Maxie Mouse
Member Since 2014
Hi All,
Max is my 15.5 y.o. who was diagnosed with diabetes about 2.5 years ago. We were controlling it fairly well with 2 units 2X/day until late spring when he went up to 4 units 2X/day. Quite a leap.
Max is a bit on the larger side, ahem. I had a house of 6 cats and 2 dogs along with 3 outdoor cats. The indoor cats were split into 3 in the house with 3 in our office. The house cats, including Max, were free fed single protein dry food for my Turkish Angora who not only has major allergies but also can't be much bothered by food and likes eating on his terms. Obviously not the best situation for Max, I know, but we did the best we could with this considering both myself and my husband traveled extensively for our jobs so we had to have someone go in 2X/day etc.
We moved to London with the 3 house cats (no worries; everyone else was rehomed and are safe). It's obviously a stressful move for anyone but the cats needed to fly in cargo into the UK so they spent close to 16 hours door to door in transit. The cats did what cats typically do in new environments: they freaked out and hid (except the Angora who is not normal by an stretch of the imagination). So I didn't think much about Max hiding until we started cleaning up barfed up food. Turns out he had pancreatitis so vet intake of a few days etc etc. He was stressed and wasn't eating much so when he came home they said to just give 2 units 1X/day (he gets Lantus). I knew it wouldn't be enough and sure enough he went in for a fructosamine lab and his glucose was high so we're going to wait until it comes back and evaluate next steps which will include at home testing which I think will greatly help providing I learn how to adjust insulin.
Since I got to the UK I've been searching for food for everyone (let's not start on the difference in available litter). Zeki (Angora) loves the Rx Hills limited ingredient wet food and since he wants to eat it exclusively this is a good time to try to switch Max to something he'll eat. Chris has graciously sent along the spreadsheet with UK available food which is a complete lifesaver after having spent hours searching and trying to understand what is available here, food content etc. I'm going to dig in and read more tomorrow but if anyone in the UK has a food suggestion on a lower fat food for a pancreatitis prone diabetic cat it would help me get started with getting him healthy.
I'm looking forward to the community!
Max is my 15.5 y.o. who was diagnosed with diabetes about 2.5 years ago. We were controlling it fairly well with 2 units 2X/day until late spring when he went up to 4 units 2X/day. Quite a leap.
Max is a bit on the larger side, ahem. I had a house of 6 cats and 2 dogs along with 3 outdoor cats. The indoor cats were split into 3 in the house with 3 in our office. The house cats, including Max, were free fed single protein dry food for my Turkish Angora who not only has major allergies but also can't be much bothered by food and likes eating on his terms. Obviously not the best situation for Max, I know, but we did the best we could with this considering both myself and my husband traveled extensively for our jobs so we had to have someone go in 2X/day etc.
We moved to London with the 3 house cats (no worries; everyone else was rehomed and are safe). It's obviously a stressful move for anyone but the cats needed to fly in cargo into the UK so they spent close to 16 hours door to door in transit. The cats did what cats typically do in new environments: they freaked out and hid (except the Angora who is not normal by an stretch of the imagination). So I didn't think much about Max hiding until we started cleaning up barfed up food. Turns out he had pancreatitis so vet intake of a few days etc etc. He was stressed and wasn't eating much so when he came home they said to just give 2 units 1X/day (he gets Lantus). I knew it wouldn't be enough and sure enough he went in for a fructosamine lab and his glucose was high so we're going to wait until it comes back and evaluate next steps which will include at home testing which I think will greatly help providing I learn how to adjust insulin.
Since I got to the UK I've been searching for food for everyone (let's not start on the difference in available litter). Zeki (Angora) loves the Rx Hills limited ingredient wet food and since he wants to eat it exclusively this is a good time to try to switch Max to something he'll eat. Chris has graciously sent along the spreadsheet with UK available food which is a complete lifesaver after having spent hours searching and trying to understand what is available here, food content etc. I'm going to dig in and read more tomorrow but if anyone in the UK has a food suggestion on a lower fat food for a pancreatitis prone diabetic cat it would help me get started with getting him healthy.
I'm looking forward to the community!
