Francesca de Gironcoli
Member Since 2023
Hello everyone!
I’d like to introduce my furbaby Simba, a 10 years old european cat.
Last October I noticed he was drinking a lot so I brought him to the vet where he did blood and urine test and gave us the wonderful news.
Little Simba has diabietes!
We started right away with the cure: insulin every twelve hours calculated on his weight (no change of diet was recommended).
It did not go well: Simba became hypoglocemic after two shots, stopper purring (in which was a champion), stopped sleeping with me and my other cat (never happened before), started hiding and refusing the food.
After three days in which i had to force him eating, putting food in his mouth with a needless syringe (the vet suggesded this and did this herself the first time) he slowly became himself again.
The reason why, according to the vet, this happened is because the dose recommended was too high (even though she let me understand that she though that it was me who misuntrepreded the dose —which I strongly disagree). She told me to stop the cure with insulin, wait for him to feel better and then just change his food to a specific one for diabetics and go on my way.
After this episode I changed vet, swiching for one nearer to my home who had good reviews.
The new vet told me that the insulin cure was mandatory and to start again with then lowerest dose as soon as the change of diet was complete (in about two weeks).
While we were at it, Simba became ill with bronchtis: I brought him to the vet right away where he gave him a shot of slow release antibyotics. After two weeks Simba was fine again so I started once more the insuline cure; it was the beginning of December.
Necessary note: Simba is lovely and adorable and the love of my heart but he his an absolute beast from hell when you have to manadle him.
Somhow until now we managed it: I fill his bowl whit half of the wet food he needs for the day, I let him eat while I fill the needle, then I pet him and tell me how good he his while he strolls around with his tail high (his favourite way of being petted is while he walks). After a few minutes I pinch his neck and shot the needle there. He gest a little offended but he gest over it and go back to his bowl to eat some more. In the morning I leave right after to go to work, leaving aside the wet food also the dry one (half of the needed dose in this case too). I leave him in the living room with the door closed so I can check him with the vetcam and he doesen’t mix the food with my other cat Nala.
In the evening I do the same but I let the cats free in the house since I can check on them.
On December the 12th we had the glycemic curve, recomended by the new vet. I was doubious because Simba is a very difficoult cat and I did not like the idea of leaving him in an unfamiliar place all day but I had to trust my vet so I left him there and went to work.
In the evening when I arrived to pick him up he was furious and ready to kill. He starded in the morning with 80 and ad 4.30pm he ad 470. We tried but cannot test him the last time which was supposed to happen on 6.30pm: he was simply impossible to get near him and even the vet gave up.
Anyhow, he told me that the glycemia was too high (even though I tink it was even higher because of the sress) and told me to either increase the shot to three per day or change insuline to Caninsulin to Prozinc. I choose the latter and brought the new insulin starting again our routine of shot every twelve hours.
My vet told me we had to do another glycemic curve and booked an appointment on Decenber the 27th: he told me it was better if I didn’t leave him there but go back and forth from home (five times!!!) instead. I don’t like this solution at all not only because Simba would hate it but also because I don’t really this this would give an accurate result since it would be stressfull all the same. I am tempted to change vet yet again…
To add some other good news… Simba started to become way less collaborative these days. Yesyerday and today morning I simply could’t give him his insulin dose bacuse he started to run away and hiss and when I tried to grab him he bacame mad and tried to scratch and bite: I am no jocking when I say it was impossible to get near him, let alone shot him with a needle.
I tried to change the routine this morning, giving him the food in another room but it did not work. He fleed and hissed all the same and quite litterally broke my heart.
I’m very worried of what can happen if I cannot find a solution to make him accept this routine. I am home from work for the Christmas Holidays now so I have more time in the morning to try and handle this but in January I’ll need to leave home everg day right after the insulin shot and I’m anxious about it.
This is pretty much what happened until now… sorry, I understand it was quite long. Also, I apologize if I made mistakes but English is not my first language (both Simba, Nala and I are from Italy).
I feel very alone in this and every comment would be precious to me. Thank you for reading!
