Newbie diabetic. Just started insulin today

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What is the best tasting, good for diabetic, dry food and snacks for Curry?

EVO is not available in hawaii and will not be sent via online to Hawaii (not even Amazon!). Is there another brand that Petco would carry?
 
Stella and Chewey's freeze dried.

Also, you can take a low carb canned food, spread it thinly on a jelly roll/baking sheet, and bake to a pilaf or crunchy consistency.
 
For treats I use 100% freeze dried chicken or turkey. I was buying it at pet stores or Amazon until my friend found a human site on line that sells a 20 oz salt free version at honeyville.com for an excellent price. I was paying about $16 for I think 6 oz. Max loves it. I also top his canned food if he is being fussy with Stella & Chewys's freeze dried which he loves.

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Curry has been doing better. She is off the juice, vet thinks it was temporary and real issue is/ was pancreatitis. Curry is eating again on her own. Although her appetite seems as if it never gets enough, she is always drinking water and pees a lot.

The main problem now is she is vomiting again every morning at about 4am, which is what started this whole journey. Assuming the prob is chronic pancreatitus (what vet Thinks)I'm giving her milk thistle and burdock root, probiotic and pepcid AC spread out at. Diff times with meals. She is still regurgitating, mostly fluid and on a pretty empty tummy during early morning hours.

Should i be feeding her differently for pancreaatitus than for th diabetes that i made the switch in her diet to in all of this?
Im feeding her a lot of protein, Fancy Faestclassics, but maybe there is something better for her current issue?

I really dont want this to go in a vicious circle, and she stops eating, gets ivs and forced feeding, loses tons of weight, starts insulin again...any thoughts on what we can do now so she isnt vomiting daily?
 
The Pepcid AC is best about 20 min before eating.

Chronic pancreatitis can damage the enzyme-producing parts of the pancreas. Signs of this may include 'fluffy' or enlarged looser feces, and/or a grayish color to the feces, and/or a much worse odor to the feces. Ask your vet if a trial of supplemental pancreas enzymes might be worth doing, to see if it helps.
 
Curry is still spitting up almost once a day. That is how everything began...i took her to the vet, she was diagnosed with diabestes,started insulin, got sicker lost eight, wouldnt eat or drink, had to force feed, stopped insulin...now eating, but she still throwing up liquid. Vet thinks it was pancreatitus which briught on temp diabetes. Im doing the Pepcid Ac but that doesnt seem to be helping. Also doing milk thisle and occasional Burdock root. Not sure what to do next...other than the spitting up, she is eating well, drinking and using litterbox normally.
 
If she has pancreatitis, pepcid isn't enough for nausea. My cat has had chronic panc for 4 1/2 years. Most of us give ondansetron, which is generic zofran, or cerenia for nausea. If pain is suspected buprenex is given. Many give fluids but Max hasn't needed that. However you say the appetite is good. How much pepcid are you giving? Once or twice a day? Feeding small amounts often can help if this is from stomach acid. Does this happen mostly in the morning? If so feeding a late night snack might help. I used to give my CRF cat her pepcid late at night as she would vomit liquid early in the morning. Have you tested for pancreatitis with the fPL test? That test would let you know for sure if that is what is causing this or not.
 
had a full Superchem blood workup on Curry. Here are results:

Total protein was high
Albumin was high
ALT high
Glucose (she has been off the juice for a while as her level was low) was high at 295
Chloride was low
Cholesterol was a little high

I looked up low chloride and that often causes the animal to vomit over sustained period (like Curry)....stomach acids are higher that fluid intake. Although she has been drinking a lot of water...she has not been abosorbing it properly. Vet did subQ fluid 2x last week and she has not vomited since then. But, she is not eating again and have started to feed via syringe.

The low chloride can be a result of liver and/or pancrease inflammation. Does anyone know a homeopathic or any other thing to increase the chloride level naturally?

Thank you,
 
ALT is 229 IU/L
Dont see results for the other....doesnt seem to be listed on the Superchem report.
 
It's an add on test. That ALT number isn't so bad. My cat has chronic pancreatitis and when he was diagnosed my vet said unless the ALT is twice the normal it alone is not a concern. Max's ALT is normal when not having an episode.
 
