Food question?

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Greg Shirilla

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So I’m new to all this, and between my vet and other various social media groups I’ve been hearing differing opinions, but now I got sent here. I’m sure this question gets asked by all beginners, so I’m sorry if it’s redundant. But what foods (wet or dry) do you all prefer/recommend for a cat who has been prescribed ProZinc? He is currently transitioning from 2 - 3 units twice daily. My vet told us to use Hills m/d, but I’m quickly hearing that isn’t the way to go? He is also (as of 2 days) ignoring the wet. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
 
Hello and welcome to the ProZinc forum where you can find all kinds of help with ProZinc dose adjustments, testing, interpreting your cat’s blood glucose numbers (BG), spreadsheets, etc.

Anyway, about food — it’s the same as for any diabetic cat— low carb wet food is the best and helps keep their BG levels down as compared to high carb food. So really you can feed any of the Fancy Feast Classic Pates and a few others (not the gravy ones as we save those only to raise BG if a cat’s numbers drop too low. Also, Friskies Pate is fine to feed a diabetic cat. If you want to go with the higher end foods or need to keep phosphorus levels down to aid the kidneys then there are lots of options like Weruva BFF pates. You should be looking for a food that is less than ten percent carbs. What is your cat currently eating? If you are transitioning from high carb food (either wet or dry) to lower carb food, you must be very careful about knowing the BG because it can make a huge difference and you will see lower numbers. Hopefully you are home testing to keep him safe. When was he diagnosed?
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
Hello and welcome to the ProZinc forum where you can find all kinds of help with ProZinc dose adjustments, testing, interpreting your cat’s blood glucose numbers (BG), spreadsheets, etc.

Anyway, about food — it’s the same as for any diabetic cat— low carb wet food is the best and helps keep their BG levels down as compared to high carb food. So really you can feed any of the Fancy Feast Classic Pates and a few others (not the gravy ones as we save those only to raise BG if a cat’s numbers drop too low. Also, Friskies Pate is fine to feed a diabetic cat. If you want to go with the higher end foods or need to keep phosphorus levels down to aid the kidneys then there are lots of options like Weruva BFF pates. You should be looking for a food that is less than ten percent carbs. What is your cat currently eating? If you are transitioning from high carb food (either wet or dry) to lower carb food, you must be very careful about knowing the BG because it can make a huge difference and you will see lower numbers. Hopefully you are home testing to keep him safe. When was he diagnosed?
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Suzanne & Darcy said:
Hello and welcome to the ProZinc forum where you can find all kinds of help with ProZinc dose adjustments, testing, interpreting your cat’s blood glucose numbers (BG), spreadsheets, etc.

Anyway, about food — it’s the same as for any diabetic cat— low carb wet food is the best and helps keep their BG levels down as compared to high carb food. So really you can feed any of the Fancy Feast Classic Pates and a few others (not the gravy ones as we save those only to raise BG if a cat’s numbers drop too low. Also, Friskies Pate is fine to feed a diabetic cat. If you want to go with the higher end foods or need to keep phosphorus levels down to aid the kidneys then there are lots of options like Weruva BFF pates. You should be looking for a food that is less than ten percent carbs. What is your cat currently eating? If you are transitioning from high carb food (either wet or dry) to lower carb food, you must be very careful about knowing the BG because it can make a huge difference and you will see lower numbers. Hopefully you are home testing to keep him safe. When was he diagnosed?
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He started on ProZinc back in June at 1 unit. Then 2. They upped him to 3 last week. He is currently eating the Hills m/d glucosupport. Wet and dry. But he has started ignoring the wet. I’m realizing I will need to start home checking his bg levels at home now.
 
And here’s a link to another food chart— well it’s actually a seeies of charts. Scroll down to about the fifth food list and you will see the one for diabetic cats who also have CKD. I am not saying that your cat has CKD, but the list is useful anyway because it is kept up to date and lists lower phosphorus foods that are better for the kidneys and yet are also low carb so good for diabetic cats.

https://www.bizave.com/foodlists/?f...76wfH5kehteCajlm-qPPTi3u1c307wE0dcV4pqGfRaj2Q
 
Yikes! I just looked up the Hill’s glycosupport MD and it’s 15.9 percent carbs which is too much for a diabetic cat. I don’t have time to look up the dry right now, but since it’s dry food it will be higher in carbs. Feeding him those high carb foods will make it harder to regulate his BG and will require more insulin. Now I understand food changes cannot be made overnight (nor should they be for GI and BG reasons) and cats have a way of sometimes being picky and giving us fits. Anyway, I think I said before to make any changes from high to low carb foods gradually and I wouldn’t do it until I had a way of monitoring his BG at home (to be safe) because he would need reductions in insulin.
 
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