Shanna Murrin
Member Since 2018
Hi there, my name is Shanna, and one of my cats was diagnosed a few weeks ago, now I'm trying to figure out his food...so I guess I will find the appropriate place to ask about it
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Idjit's mom
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Welcome to the board Shanna. There is a wealth of information here to help you with diabetes treatment for your cat. A low carbohydrate wet food (raw, canned, or home made) is recommended for our sugar cats. I found this board via catinfo.org, a website about the best diets for cats by Dr. Lisa Pierson. Dr. Pierson has also created a food chart that displays protein, fat, carbs, phosphorus and calories. You can review that at the top of the Main Forum. Here is a link to the Food Chart
Just a word of caution, if you are transitioning a dry food eater to all wet food, this will lower the blood sugar level, and if you are already injecting insulin, you will need to be testing the blood sugar to see how the food is affecting your cat and to help avoid any hypo events. Even if you are not already using insulin, home testing is going to tell you how much the food change is lowering the BG (blood glucose). Please look around the forums, ask questions in the Feline Health (Main Forum). More eyes to see and respond.
Just a word of caution, if you are transitioning a dry food eater to all wet food, this will lower the blood sugar level, and if you are already injecting insulin, you will need to be testing the blood sugar to see how the food is affecting your cat and to help avoid any hypo events. Even if you are not already using insulin, home testing is going to tell you how much the food change is lowering the BG (blood glucose). Please look around the forums, ask questions in the Feline Health (Main Forum). More eyes to see and respond.
FurBabiesMama
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