cartmans_mommy
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Hi everyone! I'm helping care for a neighbor's neutered male diabetic cat, named Cartman, and fostering him in my home. Cartman is a very loving cat. He was diagnosed with diabetes by a vet some time ago, but my neighbor has been unable to afford the veternarian care he needs and has a multiple cat household where all the kitties are free-fed dried kibble. She has tried to manage his diabetes with diet with canned food (although inconsistantly), and complicating this, Cartman is a picky eater. He 's under-weight and I suspect his blood sugar levels are elevated. I've taken him in to my home on foster basis with my neighbor's blessing, to provide him with more individualized care and attention and hopefully to get his blood sugar under control. Unfortuantly, my husband & I don't have the money either for veternarian care and insulin, so we're taking a conservative home treatment approach. Since bringing him to my home, Cartman has been on a special diet of Fancy Feast White Chicken Appetizer and/or Fancy Feast Elegant Medleys Shredded White Chicken and Garden Greens (protein & calories) and Iams Kitten Pro-Active dry food (calories & nutrition), and I'm supplementing this with GNC Ultra Mega High Calorie Booster (for cats) and Cat-SIp, which he loves and laps up. Later this week, after pay day, I'm going to go get an inexpensive blood glucose meter so we can moniter and track his blood sugar. I'm hoping we can manage his diabetes and get his blood sugar under control with diet modification and blood sugar monitering. What do you think? Is this a safe approach? Do you have any thoughts on the types of foods I'm giving him? Are there any other alternative treatments to insulin or anything else I can be giving him food or supplement-wise to help to maintain safe blood sugar levels and help him gain weight?