Update on Sabastian-Food Question

[sabastian]

I took Sabastian to the vet after he had a low bs (12) last weekend. He spent the night, and they did a curve on him. The vet said his bg never got above 250. She gave him no insulin (humilin n) while he was there. She said I need to start giving him 1 unit in the am and 1 unit in the pm. She thinks he could be going through a remission of some sort. I did change his food about a month ago from Iams to Authority. Iams had pulled there canned food from the shelf due to some sort of safety thing .
I am wondering if diet change could of put him into a "honeymoon" stage. The vet mentioned putting him on a dry diabetic rx food. I am not too keen on the idea. I would like to get him off dry altogether. What do you feed your diabetic cat? Dry? Soft? Suggestions on brands??

 

[RuBee]

Hey there! Might the prescription diet your vet is talking about be Hill's M/D or possibly Royal Canin Diabetic DS? (They're the only ones I know of, to be honest). Rufus' vet wanted him on the M/D canned... until my mother shared Janet & Binky's food list findings with her. We eventually discovered a preference (Rufus' and ours) of Merrick's Cowboy Cookout.

The Merrick is a little more expensive (and may be harder to find depending on your location) than what you might find in your grocery store, or a large chain like PetSmart, but I've found it to be a great diet for Rufus. On Cowboy Cookout his "leavings" in the litter box are perfectly normal. Most other foods give him an upset stomach!

I think you'll see a lot of the members use a particular formulation of Fancy Feast canned foods - that should be as easy as waltzing down the pet aisle in your favorite grocery store.

I hope a lot of other people chime in here so you have some good ideas, but in the meantime - why don't you head on over to the felinediabetes.com diet subpage and read up on those wonderful sources?