fancy feast flavors questions and possible out of remission

[bradie96]

hi
sooooo im hoping this is just a food thing with patches because i noticed while he was on petsmarts brand food (thinking it was one particular flavor) it slowly brought him out of remission, he was on that brand since july 2010 till about 2 weeks ago when we switched back to fancy feast

i had noticed that he started drinking, peeing alot, lost some weight, immediately took him off the petsmart brand (was really trying to save money but ive learned my lesson)
i was in a every 3 month testing for him, he normally fluctuates in the 80's to 90's sometimes a 70....i tested him about 2 weeks ago and he was 197 nailbite_smile at that time i changed food that day, immediately peeing went to normal, drinking completely stopped and he is now gaining weight back, i didnt take him to a vet because i like alot of people have the vet that doesnt agree with hometesting they only want their money for me to come in ($36 a visit) i have yet to speak to them since he went OTJ almost 2 yrs ago when they wouldnt speak to me over the phone unless i brought him in on a emerg visit. i spoke to a well known vet and very good one over the phone (me not even being a client) and she said to take him off the insulin let him be a cat and if he gets bad again call and we will get him in.

so i tested this saturday he was still 187 (now this is not knowing the last time he ate may have been an hr)

so im calling this vet again to see what i need to do....not sure if i just need to keep with his current diet to get his pancreas back to normal. when he went OTJ he was on such a tiny tiny dose (due to speaking to people on here, my vet had him on 4 units ) and he went from 300 to 80 in less than 2 hrs and this was even before the food change over..... he still plays just the running around that i know of i dont see anymore.


so my question, he is on the classics, chicken, chicken/liver, turk/giblets, and mixed grill.....has anyone noticed more of a influx in levels on any of these?
im trying my best to not get him back on insulin as i think this is a mistake in choosing the BAD food based on finances rather than what is best....

thanks!
Jennie and patches

 

[BJM]

Re: fancy feast flavors questions and possible out of remiss

Under the workable compromises heading, once you find a Fancy Feast pate (none of the ones with gravy) that works, you could mix if some with a WalMart Special Kitty flavor which is also low carb.

I've 10 other cats besides my diabetic and all of them are getting the SK Turkey & Giblets dinner which is roughly 5% calories from carbohydrates. Two of my plump civvies have lost weight eating only this canned food.

 

[bradie96]

Re: fancy feast flavors questions and possible out of remiss

i wanted to switch to that but the turkey and giblets is no where to be found in any of the walmarts near me....

i guess ill have to play with the ff ones till i see a change....i think i need to give this food time to mend what i messed up with the petsmart brand! i think ill stick to classic chicken and turk/giblets instead of 4 flavors

i know in the past people have said that the mixed grill with ff caused issues...i searched FF on this site and there are a million to go thru...

 

[BJM]

Re: fancy feast flavors questions and possible out of remiss

You could ask the manager over the Pets section at Walmart to get it for you; the one at my Walmart is very willing to take special orders like that, especially for a guaranteed purchase.

They recently relabeled it as "Meaty Turkey and Giblets Dinner"

 

[bradie96]

Re: fancy feast flavors questions and possible out of remiss

wow thanks for that! i posted prior asking about that new change in name and no one was really able to say so....

ill have to add some of that one into his diet hoping that will re-regulate him.....