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Hi, All!  I joined & posted yesterday.  I'm Lisa, from Central Pennsylvania.  I have two male cats, Junior (9 years old) and BubbaJ (8 years old).  I had originally stumbled upon this site as I was researching diabetes in felines.  My Junior, who is over weight, asthmatic & has urinary blockage...

Sadly, I am learning the hard way with the vets not having a whole lot of experience with not only nutrition, but diabetes management.  I have been reading these boards, websites, books non-stop for the past several days trying to learn all I can.  

I just wanted to post a quick update.  Junior is doing so much better today.  My husband is the cat's human of choice.  He was able to get him to eat a half can of Fancy Feast last night and the other half can this morning.  His eyes are brighter, fur shinier and up and moving so much more. You...

Thank you all for your advice! He seems to be better today. He's eaten about half can of DM food. I'm super vigilant with my animals. Trying to do the best I can. I just picked him up on Monday from a weekend long stay at the vets with a $625 invoice and 75 dollars in food. I've been researching...

Thank you.  The vet was the one who originally recommended the Purina DM (diabetes management) dry food.  Thus the reason for me placing the order.  This cat is not a picky eater.  He seems to just have zero appetite.  

Hi All! My Nine year old, over weight, asthmatic cat with urinary tract issues was diagnosed on Sunday with diabetes.  He had been throwing up, every few minutes all day on Saturday.  I ended up calling the vet at 11pm on Saturday.  Initially, an xray revealed his colon was full.  After two...