Bye!
I’d like to introduce my furbaby Simba, a 10 years old european cat.
Last October I noticed he was drinking a lot so I brought him to the vet where he did blood and urine test and gave us the wonderful news.
Little Simba has diabietes!
We started right away with the cure: insulin every twelve hours calculated on his weight (no change of diet was recommended).
It did not go well: Simba became hypoglocemic after two shots, stopper purring (in which was a champion), stopped sleeping with me and my other cat (never happened before), started hiding and refusing the food.
After three days in which i had to force him eating, putting food in his mouth with a needless syringe (the vet suggesded this and did this herself the first time) he slowly became himself again.
The reason why, according to the vet, this happened is because the dose recommended was too high (even though she let me understand that she though that it was me who misuntrepreded the dose —which I strongly disagree). She told me to stop the cure with insulin, wait for him to feel better and then just change his food to a specific one for diabetics and go on my way.
After this episode I changed vet, swiching for one nearer to my home who had good reviews.
The new vet told me that the insulin cure was mandatory and to start again with then lowerest dose as soon as the change of diet was complete (in about two weeks).
While we were at it, Simba became ill with bronchtis: I brought him to the vet right away where he gave him a shot of slow release antibyotics. After two weeks Simba was fine again so I started once more the insuline cure; it was the beginning of December.
Necessary note: Simba is lovely and adorable and the love of my heart but he his an absolute beast from hell when you have to manadle him.
Somhow until now we managed it: I fill his bowl whit half of the wet food he needs for the day, I let him eat while I fill the needle, then I pet him and tell me how good he his while he strolls around with his tail high (his favourite way of being petted is while he walks). After a few minutes I pinch his neck and shot the needle there. He gest a little offended but he gest over it and go back to his bowl to eat some more. In the morning I leave right after to go to work, leaving aside the wet food also the dry one (half of the needed dose in this case too). I leave him in the living room with the door closed so I can check him with the vetcam and he doesen’t mix the food with my other cat Nala.
In the evening I do the same but I let the cats free in the house since I can check on them.
On December the 12th we had the glycemic curve, recomended by the new vet. I was doubious because Simba is a very difficoult cat and I did not like the idea of leaving him in an unfamiliar place all day but I had to trust my vet so I left him there and went to work.
In the evening when I arrived to pick him up he was furious and ready to kill. He starded in the morning with 80 and ad 4.30pm he ad 470. We tried but cannot test him the last time which was supposed to happen on 6.30pm: he was simply impossible to get near him and even the vet gave up.
Anyhow, he told me that the glycemia was too high (even though I tink it was even higher because of the sress) and told me to either increase the shot to three per day or change insuline to Caninsulin to Prozinc. I choose the latter and brought the new insulin starting again our routine of shot every twelve hours.
My vet told me we had to do another glycemic curve and booked an appointment on Decenber the 27th: he told me it was better if I didn’t leave him there but go back and forth from home (five times!!!) instead. I don’t like this solution at all not only because Simba would hate it but also because I don’t really this this would give an accurate result since it would be stressfull all the same. I am tempted to change vet yet again…
To add some other good news… Simba started to become way less collaborative these days. Yesyerday and today morning I simply could’t give him his insulin dose bacuse he started to run away and hiss and when I tried to grab him he bacame mad and tried to scratch and bite: I am no jocking when I say it was impossible to get near him, let alone shot him with a needle.
I tried to change the routine this morning, giving him the food in another room but it did not work. He fleed and hissed all the same and quite litterally broke my heart.
I’m very worried of what can happen if I cannot find a solution to make him accept this routine. I am home from work for the Christmas Holidays now so I have more time in the morning to try and handle this but in January I’ll need to leave home everg day right after the insulin shot and I’m anxious about it.
This is pretty much what happened until now… sorry, I understand it was quite long. Also, I apologize if I made mistakes but English is not my first language (both Simba, Nala and I are from Italy).
I feel very alone in this and every comment would be precious to me. Thank you for reading!
Bye!
