Winni
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My Simba was diagnosed April of this yr. Has not has a ProZinc injection since 6/29/11. Took him off of dry food, plus Simba has some infections in his mouth which he had 9 teeth pulled out. He is doing so well now.
My problem is my other cat. Shadow who weighs about 21pd will latterly eat himself to death. I work full-time. I'm gone from 6:30am til 6:30pm. When I found out Simba was diabetic I started feeding them both this way:
I would wake up for work at 4am, I would feed them a fresh 1/2 a can of wet food. I would take the other half out of the freezer and leave it out just before leaving the house at 6:30am "NO DRY FOOD AT ALL". Both kitties would have their other half, but I was freakin out beacuse I would not know who ate what, plus I think they were both starving by the time I would get home at 6:30pm sometimes later due to traffic. So I stopped doing that.
Next - I decided to still feed them 1/2 a can at 6:30am/6:30pm, but I would leave a big bowl of dry Core food during the day while I'm at work, but Simba's levels went up quit a bit and I noticed Shadow gaining weight, which I'm trying to have him lose some weight.
Now - Monday-Friday - I now feed them: 1/2 a can at 6:30am before work. Leave just 1/3 cup of dry core food while I'm at work. When I get home at 6:30pm I take away the dry food and feed them the other 1/2 of wet, and another 1/2 just before I go to bed at 10pm. Total is 1 1/2 can M-F with a very small amount of dry.
Now -Weekends - I take away as much of the dry food away as possible. I feed them 1/2 can 4am, 9am, 2pm, 6pm and 10pm - A total of 2 1/2 cans for both on weekends. Do you think this is a lot ? -
It's so frustrating feeding them both.
My problem is my other cat. Shadow who weighs about 21pd will latterly eat himself to death. I work full-time. I'm gone from 6:30am til 6:30pm. When I found out Simba was diabetic I started feeding them both this way:
I would wake up for work at 4am, I would feed them a fresh 1/2 a can of wet food. I would take the other half out of the freezer and leave it out just before leaving the house at 6:30am "NO DRY FOOD AT ALL". Both kitties would have their other half, but I was freakin out beacuse I would not know who ate what, plus I think they were both starving by the time I would get home at 6:30pm sometimes later due to traffic. So I stopped doing that.
Next - I decided to still feed them 1/2 a can at 6:30am/6:30pm, but I would leave a big bowl of dry Core food during the day while I'm at work, but Simba's levels went up quit a bit and I noticed Shadow gaining weight, which I'm trying to have him lose some weight.
Now - Monday-Friday - I now feed them: 1/2 a can at 6:30am before work. Leave just 1/3 cup of dry core food while I'm at work. When I get home at 6:30pm I take away the dry food and feed them the other 1/2 of wet, and another 1/2 just before I go to bed at 10pm. Total is 1 1/2 can M-F with a very small amount of dry.
Now -Weekends - I take away as much of the dry food away as possible. I feed them 1/2 can 4am, 9am, 2pm, 6pm and 10pm - A total of 2 1/2 cans for both on weekends. Do you think this is a lot ? -
It's so frustrating feeding them both.