Need Advice for preventing diabetes

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Since Shanti has crossed the rainbow bridge I have been thinking about Sable. She is 6 years old and has an autoimmune disease which causes her to bite herself to the point of having sores on her belly and legs. She is on prednisolone 2.5 every other day. This will be long term. This dosage does not completely stop the biting but does keep her from making sores on her body. This is a compromise to keep her dose lower. Her body is pretty solid, bordering on getting overweight I have started to wean her off the dry food she likes and wonder about a high protein, low carb food. Would the ones recommended for diabetic cats be good as a preventative measure?
Sable is a nice kitty, she comes over and crawls into my clothes to sleep BUT she is a maniac if you try to confine her or give her any medication. She had herpes outbreak and had to have eye ointment, it was a hellish ordeal. She will fight you tooth and nail and screeches like a banshee. I was gently giving her the ointment and sometimes was able to do it before she reacted. Then she decided to live under our bed,this cat who loves to be petted and fussed over stayed under the bed and would sneak out only to eat and use the litter box. This is not a happy life for Sable. That is why if she gets a chronic disease that requires daily medication, our life and hers will be miserable.
My plan is to get her weight down a little and give her a low carb food in the hopes that this might keep the steroids from causing diabetes. I know you all have a lot of experience with cats so I am asking for your input.
What do you think, can this help prevent her having a problem in the future?
 
The reason we can get her to take the prednislone is that it is a liquid that is flavored and put in her gravy lovers food. So I am not giving her the medication myself. Thought people might wonder how I can give her that if she is that difficult to medicate.
 
Cat Info is our 'bible' on feline nutrition. Canned low carb food is what you should feed, according to Dr Pierson, who writes Cat Info. Most things you want to know about that will be there.
 
Keeping your cat slimmer and trimmer is also a good way to help prevent the diabetes. Since being overweight is one of the major risks factors thought to cause diabetes in cats switching to a lower carb food is a great idea.

Have you seen this Body Condition Score chart? It may help you determine where your kitty falls on the under/just right/over weight scale.
 
Looked over the link BJM sent me. Looks like some prospects I can try. One problem ( and there always seems to be one) is that Sable will have to have Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers , one can every other day because that is what she gets her presnisolone in, there may be another gravy food that would work but I am just thankful I can get her to eat that food.
Thank you for the help, I am definitely going to make sure Sable gets a diet that will help prevent diabetes.
Miss my Shanti so much, but don't miss the stress of a diabetic cat. But I would take that stress in a minute if I could have my baby back. Hope to keep my little Sable from all the problems Shanti had.
 
I think something low carb in "gelee" might work, or, if you got some plain gelatin (ex Knox) you might be able to take some food, add water, mix in with a little gelatin and make something gravy-like that'd work.
 
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