Moose (GA) & Rae
Member Since 2017
Good morning everyone!
My baby boy, Mercutio, is 12 years old and has been diabetic for about 6 years. Initially, he was on lantus - 1 unit twice a day. After about 2 years, the vet was able to decrease his insulin to 1/2 unit twice a day. And not long after that, he was able to come off of the insulin completely! Hooray!
Unfortunately, his diabetes returned about a year after he went into remission. His new vet (as I had moved) started him on Glargine, which is supposed to be the generic version of Lantus. Since then, we've had a difficult time trying to regulate his levels. He is now on 2 units twice a day, and it doesn't seem like he is getting any better. He drinks water constantly, and is still urinating quite frequently. He has now developed a habit of urinating outside of the littler box, which is not normal for him.
I did take him to the vet recently. They were not able to test his urine for a UTI (which I suspected might be the reason he has been urinating outside of the little box) but did give me the antibiotics to clear up the UTI if that was the case. He just finished the antibiotics, and is still urinating outside of his litter box.
For reference, I do his blood glucose curve at home. I am going to do it again this weekend to see where we are at before contacting the vet.
But enough of the back story - the main issue that I'm having is his inability to tolerate wet food. For his entire life, he has eaten dry food. I have tried to slowly introduce wet food by mixing just a small amount with his dry food, and he throws up almost instantly. I have tried all different kinds of wet food, and always introduced them in small amounts, and he always gets sick from them. I am currently feeding him PURINA DM dry food, as I want to feed him the best dry food possible to help regular his diabetes, but I can't help but think that if we could tolerate wet food then maybe we would finally be able to regulate his levels.
Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? Thank you so much!
My baby boy, Mercutio, is 12 years old and has been diabetic for about 6 years. Initially, he was on lantus - 1 unit twice a day. After about 2 years, the vet was able to decrease his insulin to 1/2 unit twice a day. And not long after that, he was able to come off of the insulin completely! Hooray!
Unfortunately, his diabetes returned about a year after he went into remission. His new vet (as I had moved) started him on Glargine, which is supposed to be the generic version of Lantus. Since then, we've had a difficult time trying to regulate his levels. He is now on 2 units twice a day, and it doesn't seem like he is getting any better. He drinks water constantly, and is still urinating quite frequently. He has now developed a habit of urinating outside of the littler box, which is not normal for him.
I did take him to the vet recently. They were not able to test his urine for a UTI (which I suspected might be the reason he has been urinating outside of the little box) but did give me the antibiotics to clear up the UTI if that was the case. He just finished the antibiotics, and is still urinating outside of his litter box.
For reference, I do his blood glucose curve at home. I am going to do it again this weekend to see where we are at before contacting the vet.
But enough of the back story - the main issue that I'm having is his inability to tolerate wet food. For his entire life, he has eaten dry food. I have tried to slowly introduce wet food by mixing just a small amount with his dry food, and he throws up almost instantly. I have tried all different kinds of wet food, and always introduced them in small amounts, and he always gets sick from them. I am currently feeding him PURINA DM dry food, as I want to feed him the best dry food possible to help regular his diabetes, but I can't help but think that if we could tolerate wet food then maybe we would finally be able to regulate his levels.
Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? Thank you so much!
