FIV, Diabetes, and Dry Food

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pevsfreedom

pevsfreedom

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I was curious about this since I brought it up on my sneezing thread. Our 2 civvies are FIV+ when we got them. Luna wasn't. What, if any, role does FIV+ play in feline diabetes?

Also, she's never been bit or anything by the others - I'm reading FIV+ is only really transmitted by birth or deep bite wounds. I wonder if she's even gotten it at all?

Just curious.

Also I wanted to ask, my 2 civvies get 1/4 cup of dry food 2x day along with 1/4 cup friskies pate. I looked it up and the dry stuff is 33% carbs! Even though they are not diabetic I assume the extra cost of feeding them ONLY wet food like Luna would be worth it in the long run? They are both 2 years old.
 
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Read over Cat Info and see what you think.
I know when I changed all the cats in the household to canned, low carb, Friskies pates, a couple overweight cats lost weight without cutting back on amounts, plus Spitzer's glucose dropped a lot and I spent one night staying up and testing him and giving him Karo syrup.
 
I'm assuming Spitzer was diabetic? I think I'll make the change (I read most of that site when we got Luna before I found this site).
 
Yes, Spitzer was diabetic. He developed a saddle thrombus - a blood clot to both hind legs - which was excruciating and had poor prognosis, so he was euthanized to put him out of his agony. If a cat is howling in pain, you know it is bad.
 
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