Suitable Nutrition Relieves Diabetic Cat on Daily Insulin Injections

10.01.2010 | Author: Tanisha Glatz | Posted in Our Pets

Poor Brutus! I always want to cry whenever I think back of our then six-year-old cat’s life. Weighing about 20 pounds, Dr. Frick told us 8 to 9 pounds was too many.

Two years ago, our previous vet diagnosed Brutus of having diabetes and started treating him with 6 units of insulin twice a daily. Our old vet told us to feed Brutus with special dry food for diabetic cats.

Then my friend told me me that her sister-in-law took her dog to a credible veterinarian and was impressed with the outcome. Meeting Dr. Ava Frick and discovering her clinic was a blessing to us.

By the time we took Brutus to see Dr. Frick for the first time, he seemed to have flaky dandruff coming off and his fur was dull. He drank an excessive amount of water each day, and urinated 10-12 times daily. He appeared to be starving most of the time and beg for food like a dog. He became grouchy and did not want to stay longer with the family anymore.

In a week’s time when we brought Brutus to Dr. Frick’s clinic, she ran some tests on him and explained to us the serious concerns regarding his blood sugar levels, which were found to be like a rollercoaster. It goes up and down endlessly.

Dr. Frick performed an experiment on Brutus by taking him off the insulin for a short while and reintroduced it. She changed his diet to a canned, low-carb food, and began a routine of 2 units of insulin every 12 hours.

In just a period of two days, his blood sugar levels returned to normal. In addition, his excessive thirst and urination ceased.

Now, nearly a year later, Brutus has changed so much. He got rid of almost five pounds, recovered his normal luster of his coat, goes to his litter box three or four times everyday. Begging for food is a thing of the past, and his crankiness has been replaced with his old, loving personality.

The Animal Fitness Center, PC in Union, Missouri is supervised by Ava Frick, DVM. Animal nutrition, pet joint pain are her veterinary practice’s expert goals.