Diabetic thyriod dried food

[FairWeatherSally]

Hello everyone, im in the uk and my diabetic boy also has hyperthyroidism and he's been on meds for his thyroid for nearly 3 weeks now, he stopped being as agitated with his food almost straight away but over the past week its come back and when ive looked at the ingredients in his thrive dried biscuits, which are brilliant for his diabetes, it has 3.6 mg of iodine in it which is really bad for his thyroid, when I look at dried food that is good for his thyroid its bad for his diabetes and vice versa and im at a complete loss as to what to do next for him, the thyroid biscuits are 30% carbs which is far too much, i like the dried food to be down so he and my other 3 cats can pick at it through the day when we're not in to make sure they have enough food and my diabetic boy has food to stop him potentially going hypo, the diabetic food the vets recommend are also really high carbs and I dont know if the higher carbs and low iodine are better for him or if the iodine and lower carbs are better for him, ive tried talking to the diabetic expert at the vets but they only recommend the vet plan food which is high carb, he is on senvelgo for his diabetes and his blood sugars have gone from 15 to 10 in the 9 days he's been on it, do I take all 4 off of the dried food and just give wet and hope noone gets really hungry inbetween? Or do i use the thyroid food and take the hit on his diabetes as the carb levels are similar to their diabetic dried food? I know the iodine is really bad for his thyroid and I cant fill him again but I dont want his blood sugars going back up because that is also really bad for him, im just at a complete loss and wish that cat food manufacturers would just leave iodine out of the food! Im sorry if this post doesn't make much sense im just angry and confused and cant understand why manufacturers cant make a diabetic and thyroid friendly dried cat food

 

[Sienne and Gabby (GA)]

As you're finding out, most dry food is high in carbs. Will your cat eat canned food? One option is if you switch to feeding a canned food diet is to have a timed feeder. I would routinely use a feeder since I was out of the house all day and wanted food to be available. I honestly don't know the iodine content in canned foods. It sounds like you've been able to get the information, though. FWIW, I did a search for "iodine in Ziwi Peak canned venison cat food" and AI provided an answer.

I also found it was much easier to feed my diabetic and non-diabetic cats the same food. I didn't have t worry about the diabetic eating high carb and a low carb diet is very appropriate for a non-diabetic cat. Cats are obligate carnivores and they don't metabolize carbs well.