Feline Diabetes

Feline - Diabetes is my site for posting information on the diabetic cats. Anything related to diabetic cats can go here.Feline diabetes is not the natural fate of hundreds of thousands of pet cats world-wide. It is, rather, a human-created disease that is reaching epidemic proportions because of the highly artificial foods that we have been feeding our feline companions for the past few decades. Without the constant feeding of highly processed, high carbohydrate dry foods, better suited to cattle than cats, adult-onset feline diabetes would be a rare disease, if it occurred at all.

Saturday, July 7, 2007

Managing diabetes mellitus in cats

You can successfully manage your diabetic cat with insulin therapy, a suitable diet and a healthy lifestyle.

Can diabetes be cured?
Diabetic cats usually require lifelong treatment with an insulin preparation such as Caninsulin.

Some diabetic cats no longer need insulin after a few weeks or months of treatment. This is known as clinical remission. Remission does not necessarily mean cure and care must still be taken with your cat’s diet and lifestyle.

Aim of Treatment of the Diabetic Cat
The aim of treatment is to restore your cat’s quality of life to normal by stopping the signs of diabetes mellitus (drinking lots of water, urinating frequently, increased hunger and weight loss) without causing hypoglycaemia.

Untreated diabetes mellitus may result in a serious condition known as diabetic ketoacidosis.

Insulin therapy in diabetic cats will also help minimise the long-term complications of diabetes mellitus such as hind limb weakness.

How are Diabetic Cats Treated?
A regular routine is vital for successful management of diabetes.

* Regular insulininjections
* Correct feeding

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