Please forgive my obvious panic here....but I am so very upset. I think most of you know that I have 16 kitties...all old, as I rescused most of them from Hurrican Andrew in Miami.
I DO NOT take any more kitties in.
I have just recently been running into problems with the babies. It has been 5 years since any of them had to go to the vet b/c they were ill. Now all hell is breaking loose.
I have a vet (who I will NOT go to anymore) who is VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE...actually it is a sin what he charges.
Anyway....I took my litte 6 year old P.J. to the vet last week (to the tune of $175 b/c I was sure she had an upper respiratory infection. She did and of course I was prescribed the good ole Clavamox.
Then she started looking worse, so I took her in yesterday to the tune of $200. Doctor tested her for leukemia and FIV which I pretty much knew she did not have...having been vaccinated.
At any rate...he kept taking test after test and told me she needed fluids and to bring her back this morning for fluids. I was sooooo aggravated and did not understand why he did not give her fluids yesterday.
Last night I gave her 6 syringes with water...and this morning she was very perky. I called the doctor to say I think she is so much better and then he tells me she has DIABETES!!! And...she will need insulin for the rest of her life.
I am beside myself...I cannot afford to do that as much as I love her...b/c I am on social security.
MY QUESTION: Does anyone on the forum have a cat with diabetes...and...does anyone know of any home remedies that can be given??
Please help...I am sick to my stomach and my heart with this.
Thanks so much in advance.
Toomany
I DO NOT take any more kitties in.
I have just recently been running into problems with the babies. It has been 5 years since any of them had to go to the vet b/c they were ill. Now all hell is breaking loose.
I have a vet (who I will NOT go to anymore) who is VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE...actually it is a sin what he charges.
Anyway....I took my litte 6 year old P.J. to the vet last week (to the tune of $175 b/c I was sure she had an upper respiratory infection. She did and of course I was prescribed the good ole Clavamox.
Then she started looking worse, so I took her in yesterday to the tune of $200. Doctor tested her for leukemia and FIV which I pretty much knew she did not have...having been vaccinated.
At any rate...he kept taking test after test and told me she needed fluids and to bring her back this morning for fluids. I was sooooo aggravated and did not understand why he did not give her fluids yesterday.
Last night I gave her 6 syringes with water...and this morning she was very perky. I called the doctor to say I think she is so much better and then he tells me she has DIABETES!!! And...she will need insulin for the rest of her life.
I am beside myself...I cannot afford to do that as much as I love her...b/c I am on social security.
MY QUESTION: Does anyone on the forum have a cat with diabetes...and...does anyone know of any home remedies that can be given??
Please help...I am sick to my stomach and my heart with this.
Thanks so much in advance.
Toomany