I have female cat about 5 years old , I took her to the VET for speying , and i told the Doctor , she lost some weight and was drinking more than usual . The Doctor told me , she had diabetes , and prescribed Pro-Zink 2 units , once a day. A few days later my cat started to eat like crazy , and started to drink more. I took her back to the VET for check up , 3 weeks later , and after a blood check , she told me to double the insulin to 2 units , too times a day . It is going on for another 3 weeks now , and there are no changes , she is always very hungry , drinks a lot of water , and the litter box is full with large chunks of sticky pee. I have 4 cats , she is the mother of the other 3. She eats everybody's leftovers and most of the dry food too. I regret started her on Insulin without trying to change their diet first , but I trusted the Doctor' advice. It's because her symptomes are getting worst , the more Insulin she gets , she eats and drinks more. Did anybody experienced the same , and what did you do ??? IThis situation is new to me , I did not have any experience with diabetes , I'm still looking up all the information on it . Please give me advice , I wanto do my best for my pets !!!!!!!!! Thank You!!!!
New to this , need advice!!!
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Sue and Oliver (GA)
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Breathe! That was some of the best advice I got here when I first started. We can help.
We like to start low(.5 to one unit twice a day), go slow (raising the dose as the testing indicates), change to a wet LO carb diet (www.catinfo.org) and test at home.
Unfortunately, your vet missed most of these. The good news is that you are on a mild, long lasting insulin. The bad news is that insulin does not work in cats once a day; they metabolize it too fast. We give two doses of insulin 12 hours apart.
We start low so we can raise the dose safely as testing indicates. Cats are almost always stressed at the vet and stress raises bg levels. And then the cat gets home, relaxes and the dose is too high. This can result in a rebound situation where the cat's body is releasing glucose to counteract the insulin given that is too high.
If I were you, I would first learn to hometest. We have taught hundreds of people how over the Internet. If you want, we'll teach you. Then you can see how the insulin is working while slowly changing the diet.
It is difficult to hear advice that is different than your vet. But we deal with hundreds of diabetic cats a week. Most vets see a few a year. Our protocol works. We'd be glad to help.
We like to start low(.5 to one unit twice a day), go slow (raising the dose as the testing indicates), change to a wet LO carb diet (www.catinfo.org) and test at home.
Unfortunately, your vet missed most of these. The good news is that you are on a mild, long lasting insulin. The bad news is that insulin does not work in cats once a day; they metabolize it too fast. We give two doses of insulin 12 hours apart.
We start low so we can raise the dose safely as testing indicates. Cats are almost always stressed at the vet and stress raises bg levels. And then the cat gets home, relaxes and the dose is too high. This can result in a rebound situation where the cat's body is releasing glucose to counteract the insulin given that is too high.
If I were you, I would first learn to hometest. We have taught hundreds of people how over the Internet. If you want, we'll teach you. Then you can see how the insulin is working while slowly changing the diet.
It is difficult to hear advice that is different than your vet. But we deal with hundreds of diabetic cats a week. Most vets see a few a year. Our protocol works. We'd be glad to help.
Thank You " Sue and Oliver" , for the encouragement !!! I just finished reading the feeding info page , and I found it very helpful. I will learn the home testing too. The thing is makes me worries the most is , I don't see any improvement regarding her symptomes , she eats and drinks a lot more than before I started giving her the Insulin . I was afraid the Insulin is causing this . Is that possible ???
Sue and Oliver (GA)
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Once you are testing, you can see how the insulin is actually working. Does she stay flat during the cycle or is she bouncing from lows to highs.? Once you have an idea of how it is working, you'll know whether she needs more or less.
If she is unregulated, she will eat more. Her body is not processing the food effectively.
You will be amazed how much easier this is and how much better you feel once you know her numbers.
If she is unregulated, she will eat more. Her body is not processing the food effectively.
You will be amazed how much easier this is and how much better you feel once you know her numbers.
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