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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2006I need your opinion and help Please
Ok the vet has told me that it is best to limit Rumble to one brand of food since changing his food around can of course change his sugar level. Rumble is a finicky cat real finicky when it comes to his food. I am going to change him to one brand of course which is the best one to do it with the most variety of choice. He loves gravy but is not keen on 9 lives except the tuna with real egg. He eats the Whiskas packets with no problem but tires of them real easy To be honest we have never worried about the brand names except the cheap version, Never had a cat in all the years since my young age ever had a problem all lives to a ripe age except for a couple that had genetic defects they still lived to 8 to 15 all he others have levers 15+ years. So brand names have never been something we paid attention to (so no flaming you don't live in this house you weren't ever here to see anything) What brand name has the best choice for wet food specially one with gravy in it. They only free feed on dry food varieties fancy feast, Purina and 9 lives which Rumble barely pays attention to. He loves temptations treats specially seafood medley Thanks in advance Matthew > Ok the vet has told me that it is best to limit Rumble to one brand of > food since changing his food around can of course change his sugar [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Thanks in advance > Matthew Check out these food charts: http://www.felinediabetes.com/diabetic-cat-diets.htm > Check out these food charts: > > http://www.felinediabetes.com/diabetic-cat-diets.htm <waveswaves> Hey Karen, I'm doing my first home curve today on Hobbes. Your posts to Matthew finally got through to me. I've told myself for a couple of months that I need to do it but I've been afraid. Since I haven't had Hobbes tested for over a month I decided I either needed to take him in (which I don't have time to do right now) or test him myself. He hasn't really minded the pricks at all. I don't think they hurt him! As a matter of fact I think he likes the special attention he's been getting today. When you do a curve do you stick Pearl in the same spot each time or use a different spot? I've taken the advice I've read on the listserve and used the lancet without the pen. I'm not happy with the numbers (too high - he peaked at 215) but he'll be all right until we get back from a trip this week then I'll have 4 weeks to play with diet. I don't want to take a chance that he goes hypo and nobody here to catch it. Hobbes (diabetic) and Sam (asthmatic) both send special headbutts to Pearl and you for taking such good care of her. Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus > Ok the vet has told me that it is best to limit Rumble to one brand of > food since changing his food around can of course change his sugar level. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Thanks in advance > Matthew Matthew, You can help control diabetes with a low-carbohydrate diet but you'll want to home test if you put Rumble on a really low-carb diet. Food with gravy has more carbs than the non-gravy food and not the recommneded choice. By now you've probably received a number of "off-list" messages about the food to give Rumble. When I was faced with the decision I found the following two tables a lot of help. Canned Cat food Nutritional Informatio http://www.geocities.com/jmpeerson/canfood.html Dry Cat Food Nutritional Information: http://www.geocities.com/jmpeerson/dryfood.html Purrs and gentle headbutts continue to come our way, Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus It looks like Fancy feast are the best choice for low carb and variety and the ones with gravy in them are really not that bad very low compared to the others and with in a few numbers of the others in But there are draw backs to that the Prosperous is higher looks like on the list compared to the others you sacrifice one for the other. I will have some big question for the vet on Wednesday any other hints on what I should ask >> Ok the vet has told me that it is best to limit Rumble to one brand of >> food since changing his food around can of course change his sugar level. [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > Purrs and gentle headbutts continue to come our way, > Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus > Ok the vet has told me that it is best to limit Rumble to one brand of > food since changing his food around can of course change his sugar level. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Thanks in advance > Matthew Matthew, not a flame, but a word to the wise. Premiums foods will be *MUCH* better for controlling Rumble's blood sugar levels - the supermarket brands can vary from can to can in the same flavors and they have way too many carbohydrates and "junk" in them!!! Also, I've found that the premium brands really aren't much more expensive since they eat a lot less of it (it takes less to satisfy them since they are so much more nutritionally "dense"). I've found mine like Fancy Feast (the "new improved" flavors that list the main meat as the first ingredient) - and my cats *LOVE* it (it made it *MUCH* easier to switch them to canned food then when I tried even Science Diet's canned.  SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ no worries about flames I want to know what premium food are the best I just used about the off brands as a point that I never had problems. what ever it takes to keep rumble with us as long as possible no matter what the cost it will be done >> Ok the vet has told me that it is best to limit Rumble to one brand of >> food since changing his food around can of course change his sugar level. [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > ingredient) - and my cats *LOVE* it (it made it *MUCH* easier to switch > them to canned food then when I tried even Science Diet's canned. Matthew, We used Purina DM for Bob, our diabetic cat. It's the diabetes management prescription food. Some cats don't like that, but Bob did. There are other brands (prescription) out there for diabetic cats. Did your vet make a suggestion for a good diabetic cat food? Rhonda > What brand name has the best choice for wet food specially one with gravy in > it. They only free feed on dry food varieties fancy feast, Purina and 9 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Thanks in advance > Matthew he offered the same as you listed but Rumble took two bites and walked away then other cats turned their noses up at it > Matthew, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> Thanks in advance >> Matthew Ask your vet if you can moisten his dry food with salt and fat free broth like you get at organic food places. Fritzie was so badly diabetic we gave him prescription food from the vet, but he was stubborn and demanded variety. The vet figured this kind of broth would be a good addition to give him the extra flavor, which made him eat. It has next to no carbs or fat if you get a good brand. We usually got ours from the natural foods section of the local market, because it has no additives or salt. Blessed be, Baha > Ok the vet has told me that it is best to limit Rumble to one brand of food > since changing his food around can of course change his sugar level. Rumble [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Thanks in advance > Matthew |
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