Foxie

Welcome to FDMB.
Diabetes is a manageable disease if you are willing to put in some effort.
What insulin, food, and home testing are you doing?

 

Nothing yet,she was diagnosed 3
Days ago.
I'm buying the accuchek tonight and going to the vet tomorrow.
She drinks and eats all day long.
We have 7 cats so you can imagine.
She loves friskie pâté and human food.
She was a glorious cat all her life and now she is skinny,raggedy its all very sad
I want to get her healthy again

 

And yes,she is a red tabby with grass
Green eyes,
I will post her picture when I learn how

 

Since you're not using insulin yet, get the food change to low carb canned or raw accomplished for all the cats (its pretty impossible to feed 1 separately). Switch about 20-25% per day. You do not need the expensive prescription diet.
No kibble. Pop over to Cat Info for more detailed feline nutrition info.
For insulin, the ones which last about 12 hours in the cat are ProZinc, Levemir, Lantus, and BCP PZI. For Lantus and Levemir, we suggest buying from Canada if you are in the US as the prices are much lower, even with shipping.

 

Thank you for all your help
I will know more tomorrow.
I like this forum,great help
Just have to learn how to navigate

 

Welcome Liliana! What is your kitty's name and age? I have 6 cats so I can relate to the madness of trying to feed one differently, don't even try. Lol. Because they're already eating canned food, you've got a bit of a head start.

 

Foxie is 15 I can't belive we have 8 cats,all rescue.
4 orange,2 black,one Siamese and one grey.Only people like you can understand.
They all in perfect health but Foxie is sick ,I'm hoping that I can with the help of my vet bring her back.
I let you know how things progress .

 

Hi Liliana and Foxie and welcome!

We have 6 cats here too, so I can completely relate to the problem of different food requirements for different cats who all want to eat out of the same bowl (we have one with CKD and one diabetic so it's a little more complicated for us but still possible to find a food that works for all of them). The good news is that the Friskies Classic Pates (which it looks as though you're already feeding) are already in the high protein, low carb category so you might not have too much of a problem with having to switch out their food. The only one that is a little over on the carb count is the Mixed Grill flavor.

 

Thank you for advice.
Today is the first day and I'm exhausted .
I trust my vet and hope this will work.
Maybe this is a temporary situation and good diabetic diet will be sufficient .
She got her first shot today.
This forum is so nice