Elysiabliss
Member Since 2015
Hello everyone,
My name is Tahnee from Australia and my 12 year old Elysia was diagnosed last month.
I noticed her losing weight late last year but didn't think much of it, as she was a big girl (6.5kgs), I would weigh her 2 or 3 times a month and noticed she was losing quite steadily and also the increased drinking and urination. She got down to 4.5kgs and it was then that I took her to the vet (I wish I took her earlier, I will never forgive myself) and had blood tests done. Her glucose level was a massive 31 (558) and the vet advised us that if we weren't treating her she should be put to sleep within a few days as she was in an extremely bad way. So naturally I cried the entire time we were at the vet.
Nothing else was bad on her bloods, no cancer or any other nasties so we made the descision to treat her, DH is a type 1 diabetic too, so we had alot of the gear aready at home (meters ect).
I'm gradually getting my head around it all and getting so so much better at taking her blood levels, she's been such a trooper with all this. She's always been a dry biscuit feind, so weaning her gradually off those has been a bit tough, I also have two other non diabetic cats who are both 5 years old and also bicsuit feinds.
The vet was desperately trying to push me onto the Hills M/D range, but I simply cannot afford it and there are cheaper options out there so I'm feeding all three cats Wellness Core grain free Turkey dry food, gradually weaning down on these.
There isn't really much variety of low carb food here in Australia, but I've found a store that sells Wellness grain free, Cats in the Kitchen (my girls LOVE these tins) and Best Feline Friends wet food.
Elysia was first put on 2 units of Lantus for a week until she could have a curve done at the vet, then she was put on 3 units for 2 weeks. Since doing my own curve and testing at home, I've reduced her dose back to 2 units, which is working well at the moment I think. Still alot of reading and researching to do!
I'd do absolutely anything for my girl so I don't care that I'm up at 5:30am everyday to feed and look after her, I also work full time but DH is home during the day.
I've put all of my handwritten information into the spreadsheet which I think is absolutely brilliant!
Thankyou for all the information on this site, it has been so incredibly helpful!
Elysia + Tahns
My name is Tahnee from Australia and my 12 year old Elysia was diagnosed last month.
I noticed her losing weight late last year but didn't think much of it, as she was a big girl (6.5kgs), I would weigh her 2 or 3 times a month and noticed she was losing quite steadily and also the increased drinking and urination. She got down to 4.5kgs and it was then that I took her to the vet (I wish I took her earlier, I will never forgive myself) and had blood tests done. Her glucose level was a massive 31 (558) and the vet advised us that if we weren't treating her she should be put to sleep within a few days as she was in an extremely bad way. So naturally I cried the entire time we were at the vet.
Nothing else was bad on her bloods, no cancer or any other nasties so we made the descision to treat her, DH is a type 1 diabetic too, so we had alot of the gear aready at home (meters ect).
I'm gradually getting my head around it all and getting so so much better at taking her blood levels, she's been such a trooper with all this. She's always been a dry biscuit feind, so weaning her gradually off those has been a bit tough, I also have two other non diabetic cats who are both 5 years old and also bicsuit feinds.
The vet was desperately trying to push me onto the Hills M/D range, but I simply cannot afford it and there are cheaper options out there so I'm feeding all three cats Wellness Core grain free Turkey dry food, gradually weaning down on these.
There isn't really much variety of low carb food here in Australia, but I've found a store that sells Wellness grain free, Cats in the Kitchen (my girls LOVE these tins) and Best Feline Friends wet food.
Elysia was first put on 2 units of Lantus for a week until she could have a curve done at the vet, then she was put on 3 units for 2 weeks. Since doing my own curve and testing at home, I've reduced her dose back to 2 units, which is working well at the moment I think. Still alot of reading and researching to do!
I'd do absolutely anything for my girl so I don't care that I'm up at 5:30am everyday to feed and look after her, I also work full time but DH is home during the day.
I've put all of my handwritten information into the spreadsheet which I think is absolutely brilliant!
Thankyou for all the information on this site, it has been so incredibly helpful!
Elysia + Tahns
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