hi all, I have a newly diagnosed diabetic kitty. Doolie is 12yrs old and one of our barn cats. as sweet as they come and lives in our office in the barn. noticed last week she was loosing weight, low energy and drinking a lot of water. Took her to the vet... diagnosed with raging kidney/bladder infection (on baytril now for 7 more days) and was told her glucose was 348. spent a week with the vet which was very stressful on her being an outside barn kitty. now home and on insulin 3 units once daily and told to feed DM dry cat food from purina veterinary diets.
my questions are these... vet mentioned she could return to normal over time (be non diabetic) and I need to check her glucose at least once a week. could this be from the infection?? and once it clears up, she won't need the insulin?
and next question is--- is there any other dry food I can use? the DM by Purina is almost $50 a bag and its a small bag!! I have 2 other barn cats that will have to go on her "diet" and at the cost, it will break us!!
I'm up for suggestions! thanks in advance. Kathy
my questions are these... vet mentioned she could return to normal over time (be non diabetic) and I need to check her glucose at least once a week. could this be from the infection?? and once it clears up, she won't need the insulin?
and next question is--- is there any other dry food I can use? the DM by Purina is almost $50 a bag and its a small bag!! I have 2 other barn cats that will have to go on her "diet" and at the cost, it will break us!!
I'm up for suggestions! thanks in advance. Kathy