hilaryparry
New Member
Hi all,
Thank you to everyone for a great site. My husband and I have been fostering a diabetic cat since May 2010 - Gordo (for the spanish speakers out there, he's not fat, but he's a big maine coon possibly).
In short, I'd just like to promote Wellness Grain Free wet food for cats. It's done great things for our Gordo (see story below). It's also cheaper than the DM food we were feeding and it's more easily available as it can be bought in pet stores. So if you've got a diabetic cat and are thinking about switching his/her food try the Wellness Grain Free wet foods.
How I found the Wellness Grain Free food:
Christmas 2010 we noticed that his glucose readings were not quite right. We have a human testing system that reads in mmol/L and we are giving him Levemir via a Novolin-Pen (Junior with 1/2 units). For those that can acquire an insulin pen I HIGHLY recommend it.
We took him to the vet and did some blood work and then came back again and the vet found a lump, most likely attached to his pancreas. He had had a few episodes of pancreatitis and so the vet recommended keeping him on the DM dietetic wet food (which changed last year).
The vet also said not to bother with the glucose readings b/c there were so many variables that could be affecting his readings and there was a possibility that he was insulin intolerant since an increase of a unit did nothing to stabilize his glucose readings (which were off the charts).
By spring time I was tired of feeding him so much DM and started giving him boiled chicken or turkey. A few weeks later someone mentioned to me that they were feeding their possibly diabetic cat Evo b/c it was high in protein and fat and the cat was doing well on it. So I started researching foods again. I found the Wellness Grain Free line and it has been fantastic for Gordo. His weight is healthy and stable, he likes it and there's not junk in it. And there's no animal by-product "meat" crap. There are some questionable ingredients like carrots and squash and berries, but they're pretty minimal. See Dr. Lisa Pierson's post http://catinfo.org/?link=felinediabetes
(search for carrot)
Thank you to everyone for a great site. My husband and I have been fostering a diabetic cat since May 2010 - Gordo (for the spanish speakers out there, he's not fat, but he's a big maine coon possibly).
In short, I'd just like to promote Wellness Grain Free wet food for cats. It's done great things for our Gordo (see story below). It's also cheaper than the DM food we were feeding and it's more easily available as it can be bought in pet stores. So if you've got a diabetic cat and are thinking about switching his/her food try the Wellness Grain Free wet foods.
How I found the Wellness Grain Free food:
Christmas 2010 we noticed that his glucose readings were not quite right. We have a human testing system that reads in mmol/L and we are giving him Levemir via a Novolin-Pen (Junior with 1/2 units). For those that can acquire an insulin pen I HIGHLY recommend it.
We took him to the vet and did some blood work and then came back again and the vet found a lump, most likely attached to his pancreas. He had had a few episodes of pancreatitis and so the vet recommended keeping him on the DM dietetic wet food (which changed last year).
The vet also said not to bother with the glucose readings b/c there were so many variables that could be affecting his readings and there was a possibility that he was insulin intolerant since an increase of a unit did nothing to stabilize his glucose readings (which were off the charts).
By spring time I was tired of feeding him so much DM and started giving him boiled chicken or turkey. A few weeks later someone mentioned to me that they were feeding their possibly diabetic cat Evo b/c it was high in protein and fat and the cat was doing well on it. So I started researching foods again. I found the Wellness Grain Free line and it has been fantastic for Gordo. His weight is healthy and stable, he likes it and there's not junk in it. And there's no animal by-product "meat" crap. There are some questionable ingredients like carrots and squash and berries, but they're pretty minimal. See Dr. Lisa Pierson's post http://catinfo.org/?link=felinediabetes
(search for carrot)
