Diabetic-friendly no-kill shelters

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LeanneandJeff

LeanneandJeff

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Does anyone have a list of NO KILL diabetic-friendly shelters in the New York / New Jersey / Connecticut / Pennsylvania area? ? I am searching high and low for a place to rehome my cat but I am running out of options. Keeping him is not one. Thank you in advance.
 
MommaofMuse - I reached out to DCIN a few days ago, but haven't heard anything back yet. I would love to directly find another home for Jeff if possible but if I have to I'll go to a diabetic friendly no kill shelter as a last resort. Thank you for the resources!
 
Perhaps posting him here with some pictures, a small write up on him such as if you know if he gets along with other cats, dogs, small children etc and a location and see if anyone here might also be willing to adopt him...Both of my sugarcats I adopted as diabetics and there are several of us around that have done the same off this board.

Also while you are trying to find him a new home, what are the reasons you feel like you can't keep him? Perhaps we can help find a solution there as well or at least make it easier on you while you try to locate a new home for him. There are just so few diabetic shelters and even most No Kills will put down a diabetic simply because they just don't have the staff to care for them properly.

Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
 
Is your cat recently diagnosed? The reason I ask is that quite a few diabetic cats go into remission (become diet-controlled), and those who are recently diagnosed probably stand the best chance of that. It would probably be a lot easier to rehome a diet-controlled diabetic than an insulin-dependent one.

Is Jeff on insulin at the moment? What type and what dose?
And what are you feeding him - dry food or wet?

Elizabeth
 
While you are waiting to rehome him, are you giving insulin? If not, pop over to Cat Info for a PDF file of food nutrients in various canned cat foods and pick up the low carb (< 10% calories from carbohydrates) foods listed, such as Friskies Turkey and Giblet or Fancy Feast Classic Turkey and Giblet Pate. Feeding thes often reduces the blood glucose by about 100 points. Getting any infection resolved also reduces blood glucose (teeth, bladder, etc).
 
I am currently working with Jenn at DCIN to rehome Jeff (who has been VERY helpful and I am very grateful for DCIN!) but having a lot of trouble even finding a foster home. I thought it would be a little easier since I did the hard part of getting him on insulin, switching his food, getting his weight back up, etc....and he's super nice and super, super cute...but I'm still stuck here in this predicament.

Here is a link to his DCIN blog post: http://fdmb-cin.blogspot.com/2013/03/je ... -home.html
As you can see he's also listed on the front page as a 911.

I absolutely cannot keep him any more unfortunately...Is it appropriate to make a new thread for Jeff, as a rehoming plug? I just need to use every avenue I can. I am running out of options and mid April is my deadline. I originally said I would find a new place for him by the beginning of March and my financial and emotional situations, plus relationships, are suffering a lot and NOT good. I cannot home test due to inconsistent work hours and I over all need Jeff to be with someone who can offer him that consistency and opportunity to get regulated. I don't see this changing any time soon, and he won't get better like this. His behavior is great and he is a total cuddle bug, super nice, I love him. I can provide transportation to his furrever or even foster home on the East Coast. But because I love him I know I can't give him the care his dx requires and he needs someone who *can* give it to him.

I tried Tabby's Place, they told me no. As did HART and Animal Refuge League in Portland, ME. I have called just about every no kill shelter in NYC and NJ - people have been everywhere from comforting to flat out rude, but no one has a home for him either way. I am running out of options and VERY discouraged. :sad:
 
Also yes Jeff is on wet food only, Friskie's pate style wet food twice a day. He is on 1.5u of Lantus, daily, and has been since January.
 
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