Our cat is diabetic, fortunately we are keeping it under control with
Glipizide pills (haven't had to go to insulin injections yet).  She either
has no taste buds, or likes the taste of the medicine, in either case
crushing the pills and mixing them in a small amount of wet food works
perfectly.

The only problem is, she tends to overeat and then vomit, so every mealtime
is a lengthy process of feeding her the wet food with medicine, waiting 15
minutes, feeding a small amount of (prescription) dry food, waiting 15
minutes, feeding a little more dry food, waiting 15 minutes, etc.

I was thinking about getting one of those automatic feeders, but then we
were wondering about the timing of the whole thing.

I guess the overarching question is this ... is it better for her to have
small amounts of food, spread out over the entire 24 hour period, or to make
sure that she gets her meals within a certain time period after getting the
glipizide?  That is, does the glipizide stimulate insulin production (or
whatever it does) for a limited amount of time, and it's best if she eats
while the glipizide is working?

Thanks!
Chris