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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / October 2003Diabetes without Insulin Treatment
My family has a 15 year old female who was diagnosed with diabetes many years ago, but the owners do not want to give her insulin shots. She has done generally well over the years, but eats and drinks quite a bit. But now it seems she is getting worse, she has become increasingly lethargic, has hearing loss, and her vision is poor (although it never was very good). The owners feel that taking her to the vet would be too much of a strain for her, so we have to make decisions on our own. I've convinced them to begin using cat food labeled "Senior" or "Weight Control." Is there anything else we can do? We also suspect that she has arthritis as she has lost a good deal of flexibility in her back. We are considering glucosomine but have heard that that could contribute to diabetes. What can we do to help make her comfortable? I've made a video to show how to test a cat's blood glucose and you can find it at: http://amerasiadevelopmentcorp.com/bgtest.rm http://amerasiadevelopmentcorp.com/bgtest%5B1%5D.mpg You can see that it takes less than 1 minute to do this and the cat is still sleeping after I'm done. Giving a cat an insulin shot is even quicker and easier to do. So there's no excuse for a diabetic cat owner for not doing this. However, I don't know how you can get insulin without taking the cat to the vet. You may be able to get some good advice by posting to the message board at http://www.felinediabetes.com. >My family has a 15 year old female who was diagnosed with diabetes many >years ago, but the owners do not want to give her insulin shots. She has [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >heard that that could contribute to diabetes. What can we do to help make >her comfortable? > I've made a video to show how to test a cat's blood glucose > and you can find it at: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > the cat to the vet. You may be able to get some good advice by > posting to the message board at http://www.felinediabetes.com. What a good kitty. Karen > My family has a 15 year old female who was diagnosed with diabetes many > years ago, but the owners do not want to give her insulin shots. Why not??? She has > done generally well over the years, but eats and drinks quite a bit. But > now it seems she is getting worse, she has become increasingly lethargic, > and her vision is poor (although it never was very good). Quite possibly Diabetic Retinopathy and/or cataracts caused by prolonged untreated diabetes. > The owners feel that taking her to the vet would be too much of a strain for > her, Untreated diabetes is more stressful for her than a trip to the vet for treatment. so we have to make decisions on our own. I've convinced them to begin > using cat food labeled "Senior" or "Weight Control." Is there anything else > we can do? Yes -- get her to a vet and begin insulin therapy We also suspect that she has arthritis as she has lost a good > deal of flexibility in her back. More likely Diabetic Neuropathy from prolonged untreated diabetes. We are considering glucosomine but have > heard that that could contribute to diabetes. What can we do to help make > her comfortable? Get her to the vet for treatment. There are no alternatives. |
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