This is my first post here. I've been lurking on this forum for a week or so. Our 13 yr old cat Mishu has been diagnosed with diabetes on 13 June 2022. We've been pretty scared since then and went through some rough days and nights because he was in a bad shape and we weren't sure what to do. And the vets in my area (I'm in Romania) have little to no experience in treating pets with diabetes.
Luckily I found this forum and thanks to the huge amount of helpful information I found here, Mishu is now well! That's why I wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU to the community. I learned a lot from your posts. We're in the earlier stages of the treatment so Mishu is not completely out of the woods, therefore I may call for help here sometimes.
Now a little bit of information about our cat's problems. Exactly two weeks ago on a Friday, when we got home in the afternoon we found that Mishu puked everything he ate and was lethargic. His breath smelled bad. My wife said it smelled like acetone. Mishu stopped eating for almost three days and was feeling pretty bad. We had to feed him with a syringe.
Over the next few days we went to two vets, did blood tests (BG was 329, 292). Found ketones in urine. The cat was most likely into DKA; the vets didn't tell me that, but I figured it out based on the symptoms.
We started the insulin treatment with human insulin I got from a relative. Back then I had no idea there are different types of insulin so I didn't pay much attention on exactly what type of insulin was. The vet prescribed 2 UI, twice a day. Two days later the cat was feeling better, eating better.
Then we switched to Caninsulin. The vet said that's the insulin prescribed for pets. After a couple more days Mishu's problems started again: puking, not eating, lethargy. BG was all over the place, from 400 to 89. Something was not working.
That was about the time I started perusing the information on this forum and learned about the different effects different type of insulin have on the cat's BG. One day out of curiosity I went to the fridge to check what type of human insulin I gave to the cat in the beginning, when he started to feel better. It turned out to be Lantus! This time, knowing what Lantus is and how it's different from Caninsulin, I made the decision to switch back to Lantus. Now, three days later, Mishu is feeling much better, he eats well and the BG numbers are pretty good.
Thanks again,
Tudor
Luckily I found this forum and thanks to the huge amount of helpful information I found here, Mishu is now well! That's why I wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU to the community. I learned a lot from your posts. We're in the earlier stages of the treatment so Mishu is not completely out of the woods, therefore I may call for help here sometimes.
Now a little bit of information about our cat's problems. Exactly two weeks ago on a Friday, when we got home in the afternoon we found that Mishu puked everything he ate and was lethargic. His breath smelled bad. My wife said it smelled like acetone. Mishu stopped eating for almost three days and was feeling pretty bad. We had to feed him with a syringe.
Over the next few days we went to two vets, did blood tests (BG was 329, 292). Found ketones in urine. The cat was most likely into DKA; the vets didn't tell me that, but I figured it out based on the symptoms.
We started the insulin treatment with human insulin I got from a relative. Back then I had no idea there are different types of insulin so I didn't pay much attention on exactly what type of insulin was. The vet prescribed 2 UI, twice a day. Two days later the cat was feeling better, eating better.
Then we switched to Caninsulin. The vet said that's the insulin prescribed for pets. After a couple more days Mishu's problems started again: puking, not eating, lethargy. BG was all over the place, from 400 to 89. Something was not working.
That was about the time I started perusing the information on this forum and learned about the different effects different type of insulin have on the cat's BG. One day out of curiosity I went to the fridge to check what type of human insulin I gave to the cat in the beginning, when he started to feel better. It turned out to be Lantus! This time, knowing what Lantus is and how it's different from Caninsulin, I made the decision to switch back to Lantus. Now, three days later, Mishu is feeling much better, he eats well and the BG numbers are pretty good.
Thanks again,
Tudor
