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AliciaG

AliciaG

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Hey all, I was wondering if anyone had any experience with royal canine diabetic dry food for cats that you have to get from the vet?

My vet is super instant that I need to give Juliet this food in order to regulate her glucose levels but I'm really iffy about it. I switched her and her three brothers to fancy feast wet Food last week and its going well.
 
I got the same insistence from my vet about Royal Canine Diabetic Management dry kibble. It is not necessary to buy expensive food from the vet. Diabetic Cats need to eat wet food for the moisture content and low carbs (less than 10%). Inexpensive food like Fancy Feast classics are fine to feed. Go to www.catinfo.org to read more information. Hope this is helpful to you.
 
Stick to the Fancy Feast....there are only 2 dry foods that are under 10% carbs and that's not one of them

Pretty much all the education vets get on nutrition is from the pet food representatives that come to their offices to sell stuff. Here's a good article on "The truth behind prescription pet foods" you might like to read...it's specifically about dog foods, but the concept is exactly the same
 
I'm no fan of Royal Canin dry foods. I think they're behind what got Saoirse into this mess in the first place. (She was on prescribed RC veterinary dry diets for a number of years before ending up with chronic pancreatitis and diabetes; probably due to an ingredient allergy that our then vet failed to diagnose.)

As Jan says above, catinfo.org has excellent information on feline nutrition. Look to the sidebar on the right of the screen to find the link to the section on feline diabetes.


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I agree. Fancy Feast works just fine for my cat! We had been on Purina DM canned, which is just about the same low-carb content, but was costing TWICE as much. Ugh. (Oh, and her "prescription diet" made the litter box way too stinky.:eek: Not so with the FF!:))
 
Cat Ma said:
Fancy Feast Classics is a good low carb choice. The only time it would be a concern if any of your cats have renal issues. If so, then you'd want to look for a low carb canned food with a lower phosphorus #.

Here's a handy chart. Look in the third column (carbs) and focus on carbs under 10%: http://www.catinfo.org/docs/FoodChartPublic9-22-12.pdf
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@Cat Ma - Thanks for adding that caveat! I need to make a note of that (don't know much yet about CDK/renal issues myself).
 
You guys are awesome. Thanks so much. I mixed a little bit of the dry food worth the wet but I don't feel that it's a good idea over all. I have been mixing it mostly as one of my fuzzy's are still not fully adjusting to wet food. I worry about him because he's the most timid and skinny to begin with. All the rest have taken to it just fine.
 
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