Gann
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Hi All, am a new member to this wonderful community. And I desperately need help! My british short hair tabby Raisin was diagnosed with Diabetes last September. He went into remmission by Dec/Jan. Was there for 2 months and his diabetes came back with anger and have been struggling to contain it since.
Will come out with more detail in terms of insulin given, doses, timings etc but my immediate concern is with his food. Though Applaws is stated as supplemental food but Applaws Tuna for example has GA of Crude Protein (min) 14%, Crude Fat (min) 0.01%, Crude Fibre (max) 2%, Moisture (max) 86%. There doesnt seem to be any carbohydrate (calculated) at all. Isnt this what is best for a Diabetic Cat (though bit pricey)?
I have been through Dr. Lisa's food chart and I am struggling to convert the above values into her table (bit thick in the head!). The above stated values is in a tin contaning 70 gms. Total calories in a tin is around 50kcal. As the values in the spreadsheet is for 5.5Oz ( ~156 grams), should I do 14% * 3 and say Applaws tuna has 42% protein?
I had to move back to India after being in UK for nearly 25 years and brought Raisin with me. I am struggling to get good cat wet food, high in protein and low in carbs and Applaws tin has the highest percentage of Protein shown as compared to other brands that I get here. Would greatly appreciate if anybody can help me with the above calculations (teach me fishing) or suggest good diabetic friendly food that I can get here in India (give me fish!). Raisin is ravenously hungry in his second diabetic incarnation (he was extremely thirsty in the first). His sugar levels are always between 300 and 400, topping 500 at times. He is on 6U of Lantus, twice a day (which I have reduced to 5U after reading some of the articles here) and the Vet has said that next step would be to include human mixtard along with Lantus. Dont know whether this is warranted. Vet here see more impoverished cats that diabetic ones and I dont know how much experience they could have gained in treating diabetic ones.
Eagerly anticipating advise and guidance. Thanks in advance.
Will come out with more detail in terms of insulin given, doses, timings etc but my immediate concern is with his food. Though Applaws is stated as supplemental food but Applaws Tuna for example has GA of Crude Protein (min) 14%, Crude Fat (min) 0.01%, Crude Fibre (max) 2%, Moisture (max) 86%. There doesnt seem to be any carbohydrate (calculated) at all. Isnt this what is best for a Diabetic Cat (though bit pricey)?
I have been through Dr. Lisa's food chart and I am struggling to convert the above values into her table (bit thick in the head!). The above stated values is in a tin contaning 70 gms. Total calories in a tin is around 50kcal. As the values in the spreadsheet is for 5.5Oz ( ~156 grams), should I do 14% * 3 and say Applaws tuna has 42% protein?
I had to move back to India after being in UK for nearly 25 years and brought Raisin with me. I am struggling to get good cat wet food, high in protein and low in carbs and Applaws tin has the highest percentage of Protein shown as compared to other brands that I get here. Would greatly appreciate if anybody can help me with the above calculations (teach me fishing) or suggest good diabetic friendly food that I can get here in India (give me fish!). Raisin is ravenously hungry in his second diabetic incarnation (he was extremely thirsty in the first). His sugar levels are always between 300 and 400, topping 500 at times. He is on 6U of Lantus, twice a day (which I have reduced to 5U after reading some of the articles here) and the Vet has said that next step would be to include human mixtard along with Lantus. Dont know whether this is warranted. Vet here see more impoverished cats that diabetic ones and I dont know how much experience they could have gained in treating diabetic ones.
Eagerly anticipating advise and guidance. Thanks in advance.