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Teresa03

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Today I switched Bailey from Sheba canned cat food to M/D canned. I mixed Sheba and M/D like recommended to eventually get him on M/D only. Morning BG postprandial was 323 2 units given,lunch postprandial 187, and dinner postprandial 672 2 units given. His evening BG has never been this high. Did I mix too much of both foods together? Should I just use M/D and not try to slowly mix Sheba and M/D together until we eventually are only on M/D?
 
Have you seen the food chart at Cat Info? You may be just fine feeding certain varieties of Sheba. Look for calories from carbohydrates less than 10 %. The chart is in the right side column which has a black background and white text.
 
I think it might be easier to just stick with Sheba. That's what I started him on when he was diagnosed (recommended by one of the Vets at Bailey's clinic) a week and a half ago. Also it doesn't seem like Sheba provides the nutrition list which also makes me a little worried. I worked as a Vet Tech and Science Diet was always drilled in my head as being a high quality food, and I always want to feed my fur babies the best. Bailey's BG has always been good when he was on Sheba.
 
The pate Sheba brands are great for diabetic cats and much better than m/d. I feed my diabetic cat a mix of sheba pates and weruva and he has been in remission from his diabetes for quite some time. Most prescription foods are not good for diabetics, especially Hills.

I did get the as fed nutrition values from sheba not too long ago, and they were very good. They haven't changed their formula despite the label change, so they are still low carb and lower than fancy feast in phosphorus (a concern for oldercats and those with kidney problems).
 
You do have to be be careful thougn because the "cuts" brand looks exactly the same as the pate, and those are not good for diabetics.
 
Julia & Bandit said:
The pate Sheba brands are great for diabetic cats and much better than m/d. I feed my diabetic cat a mix of sheba pates and weruva and he has been in remission from his diabetes for quite some time. Most prescription foods are not good for diabetics, especially Hills.

I did get the as fed nutrition values from sheba not too long ago, and they were very good. They haven't changed their formula despite the label change, so they are still low carb and lower than fancy feast in phosphorus (a concern for oldercats and those with kidney problems).
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Thank you so much for your reply. Do you remember how many carbs Sheba has in the pate?
 
I know that Mars, the makers of the Sheba brand of cat food, refused to provide the values for their foods to Dr. Lisa Pierson, so she could not put those on her food chart that we point people to. Perhaps Julie and Bandit got some information from the manufacturer that they are willing to share with us.
 
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