problem with animal proteins is the phosphorus and that can eventually be dealt with with phosphorus binders added to the food, but that is for advanced CRF. What they really need is moisture in their food. Eventually he might need sub-Q fluids, which you can do at home.
With the lower carb Wellness, when you are feeding that 100%, I think you will find that his insulin dose may be too high. Right now the 500s and 600s could be from the carbs in the m/d food. Although, they may be from a little too much insulin as well. It sort of looks like he was started out at too high of a dose (2u) and then they wanted to raise to 3u in one big step. Glad you didn't do that!
I'm curious about the 146 in his SS when he was dx with CRF. Was that a number from the vet records on that day? Interesting that he became diabetic five months after being put on the Hills k/d food.
With the lower carb Wellness, when you are feeding that 100%, I think you will find that his insulin dose may be too high. Right now the 500s and 600s could be from the carbs in the m/d food. Although, they may be from a little too much insulin as well. It sort of looks like he was started out at too high of a dose (2u) and then they wanted to raise to 3u in one big step. Glad you didn't do that!
I'm curious about the 146 in his SS when he was dx with CRF. Was that a number from the vet records on that day? Interesting that he became diabetic five months after being put on the Hills k/d food.
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