hmjohnston
Very Active Member
Sneakers was just diagnosed before Thanksgiving, I am looking into the disease and checking out new food ideas and checking out what others have done. She has been an all dry food cat (refusing to eat wet) for years, but has thankfully adapted to the new diet without a fuss. Since it has a big base of chicken I don't wonder why. I blend it into a paste/pate form and freeze it in ice cube trays that have 1 ounce wells. I am looking into making my own food so I don't spend $1.70/5.5 oz can every day.
Sneakers doesn't mind her shots because she gets a pinch of shredded cheese afterwards (her fav is Krogers pizza topping mix) and even comes to me when she wants it done. I wait 20-30 minutes after eating to give her the shot, so hope that is okay. I just ordered a testing kit- Trueread, and plan to monitor her levels daily. Just after the vet tested her last I switched her to Wellness's grain free cans, so I am hoping that will lower the carb levels she is getting significantly.
Changing her diet went a long way to immediately improve her demeanor- since summer she was yowling all the time for food, drinking a lot, going outside a lot, and trying to steal my food when I ate. I didn't put it together until talking to a vet asst friend at work- because she was loosing weight. After the injections started she was doing much better and starting to regain her weight.
Sneakers doesn't mind her shots because she gets a pinch of shredded cheese afterwards (her fav is Krogers pizza topping mix) and even comes to me when she wants it done. I wait 20-30 minutes after eating to give her the shot, so hope that is okay. I just ordered a testing kit- Trueread, and plan to monitor her levels daily. Just after the vet tested her last I switched her to Wellness's grain free cans, so I am hoping that will lower the carb levels she is getting significantly.
Changing her diet went a long way to immediately improve her demeanor- since summer she was yowling all the time for food, drinking a lot, going outside a lot, and trying to steal my food when I ate. I didn't put it together until talking to a vet asst friend at work- because she was loosing weight. After the injections started she was doing much better and starting to regain her weight.