Odd weight gain years later

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MooseL15

MooseL15

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My kitty her name is Moose she is 15 but could be older and (I know not often a female is diabetic) has been on insulin for 5-6 years now. She was 25 pounds and rescued from a shelter. She was just diagnosed with kidney failure back in September 2019, and now months later she is slowly gaining weight. But she looks almost bloated, she doesn’t fuss when I touch her tummy though. Eating, drinking the same but seems waaay more needy than usual. Was just wondering if this normal for a diabetic cat with kidney disease ?
 
Wow uhhh I dont know but am positing to say WELCOME TO FDMB! We have a lot of members who's kitties have other issues besides diabetes Hopefully they can give their advice.
 
jt and trouble (GA) said:
Do you home test? And it might help to let us know what kind of insulin Moose is on.
Cute name btw. :bighug:
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She is on lantus, and I have been doing home testing since day one and I use a human glucose reader. She gets 1 unit twice a day. It use to be 4 units twice a day but once I stopped using vet food it was better. I also add water to her wet food which helps a lot.
And thanks! She was once a fatty worthy of the name
 
Our Kobiashi was 28 pounds. Anything under 15 pounds without long hair is just another cat.
When you say Moose has been slowly gaining weight how low did she go and what is her weight now? There's lots of Canadian here but for simplicity we all use the Imperial system except for dosages other than units of insulin. That makes 11.6 kilos 25.6 pounds, almost her adopted weight. I don't know if cats can retain water but our Daniel always has a full bowel. Lots of kitty enemas and Cisapride, a step up from PEG (Polyethylene glycol) helps but he may have megacolon.
A diagnosis of megacolon starts with a basic exam and x-rays. His blood-work is always okay but his stool is sometimes very hard, he very often has tiny turds hanging off his tiny butt that fall off, usually on my side of the bed. He's very private in the litterbox, I really need to get a camera in there.
https://www.acvs.org/small-animal/megacolon
 
Although never diagnosed properly the symptoms of Ascites fit exactly with our Simon. He had escaped the house but we found him five days later. Maybe it was a form of trauma but he very quickly became morbidly obese. The end was unpleasant. I don't know how the condition is diagnosed.

from Larry's link; Symptoms and Types
Some of the outward symptoms your cat may show are difficulty breathing (or dyspnea) due to pressure on the chest from abdominal swelling, or from a related buildup of fluid in the space between the chest wall and lungs (referred to as pleural effusion).
 
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