Kira & Twink
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Hi guys,
As a refresher, since it's a different story than most, Twink was diagnosed with diabetes a year ago but it turns out it was caused by the steroids the vet was giving her for her constant vomiting (likely IBD). We put her on Hills M/D, took her off the meds and her BG slowly went down to normal (no insulin) and thankfully her vomiting stopped. I only spot check her numbers now (they get pretty low when she hasn't eaten in awhile). She went in for her annual checkup and everything was great except her lipids and triglycerides were a bit high. So now the vet wants to switch her onto Hills W/D because it's low fat. W/D says it's a diabetic food but its got 37% cals from carbs! So I want to be really careful and make sure her numbers don't go too high again. How often should I test and when? I don't think I need to test everyday since her numbers have been normal for a year. We're doing a super slow transition, 1/4 new food for 2 weeks, 1/2-1/2 for 2 weeks, etc. I'm even thinking maybe I should just leave it at half and half, it'd be lower fat than she's at now and way less than 37%. Too bad Twink can't stand wet food or I'd try the natural food diet. And this is all assuming my baby doesn't start tossing up her dinner on the carpet all the time... :YMSIGH: What would you guys suggest? Thanks to everyone and hi to all your sugar cats!
As a refresher, since it's a different story than most, Twink was diagnosed with diabetes a year ago but it turns out it was caused by the steroids the vet was giving her for her constant vomiting (likely IBD). We put her on Hills M/D, took her off the meds and her BG slowly went down to normal (no insulin) and thankfully her vomiting stopped. I only spot check her numbers now (they get pretty low when she hasn't eaten in awhile). She went in for her annual checkup and everything was great except her lipids and triglycerides were a bit high. So now the vet wants to switch her onto Hills W/D because it's low fat. W/D says it's a diabetic food but its got 37% cals from carbs! So I want to be really careful and make sure her numbers don't go too high again. How often should I test and when? I don't think I need to test everyday since her numbers have been normal for a year. We're doing a super slow transition, 1/4 new food for 2 weeks, 1/2-1/2 for 2 weeks, etc. I'm even thinking maybe I should just leave it at half and half, it'd be lower fat than she's at now and way less than 37%. Too bad Twink can't stand wet food or I'd try the natural food diet. And this is all assuming my baby doesn't start tossing up her dinner on the carpet all the time... :YMSIGH: What would you guys suggest? Thanks to everyone and hi to all your sugar cats!
