LuanneP
Member Since 2017
Hi guys,
I'm new here & I'm going to be fostering a diabetic cat as of tomorrow night. I don't have a lot of details about him yet except that he receives insulin twice per day, he eats prescription canned & dry food from the vet , he's 8 years old & he is also deaf. His name is Merry
I'm fine with giving injections & checking blood sugar levels (I have experience with that & diabetic cat & dog clients who I have petsit for) and I know there's only so much I can do for Merry since he's just a foster but I would like to be able to get him onto better quality food once he's settled in. It's going to be tricky if I want to integrate him into my household as my cats have food out all the time, they eat good quality canned food but I pretty much feed them all day long whenever they ask which I don't think will be good for a diabetic kitty to be eating off schedule. Hopefully I can figure something out that will work for all of them.
I have read that cats can go into diabetic remission so it would be awesome if I could help this boy go into remission so he'd have an easier time getting adopted. I'm going to be doing a lot of reading to learn all I can but if anyone has any tips on anything, that would be great! No worries, I won't be changing anything at all until he's settled & not stressed from the move and he'll be in his own room for a couple weeks to give him a chance to get used to the scents of his new environment (I always segregate new kitties just to be safe & so it's less stressful for all of them).
Thanks!
Luanne
I'm new here & I'm going to be fostering a diabetic cat as of tomorrow night. I don't have a lot of details about him yet except that he receives insulin twice per day, he eats prescription canned & dry food from the vet , he's 8 years old & he is also deaf. His name is Merry
I'm fine with giving injections & checking blood sugar levels (I have experience with that & diabetic cat & dog clients who I have petsit for) and I know there's only so much I can do for Merry since he's just a foster but I would like to be able to get him onto better quality food once he's settled in. It's going to be tricky if I want to integrate him into my household as my cats have food out all the time, they eat good quality canned food but I pretty much feed them all day long whenever they ask which I don't think will be good for a diabetic kitty to be eating off schedule. Hopefully I can figure something out that will work for all of them.
I have read that cats can go into diabetic remission so it would be awesome if I could help this boy go into remission so he'd have an easier time getting adopted. I'm going to be doing a lot of reading to learn all I can but if anyone has any tips on anything, that would be great! No worries, I won't be changing anything at all until he's settled & not stressed from the move and he'll be in his own room for a couple weeks to give him a chance to get used to the scents of his new environment (I always segregate new kitties just to be safe & so it's less stressful for all of them).
Thanks!
Luanne
