First of all a big THANKS to all of you who posted on this thread over the past few weeks.
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...7&page=4&pp=12
There was a lot of good advice to parents (no kids) who never had a cat problem until now.
After several trips to the vet and our Willow down to 6 1/2 lbs from 10, she has been diagnosed with Diabetes. That was never part of the package when this stray kitten showed up on our door 6 years ago! Now Marsha and I are in a steep learning curve! We started giving insulin injections yesterday on a daily basis.
This has been coming on for 6 months but we never recognized the signs - sticky pee, etc.
We've been reading and trying to digest all this information and all the ramifications of keeping this under control. It ain't going to be easy! The first thing that surprised us was all the info out there and even websites for cat diabetes! Obviously this is a bigger issue than we imagined.
We are starting her with 2 "units" a day for a week and then back to the vet for tests. Have you dealt with diabetes in any of your cats?
I have a few questions to start and more will come later. Please offer your experience...
Q. She gets her shot at 8:30am each day. How critical is the timing? Can we be an 1/2 hour off each way - 8am or 9am? Tomorrow we have to leave at 7:3oam.
Q. What happens if we go out of town for a few days or a week or more?
Can she go without insulin for a few days... once in a while?
We thought about taking her with on a 3 day trip and giving her the shots, but that would put huge stress on her. She is not comfortable out of the house.
Q. If you go out of town for a week or two, do you take your cat to the same friends house you did before and ask or teach them to give daily needles? That would be asking a lot of someone else.
Q. We are trying to get her weight back. Will that come? Could she ever return to normal or does it mean injections for life?
Whew! Thanks for all this. :-)
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...7&page=4&pp=12
There was a lot of good advice to parents (no kids) who never had a cat problem until now.
After several trips to the vet and our Willow down to 6 1/2 lbs from 10, she has been diagnosed with Diabetes. That was never part of the package when this stray kitten showed up on our door 6 years ago! Now Marsha and I are in a steep learning curve! We started giving insulin injections yesterday on a daily basis.
This has been coming on for 6 months but we never recognized the signs - sticky pee, etc.
We've been reading and trying to digest all this information and all the ramifications of keeping this under control. It ain't going to be easy! The first thing that surprised us was all the info out there and even websites for cat diabetes! Obviously this is a bigger issue than we imagined.
We are starting her with 2 "units" a day for a week and then back to the vet for tests. Have you dealt with diabetes in any of your cats?
I have a few questions to start and more will come later. Please offer your experience...
Q. She gets her shot at 8:30am each day. How critical is the timing? Can we be an 1/2 hour off each way - 8am or 9am? Tomorrow we have to leave at 7:3oam.
Q. What happens if we go out of town for a few days or a week or more?
Can she go without insulin for a few days... once in a while?
We thought about taking her with on a 3 day trip and giving her the shots, but that would put huge stress on her. She is not comfortable out of the house.
Q. If you go out of town for a week or two, do you take your cat to the same friends house you did before and ask or teach them to give daily needles? That would be asking a lot of someone else.
Q. We are trying to get her weight back. Will that come? Could she ever return to normal or does it mean injections for life?
Whew! Thanks for all this. :-)