Terri and Lucy
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Sending positive vibes for your mom's health Traci.
Help my Mom & her PZI cat, Francis
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Joanna & Bix (GA)
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The ER vets have been so helpful, I wonder if they could recommend a vet to her who is more diabetes-savvy? Probably not supposed to, but you never know. I wonder too if her health problem is stress-induced? I don't know anything about it, but my gut reaction is mama-bean stress. I hope things improve for her and Francis soon. I would be happy to put a "Anyone who can help in CT?" post on Community, but since you are a board regular yourself I don't want to overstep. 
But if there is anything like that we can do to help, just let us know.
But if there is anything like that we can do to help, just let us know.
Joanna & Bix (GA)
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Just wondered too where she is now with the dose (sorry if you said & I missed it)? If he is eating normally now (including dry food), 1u may not be enough. I'd hate to see him go the other way and end up with ketones. Not saying that is likely, but the 500s & 600s... well, you know already.
Traci and Boomer
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Thanks for the vibes and the offer to put out an SOS to the board. I used to live in CT so I know that none of the towns/locations listed are anywhere near her. I just can't see it happening right now.
Funny you mentioned the ER vet. That's what I said to her - "what about them?" I looked them up and I'm not overly impressed with what they have to say on thier website. Their way to treat feline obseity is to give a prescription diet and cut the cats calories in half:
"Change the pet food product to one designed for weight loss and containing:
- less than 360 kcal per 100 grams of food on a dry matter basis.
- between 7-12 percent fat.
- between 10-30 percent crude fiber.
- greater than 35 percent crude protein."
Holy crap! Imagine examining labels for this stuff????
They have a few sentences on diabetes, nothing too impressive.
And last but not least: "Try getting your pet to swim. Swimming is an excellent exercise for patients with orthopedic disabilities. Unfortunately, many cats hate water and swimming."
Okay ladies, gotta go! Boomer and I are headed to the pool! :roll:
Funny you mentioned the ER vet. That's what I said to her - "what about them?" I looked them up and I'm not overly impressed with what they have to say on thier website. Their way to treat feline obseity is to give a prescription diet and cut the cats calories in half:
"Change the pet food product to one designed for weight loss and containing:
- less than 360 kcal per 100 grams of food on a dry matter basis.
- between 7-12 percent fat.
- between 10-30 percent crude fiber.
- greater than 35 percent crude protein."
Holy crap! Imagine examining labels for this stuff????
They have a few sentences on diabetes, nothing too impressive.
And last but not least: "Try getting your pet to swim. Swimming is an excellent exercise for patients with orthopedic disabilities. Unfortunately, many cats hate water and swimming."
Okay ladies, gotta go! Boomer and I are headed to the pool! :roll:
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