Hello, looking for advice/help. My name is Nina, my 15 year male cat is Yogi. NEW MEMBER
I grew up a dog person but took my aunts cat (I lived with him for a while prior) when I bought my house 5 years ago. Found out when I took him in that he was diabetic. His numbers were in the 500’s. Long story short they gave me insulin (I’m not good at it, my ex was) I brought him back in and he was 62. He hates car rides and the whole ordeal so when I went home I decided I would try the diet change first. He was always a dry food eater so got him the dry food Purina proplan Dm diabetic mgmt and the same in wet food, reading wet food is better.
Then I found this and other groups and started giving him low carb wet food. I ended up giving Fancy Feast Pate 1 can in AM 1 can PM and used the Purina DM dry food as a “snack” in afternoons. I took him to a new vet last year and he was in Remission!!! Low 100’s. I was feeling like we are good!!!
He is 15 years old and I’ve noticed he is throwing up more, always hungry, peeing a lot. Took him yesterday for his annual, blood work showed diabetic again, 300’s. The vet wants to give him the Purina DM dry and Purina DM wet food.
I don’t want to go the insulin route because I am not good at giving the shots. I’m not even good at holding my cats scruff. But I will try anything for my furbaby.
Do I try the DM wet food? (The vet was like how are you giving him the DM dry without a prescription, I was getting it from Walmart RX with very old prescription). Should I try other wet food low in carbs (fancy feast pate not working now)? Do I start home testing? Do I go insulin route? I’m freaking out cuz I don’t know if I can do the home testing and insulin shots myself.
Any advice?
I grew up a dog person but took my aunts cat (I lived with him for a while prior) when I bought my house 5 years ago. Found out when I took him in that he was diabetic. His numbers were in the 500’s. Long story short they gave me insulin (I’m not good at it, my ex was) I brought him back in and he was 62. He hates car rides and the whole ordeal so when I went home I decided I would try the diet change first. He was always a dry food eater so got him the dry food Purina proplan Dm diabetic mgmt and the same in wet food, reading wet food is better.
Then I found this and other groups and started giving him low carb wet food. I ended up giving Fancy Feast Pate 1 can in AM 1 can PM and used the Purina DM dry food as a “snack” in afternoons. I took him to a new vet last year and he was in Remission!!! Low 100’s. I was feeling like we are good!!!
He is 15 years old and I’ve noticed he is throwing up more, always hungry, peeing a lot. Took him yesterday for his annual, blood work showed diabetic again, 300’s. The vet wants to give him the Purina DM dry and Purina DM wet food.
I don’t want to go the insulin route because I am not good at giving the shots. I’m not even good at holding my cats scruff. But I will try anything for my furbaby.
Do I try the DM wet food? (The vet was like how are you giving him the DM dry without a prescription, I was getting it from Walmart RX with very old prescription). Should I try other wet food low in carbs (fancy feast pate not working now)? Do I start home testing? Do I go insulin route? I’m freaking out cuz I don’t know if I can do the home testing and insulin shots myself.
Any advice?
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), you are lucky that now there is the option of the Freestyle Libre that the vet cat attach to the cat. It only lasts two weeks, provided cat doesn't take it off, but it'll get you started and give you time to learn ear testing.