Curry is barely eating, so we are now doing some feeding by syringe. She also has not had a bowel movement in 5-6 days...but she is eating so little, and only canned food. I am giving her olive oil by syring and some homeopathic sulpher in water...but no go. This happened once before a few months ago and her intestines were way blocked up. She and the vet had a very difficult enema...and then difficulty with leakage after.what can cause this?

Is it common for diabetic cats?

This is very stressful, we thought we were thru a major hurdle and seems like we are going through it again.
 
In my opinion that is way too long to go without a bowel movement. I would try to see the vet today. The weekend is upon us and you don't want an ER visit, right? When you see your vet, ask if it is okay from now on to give miralax for constipation. Max gets 1/8 teaspoon every day and many get it BID for constipation. Your cat is too backed up for it to work now. Please call your vet.

Request, how about starting a new post with the current date? Every time I see this with the old date I wonder why so old?? Thanks.
 
Ultra sound results not looking good

I apologize to tiffmaxee...i have no idea how to start a new post, just a button to post reply. Also, it was mentioned to stay in my own forum and not to post to others.

Now to Curry's ultrasound report:

Summary:

1. mild to moderate pancreatitis
2. mild diffuse hyperechoic hepatomegaly/hepatopathy
3. mild diffuse enteroopathy with prominent wall layering (thickening of intestinal wall)

She is still testing in 300's for glucose and Dr. says keytones present in urine.

Conclusions: recent anorexia could be related to the mild to moderate pancreatitis, cause for the diffuse enteropathy, or related to the cause for the hyperechoic hepatopathy. The differential diagnosis for the mild diffuse hyperechoic hepatopathy/hepatomegaly includes a vacuolar hepatopathuy related to the recent diagnosed diabetes and/or hepatic liidosis. The differential diagnosis for the diffuse enteropathy with prominent wall layering includes all causes of inflammatory bowel disease (which Dr. does not believe is at issue), in addition to intestinal lymphoma (no mass but thickening of intestinal walls from cancer).

Main issue is not eating, getting fed by syringe and not absorbing fluids even after days of both SubQ and IV fluids. This is same path we went down before, altho i did not have the ultrasound report, and she was able to come back. We have decided the trauma of an internist and surgery is too much for her little body to handle. We do not think she is in pain, but mostly dealing with nausea from dehydration, etc. Fluids are just going thru her and not being absorbed.

Any words of insight or alternative ways to deal with situation is welcome.
 
I think your cat has pancreatitis as if you are quoting from an US report it would be consistent with pancreatitis. That is correct that the thickening can be either IBD or lymphoma. The only way to know for sure is with a biopsy. I had a cat with thickening that had intermediate cell lymphoma and I know many others with IBD. Tiffany had a loss of appetite and projectile vomiting and pudding like stool. IBD can be caused by food allergies and there are treatments for that too if diet alone doesn't take care of it. Hepatic lipidosis can be deadly if your cat doesn't get enough food. The cure for it is food. There is a really good yahoo group for it and I'll give you the link later. Your cat needs to be syringe fed small amounts as often as possible. Nausea medication is essential such as cerenia which is a vet med or ondansetron (generic zofran) which is a human med for which a prescription is required. One of these medications will get rid of the nausea and then your cat will eat. In the meantime are you giving sub-q fluids? All of this is treatable but all can be very serious. I will send you a PM with the links to the yahoo pancreatitis, assisted feeding, and lymphoma lists if you want them. Just let me know. The lymphoma list has a vet that responds and the other ones have very smart people that can help you. I would be looking for a new vet though if none of this has been suggested.

I'm so sorry your kitty is so sick. All of this is treatable but all potentially serious if left untreated.
 
Curry no longer suffering

We put Curry down last week. Her little body could no longer handle all the constant medical attention. She went in our arms very peacefully. We knew it was her time. This weekend we kayaked out to the ocean and spread her ashes close to our home...so we will always have her with us in spirit. We miss her terribly. Thank you to everyone who provided guidance and empathy.

Curry: 12 years old RIP
 

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I'm so sorry for your loss. It sounds like you had a wonderful memorial for her. rb_icon
 
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