Hills WD for diabetes and pancreatitis?

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Kathy & Mishka

Kathy & Mishka

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My cat Mishka has been in the vets' for 5 days diagnosed with Pancreatitis. He was also diagnosed with
diabetes a couple of months ago and has been on insulin. The vet wants him to eat Hill's WD and is now feeding him dry, which is against everything I've read about on what you should feed cats with diabetes.
Has anyone had a positive experience feeding their cat WD? I plan on switching to the wet WD when I get him home. I still would rather feed him good quality low carb food like Wellness or Evo but the vet doesn't think that's a good idea.
 
The W/D is too high in carbs for a diabetic cat and has no magical properties for pancreatitis either. That's both the dry and the wet so don't let your vet pressure you into buying it (or if you really don't want to argue, just buy 1-2 cans and then return the opened can(s) and say that your cat refuses to eat it...it's guaranteed so they'll give your money back.

What's important for pancreatis is fluid therapy, pain control, nausea control, feeding a good quality diet (but it's more important to make sure they DO eat than it is that it's low carb right now) and if necessary, an appetite stimulant

Here's Marje's Primer on Pancreatitis....there's lots of good information there

W/D isn't anything special, despite what your vet might believe. One of it's ingredients is "cellulose"...that's basically a nice word for sawdust
 
Chris & China said:
The W/D is too high in carbs for a diabetic cat and has no magical properties for pancreatitis either. That's both the dry and the wet so don't let your vet pressure you into buying it (or if you really don't want to argue, just buy 1-2 cans and then return the opened can(s) and say that your cat refuses to eat it...it's guaranteed so they'll give your money back.

What's important for pancreatis is fluid therapy, pain control, nausea control, feeding a good quality diet (but it's more important to make sure they DO eat than it is that it's low carb right now) and if necessary, an appetite stimulant

Here's Marje's Primer on Pancreatitis....there's lots of good information there

W/D isn't anything special, despite what your vet might believe. One of it's ingredients is "cellulose"...that's basically a nice word for sawdust
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Thanks for your reply and the link to Primer on Pancreatitis. When I tried to point out the negatives of WD my vet said that the cat needed fiber and low fat.
So, I'm still doing research to validate that statement. If it weren't for this website I would be floundering. After spending over $6,ooo at the vets the dr didn't even make time to talk to me personally about
what was going on. She sent one of her staff into the room. I'm still in shock.
 
If you look at the Primer that Chris linked, I've updated it with the latest information from IDEXX.

I'm not sure why vets let Prescription Diets people do such a number on them in convincing them these diets are so great. They actually have little to no scientific data (feeding studies) to back up their claims.
 
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