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Has anyone looked at the Sheba Pates? The ingredients list looks good, but I don't remember seeing them listed on Dr. Pearson's list.
felinecrf.org. Here's their food list.
Hi...I too am electronically challenged and have no idea how to set up a signature. I keep a daily journal now on Calli, her readings, litter box habits, water and food consumption and overall day. This is a whole new ballgame for both Calli and I and figuring out a routine has been a challenge. Our old normal routine will no longer work! I do have a question maybe you can answer because I see you have been a member here since last year. Since I am trying diet only first and no insulin, should I take her morning reading on BG before or after her morning feeding? It seems that her morning reading is higher than it is for the rest of that day. I have been testing morning, afternoon and late evening. Is a spreadsheet really necessary since I already keep a daily journal? Thanks for responding to my post. I need all the help I can get. It is all overwhelming. We are in Florida, she was diagnosed on Dec 21 2015, she is 15 and has always been a very healthy cat. I have always fed my cats Fancy Feast and Friskies, but they are all fans of the gravies and sauces which I see is the absolute wrong thing, so now I am just doing the low carb pates in the classics and adding a little water to mix it up and make it more like the gravies. I chose to try diet only because I am on a fixed income and cannot afford insulin treatment. It has only been 10 days since the diagnosis and she has gone from having a 441 reading at the vet on diagnosis day to now anywhere between 150 to 230. Within 3 days after diagnosis her BG dropped by more than half. The vet was happy when I called to let her know and feels better about going the diet only routine first. Here's hoping I can get it down to normal range. Thanks for any advice or helpful hints. I appreciate it. Happy New Year!Welcome Barb and Calli! I'm hopeful that you can manage the diabetes with diet only, the food really does make a huge difference!
When you have a little time, if you could add somethings to your signature, it'd help us with giving advice. Such as, where you're located, date of diagnosis, Callis age, food used, and type insulin, if used. This way if people don't see your original post, they know a little more about Calli and can make better suggestions.
The next thing would be to set up a spreadsheet, but being "electronically challenged", I'm going to have to let someone else chime in on that. Lol
Have you ever experienced constipation issues with your cat? Would you know what I could give Calli to soften her stools without raising BG? She appears constipated today. Also, I did figure out how to do a signature!Hi...I too am electronically challenged and have no idea how to set up a signature. I keep a daily journal now on Calli, her readings, litter box habits, water and food consumption and overall day. This is a whole new ballgame for both Calli and I and figuring out a routine has been a challenge. Our old normal routine will no longer work! I do have a question maybe you can answer because I see you have been a member here since last year. Since I am trying diet only first and no insulin, should I take her morning reading on BG before or after her morning feeding? It seems that her morning reading is higher than it is for the rest of that day. I have been testing morning, afternoon and late evening. Is a spreadsheet really necessary since I already keep a daily journal? Thanks for responding to my post. I need all the help I can get. It is all overwhelming. We are in Florida, she was diagnosed on Dec 21 2015, she is 15 and has always been a very healthy cat. I have always fed my cats Fancy Feast and Friskies, but they are all fans of the gravies and sauces which I see is the absolute wrong thing, so now I am just doing the low carb pates in the classics and adding a little water to mix it up and make it more like the gravies. I chose to try diet only because I am on a fixed income and cannot afford insulin treatment. It has only been 10 days since the diagnosis and she has gone from having a 441 reading at the vet on diagnosis day to now anywhere between 150 to 230. Within 3 days after diagnosis her BG dropped by more than half. The vet was happy when I called to let her know and feels better about going the diet only routine first. Here's hoping I can get it down to normal range. Thanks for any advice or helpful hints. I appreciate it. Happy New Year!
Hi Shorty's person, the Tanya site has a different way of measuring.Dr Pierson's list has Fancy Feast Tender flavors.... as low carb - 4, or 5 %. but Tanya's list, as I am looking at it, has these flavors listed up at 22% sometimes.
Hi @Elizabeth and BertieHi Shorty's person, the Tanya site has a different way of measuring.
Because their emphasis is on the phosphorous content of foods they are do doing a 'dry matter calculation' by weight. Dry matter calculations are the best way of comparing phos content.
But here (and on Dr Pierson's list) we are using a different method for comparing carbohydrate content. We are comparing the 'percentage of calories from carbohydrates'. So, the total calories are totted up, and then a calculation is done to work out what percentage of those calories comes from carbs. That is why the numbers you're seeing are so different.
(However, as Rhiannon says, we could really do with some updated figures to take account of any recent change in food formulations...)
Hoping this helps...
Eliz
No, I don't, John...Do you know if anyone... here.. or elsewhere... is working on an updated listing/chart?
Yes, it is, John....Is this something that can be done by some of us here?
No, I don't, John...
Yes, it is, John....
If there were a few people willing to take this on (it would be a heck of a lot of work for just one person) it would be of HUGE benefit to the US members of this forum, of which there are many....
There were a couple of people that expressed an interest in helping out with an updated list (in another thread somewhere)... I'll see if I can find it.... Then maybe people can message each other and get a conversation going to see if it's a possibility...?
Edited to add: John, here's the thread I was thinking about, but in fact I think there's only one person in the list, @Connie & Max , who has volunteered to help (apologies if I've missed anyone....)
New/updated cat food list?
I'll post on the main health forum and see if anyone else is willing to help out....
Eliz
AGREED!!!That would be great. I'd think the toughest part would be getting usable data from the food manufactures![]()
Are you talking about classic chicken or tender chicken? I have noticed slight change in Silvester' numbers recently, and have been thinking about the change in FF, but the label shows no change in ingredients.Fancy Feast has changed their recipe on their "Classics" Tender Chicken Feast in the last month or two. It is no longer called "Tender". Recipe changed too. I compared the two cans to each other and there isn't a large change in the recipe, but it is different. I don't remember seeing any changes that alarmed me, but it's a change.