Sheetal
Member Since 2017
hi everyone,
My boy Ace has been diabetic for 4 months now. He will be 8 years old on 19th May.
He is on Vetsulin and we give him six units twice a day. His last glucose check was 2 weeks back and his glucose is at 216. (These units are how glucose is measured here in US) He only eats dry food. He has never tried wet food, doesn't even smell it. We have tried many different things and couldn't get him to eat or smell wet food. Tried Parmesan cheese, mixing warm water to get the food to liquid consistency, almost most of the wet food flavors etc etc.
If you forcefully put little food in his mouth, he makes weird face and tries to spit out everything. He is currently on DM and royal canin diabetic dry cat food. He used to eat little bit of raw chicken and since his diabetes, he no longer eats raw chicken. I do give him freeze dried salmon and freeze dried chicken as his treats.
His last vet visit was two weeks back and his ketones are normal. He has gained some weight. So since then he is getting 1 cup of food. We had ultrasound as well last month to make sure pancreas are ok and everything turned out to be normal except for small stone in kidney.
He is doing ok however from past couple days he is not eating enough food. His water intake, pee, poop are all ok. He eats tiny amounts of food few times a day but that doesn't qualify for the amount he must eat.
We have started him on food stimulant per vet but he is still not eating enough food. What might be the cause? He does look tired at times, but is active and does play little bit. I will be checking his glucose tomorrow. He doesn't let us check his glucose level. So have a vet technician come home to check on him.
I have been reading few threads but he dental, everything else seems ok. He does eat but not enough amount. Not sure what happened. Any advice will be very helpful.
Thank you!
My boy Ace has been diabetic for 4 months now. He will be 8 years old on 19th May.
He is on Vetsulin and we give him six units twice a day. His last glucose check was 2 weeks back and his glucose is at 216. (These units are how glucose is measured here in US) He only eats dry food. He has never tried wet food, doesn't even smell it. We have tried many different things and couldn't get him to eat or smell wet food. Tried Parmesan cheese, mixing warm water to get the food to liquid consistency, almost most of the wet food flavors etc etc.
If you forcefully put little food in his mouth, he makes weird face and tries to spit out everything. He is currently on DM and royal canin diabetic dry cat food. He used to eat little bit of raw chicken and since his diabetes, he no longer eats raw chicken. I do give him freeze dried salmon and freeze dried chicken as his treats.
His last vet visit was two weeks back and his ketones are normal. He has gained some weight. So since then he is getting 1 cup of food. We had ultrasound as well last month to make sure pancreas are ok and everything turned out to be normal except for small stone in kidney.
He is doing ok however from past couple days he is not eating enough food. His water intake, pee, poop are all ok. He eats tiny amounts of food few times a day but that doesn't qualify for the amount he must eat.
We have started him on food stimulant per vet but he is still not eating enough food. What might be the cause? He does look tired at times, but is active and does play little bit. I will be checking his glucose tomorrow. He doesn't let us check his glucose level. So have a vet technician come home to check on him.
I have been reading few threads but he dental, everything else seems ok. He does eat but not enough amount. Not sure what happened. Any advice will be very helpful.
Thank you!
