I have a 7 year old siamese cat who has been on a Royal Canin Urinary SO diet since 2016 or so. Yesterday he would not eat his breakfast and was acting lethargic so I took him to an emergency vet as it was Sunday. the did a bunch of test and said that everything seemed normal other then a high level of sugar in his urine. They said it might be stress but gave him another test and then told me it had been consistent over a period of time so that he had diabetes. Im going to my normal vet today to find out more about insulin and stuff.
I started doing research and am concerned about a few things.
1) He is already on a special diet for Blatter stones, So I don't think taking him off of that for a different special diet is a good idea.
2) I work 12 hour shifts 4 days one week and the 3 opisite days the opposite week. So giving him his food and shot 12 hours apart is not going to be a possibility. I work 9am-9pm so he currently eats breakfast at about 7:45 am right before I leave and dinner at around 9:45 when I get home. I live alone, so its not really possible to change this. That means there will be 14 hours between 1 injection and 10 between the other... So I'm not really sure how this is going to work out for him.
3) I'm a bit concerned about the price of insolin. I looked it up and it see that Lantus is over 300 for a bottle that expires in 28 day. 300 a month is not an option. I've read a lot on here about ordering pens from Canada, so hopefully I can make that work. I work for BD and I think they give an employee discount on syringes for employee.. not sure about pets though.
4) Giving the shot doesn't seem so bad and I think I can deal with that. Do I also have to check blood twice a day, even after he is stabilized, or is it just a periodic thing. I seem to be getting conflicting answers on this.
5) I know it will be a life change for me and im willing for the most part, but I also worry that I might not be able to ever go out and have fun again. I will be switching to 6am-6pm in the next few months so that will move the feeding schedule to 4:45am and 6:45pm. im not contently going out on my days off or anything, but it seems like this will make it impossible for me to ever do anything earlier then 7pm that might overlap that time. There are at least a few times each year when I do that.
6) I'm also worried about the extra cost of boarding if I go on vacation. Usually he goes and stays with my mom and loves visiting her cat. I don't know if she would feel comfortable about giving him shots though, and if she messes up and gives him to much it could kill him.
7) This is also happening at a horrible time. I am about to close on a house and am moving in less then 2 weeks. this will add to both mine and the cats stress level. usually he loves to eat right away. But moving might effect his anxiety and eating for a while. he has lived here for all but 4 moths of his life.
Sorry for the rant. I just needed to vent and also wondering how you guys deal with any of these thoughts.
thank you.
I started doing research and am concerned about a few things.
1) He is already on a special diet for Blatter stones, So I don't think taking him off of that for a different special diet is a good idea.
2) I work 12 hour shifts 4 days one week and the 3 opisite days the opposite week. So giving him his food and shot 12 hours apart is not going to be a possibility. I work 9am-9pm so he currently eats breakfast at about 7:45 am right before I leave and dinner at around 9:45 when I get home. I live alone, so its not really possible to change this. That means there will be 14 hours between 1 injection and 10 between the other... So I'm not really sure how this is going to work out for him.
3) I'm a bit concerned about the price of insolin. I looked it up and it see that Lantus is over 300 for a bottle that expires in 28 day. 300 a month is not an option. I've read a lot on here about ordering pens from Canada, so hopefully I can make that work. I work for BD and I think they give an employee discount on syringes for employee.. not sure about pets though.
4) Giving the shot doesn't seem so bad and I think I can deal with that. Do I also have to check blood twice a day, even after he is stabilized, or is it just a periodic thing. I seem to be getting conflicting answers on this.
5) I know it will be a life change for me and im willing for the most part, but I also worry that I might not be able to ever go out and have fun again. I will be switching to 6am-6pm in the next few months so that will move the feeding schedule to 4:45am and 6:45pm. im not contently going out on my days off or anything, but it seems like this will make it impossible for me to ever do anything earlier then 7pm that might overlap that time. There are at least a few times each year when I do that.
6) I'm also worried about the extra cost of boarding if I go on vacation. Usually he goes and stays with my mom and loves visiting her cat. I don't know if she would feel comfortable about giving him shots though, and if she messes up and gives him to much it could kill him.
7) This is also happening at a horrible time. I am about to close on a house and am moving in less then 2 weeks. this will add to both mine and the cats stress level. usually he loves to eat right away. But moving might effect his anxiety and eating for a while. he has lived here for all but 4 moths of his life.
Sorry for the rant. I just needed to vent and also wondering how you guys deal with any of these thoughts.
thank you.
