Diabetes insipidus

My cat suffers with diabetes insipidus and I am looking for other cat owners who’s cats suffer with the same condition to share ideas.
Thank you.

 

I've been around the board, although not religiously like some, since 2009. There have been maybe 3-4 suspected cases that I can remember, but I don't know that I've ever seen one that was definitively diagnosed with DI. I think that @MyTitan (GA), now passed, was maybe the most recent suspected, but his parents haven't been on the board in 3-4 months.

Does anyone else remember anything differently?

And welcome to you and your kitty

 

Like @Sandi & Whisper I've been around here for some time and don't remember any other cat diagnosed with DI. It's a very rare condition in animals. How was this diagnosed?

Typically, this is treated with desmopressin acetate but only after definitive diagnostic testing has been done.

 

Thank you so much for the reply and the warm welcome. My vet is almost certain that’s what it is and we eliminated the possibility of a head tumour. Because Harris was mostly an outdoor cat I couldn’t treat him efficiently with Desmoptessin drops as I couldn’t catch him twice daily. Now he is an indoor cat so I started the treatment again. However it’s too early to say if it’s working or not.
He’s been living with this condition almost 2 years now and he is very healthy and happy otherwise, apart from the excessive drinking and urinating.

 

It took a while for him to be diagnosed. Extensive tests, hospitalisation, water deprivation tests and MRI scan to eliminate tumour in the brain. The vet got in touch with a specialist in cat diabetes, they looked at the results and diagnosed. It has been a very lengthy and expensive process.

 

Oh, poor little guy. But I am so glad that he is doing well!

I am sorry that we don’t have anybody that you can share DI experiences with, but I absolutely encourage you to stick around. This site is as much a sounding board for general cat health issues, or just general cat issues for that matter, as it is about diabetes.

Hugs to you, and chin skritches to your little man

Best,
Sandi.

 

I think @Dale had a DI cat at one time. I don’t think she’s posted in quite awhile, though, so don’t know if she’s still comes here. She was having health issues last I knew so am hoping she’s ok...

 

I do remember one of our members with a cat with acromegaly (caused by benign pituitary tumour), whose vet thought he had DI as a side effect.

 

Thank you! I shall stick around of course.
I have experience of caring for a diabetic cat I fostered for over an year. I managed to get him off the insulin and he only had a small amount of tablet form medication. He now lives a very happy life with his new owner and his diabetes is fully under control without him with being on special food.

 

@Mihaela Ionescu we are going through testing for DI now for a foster, how is your little guy doing?

 

@Donna Neumeister have you gotten anywhere with your foster's diagnosis? My Iggy was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus a few months ago, but is not responding to insulin and his home BG tests are all pretty normal. I just got the vet's office to email me his frutosamine test, which is normal, too, although the vet told me at the time that the results were high.

I'm trying to find another reason for his symptoms: polyuria, polydipsia and urinating outside the litter box. His weight is consistently a couple of pounds over ideal and his energy levels have always been on the low side.

 

This is a good page: https://www.vin.com/apputil/content...ydipsia (PU/PD,abnormal and should be pursued.

My first thoughts would be Kidney disease or Hyperthyroid, those are the most common, but they are easy to test for so I assume your vet already ruled those out.

Good luck to you and Iggy!