Ours eat a mix of canned and dry.  Smokey's at least 7 now, probably
8, and hasn't had any problems.  Would that be easier?

Purrs and good luck

--Fil

I was worried that Pua may have diabetes, too, because she started dropping
weight and drinking a bunch of water.  I feed her wet now, she completely
stays away from the dry, she's not drinking as much water, she's eating
more, gaining more weight, but now she FARTS.  It's going to take a little
time for her system to adjust, I guess, but the wet food seems to have done
the trick.  I feed her one can, I split it up between Pua, Tyrone & Chloe
putting most of the food onto Pua's plate.  Chloe and Tyrone nibble and then
walk away and Pua cleans up.  Essentially, Pua's getting most of the whole
can.  I don't want to isolate Pua during feedings and I know Chloe and
Tyrone are going to walk away, anyway, so it's no big deal.  Oh, and Pua's
throwing up hairballs a bit less on the wet food as well.  The only negative
is the farting thing - and it's a BIG negative!  LOL.  :~)

kili

That's exactly why I didn't bring Pua in to TED for a diabetes test,
although I had intended to.  Once I got her on the wet food about a month
ago, she's been gaining weight and drinking a lot less water.  It's
summertime here in Florida, now, we have the windows open and it's HOT.
You'd think she'd be drinking *more* water.  Meanwhile, she's extremely
playful, she's peeing less and she seems to be more affectionate.

No, wait, that's not quite right about the affection part.  She's *almost*
annoyingly my constant companion to the point the other furkids are getting
really pissed off.  Chloe and Pua have been having hissy fits and are
pulling tufts of fur out of each other.  Tyrone just looks at me and cries
because he wants on my lap and Pua's already there.  They don't share me
well.

Pua is now always, and I mean ALWAYS, underfoot.  I accidentally step on
her, I accidentally kick her.  She follows me step-by-step everywhere in the
house.  It's particulary difficult when I'm cooking.  You know, doing the
dance between the stove, the sink, the 'fridge and the pantry - she's
constantly in the way.  It's really only been since the wet food thing, too.
I think she finally feels better, and in her own way, she's thanking me.
I'm going to keep feeding her the wet.

As I'm typing this, she's on the chair next to me, laying on one of my
sweatshirts that I placed there for her.  It's a wooden chair; I wanted her
to be comfortable.  :~)   She's my little sweetheart, but I wish she could
just watch me from afar sometimes.  LOL.

kili

I agree to monitor it for the time being, but I would suggest that you
NOT focus on diabetes.  There are other issues that could be causing
increased water intake.  As I mentioned, bladder and kidney issues are
also possible.

Try to monitor her visits to the litterbox as well if you can.

That's my two cents....

purrs on the way,

Kristi