Hi all,
I am new to this forum so first, some background.
My name is Richard and my cat's name is Quixote. Quixote is a 14yo Male Blue Devon Rex. He was recently diagnosed with DM (about 8 weeks ago now). He has had his ups and downs, but is now largely stable on Lantus (glargine as we call it), but only after I switched him to an entirely wet food and human grade meat diet.
When I first switched him I put him on Kiwi Kitchens Venison, Lamb, and Chicken varieties. The meat he gets is kangaroo, pork, venison or lamb fillet. He gets about a third of his calories from meat and the rest from cans. I chose Kiwi Kitchens because it contains no carbs with high quality ingredients.
The problem I have is that he is allergic to fish. I have always thought it was a minor allergy and we generally avoided seafood, but many of the high quality, low carb canned foods (like Kiwi Kitchens) available here come from New Zealand and contain Green Lipped Mussels (GLM). Unfortunately he is HIGHLY allergic to GLM. He had broken out in sores and was scratching holes in himself. I eliminated any GLM food from his diet and added a Vegan Omega 3 source and his skin cleared up completely within two weeks.
My problem now though is it is extremely difficult for me to find the very low carb canned food I need for him, or alternatively, a meal balancer I can add to his meat that doesn't contain Green Lipped Mussels. He seems to tolerate fish oil, but a food free of all seafood would be much better for him. I am combing several different wet foods to roughly balance his requirements, but the ones without GLM all have limitations here (eg, added fish oil, too much carbs from fat, unreliable supply)
I wonder if its possible to make up my own meal balancer using human supplements?
Maybe also worth noting is he is very responsive to insulin but also very sensitive to carbs. He is currently on 2u gLargine bid and doing very well, but 2.5u was pushing him into hypo.
Can anyone help?
I am new to this forum so first, some background.
My name is Richard and my cat's name is Quixote. Quixote is a 14yo Male Blue Devon Rex. He was recently diagnosed with DM (about 8 weeks ago now). He has had his ups and downs, but is now largely stable on Lantus (glargine as we call it), but only after I switched him to an entirely wet food and human grade meat diet.
When I first switched him I put him on Kiwi Kitchens Venison, Lamb, and Chicken varieties. The meat he gets is kangaroo, pork, venison or lamb fillet. He gets about a third of his calories from meat and the rest from cans. I chose Kiwi Kitchens because it contains no carbs with high quality ingredients.
The problem I have is that he is allergic to fish. I have always thought it was a minor allergy and we generally avoided seafood, but many of the high quality, low carb canned foods (like Kiwi Kitchens) available here come from New Zealand and contain Green Lipped Mussels (GLM). Unfortunately he is HIGHLY allergic to GLM. He had broken out in sores and was scratching holes in himself. I eliminated any GLM food from his diet and added a Vegan Omega 3 source and his skin cleared up completely within two weeks.
My problem now though is it is extremely difficult for me to find the very low carb canned food I need for him, or alternatively, a meal balancer I can add to his meat that doesn't contain Green Lipped Mussels. He seems to tolerate fish oil, but a food free of all seafood would be much better for him. I am combing several different wet foods to roughly balance his requirements, but the ones without GLM all have limitations here (eg, added fish oil, too much carbs from fat, unreliable supply)
I wonder if its possible to make up my own meal balancer using human supplements?
Maybe also worth noting is he is very responsive to insulin but also very sensitive to carbs. He is currently on 2u gLargine bid and doing very well, but 2.5u was pushing him into hypo.
Can anyone help?
