Re: Mummy of Diabetic kitty from Australia need help
If you can get Fancy Feast, the pates are great. (Not the gravy ones) This website done by a vet has a great food list and very solid reasons for not feeding dry food:
www.catinfo.org You can take the MD back and get a refund. It is guaranteed by the manufacturer - just say he won't eat it. The wet is liver based and lots of cats don't like the taste. BUT don't change Chatran over to all wet until you are testing at home. When we switched Oliver from dry to wet, he came down 100 points overnight. If we had given his usual amount the next morning, he would have hypoed.
If you can start hometesting, the home numbers would be much more valuable than the vet's curve. Most cats are stressed at the vet and stress raises blood glucose numbers - sometimes 100 points or more. Then doses based on those numbers can be too high once the cat gets home and relaxes.
Some vets use the AlphaTrak pet meter. It is very expensive for the meter and the strips. We use human meters. They are cheaper initially. The cost is in the strips as you do use a lot. Since we are looking for trends and patterns, human meters work fine for us. They do tend to run higher than most pet meters, but we factor that in. If you think you'd like to try testing at home, just ask for help. We have taught hundreds of people how to do it, over the internet.
Keep reading and asking questions. We'd love to help you and your sweet Chatran.
