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Concerned about diabetes. How much of a carb load does a daily tablespoon of pumpkin add to a cat's diet? Enough to cause diabetes?
Jennie is still gaining weight. She had gained 8 ounces (a half pound is a lot for a cat) in a few weeks so I started cutting back on her amounts. I (over time) cut her food back gradually, until she is now eating almost a whole ounce less than she used to eat, but she is not losing any weight.
So I made an appointment for her next week for a check up and blood work. My concern is diabetes, though how ironic would that be, she has been on a low carb diet for many years, with the exception of the pumpkin, and the pumpkin is now what I am wondering about.
She was on daily pumpkin for almost 2 years (1 tablespoon a day) but when this weight gain started, plus something I read about long term use of pumpkin in ferrets, I decided to take her off it, and use other methods for constipation help.
So she's been completely off the pumpkin for about a week.
Jennie eats (other than the aforementioned pumpkin which has now been stopped) a very low carb diet, combination of Prey Model Raw and By Nature Organic canned. She is down to eating only 3.3 ounces total a day.
Jennie is still gaining weight. She had gained 8 ounces (a half pound is a lot for a cat) in a few weeks so I started cutting back on her amounts. I (over time) cut her food back gradually, until she is now eating almost a whole ounce less than she used to eat, but she is not losing any weight.
So I made an appointment for her next week for a check up and blood work. My concern is diabetes, though how ironic would that be, she has been on a low carb diet for many years, with the exception of the pumpkin, and the pumpkin is now what I am wondering about.
She was on daily pumpkin for almost 2 years (1 tablespoon a day) but when this weight gain started, plus something I read about long term use of pumpkin in ferrets, I decided to take her off it, and use other methods for constipation help.
So she's been completely off the pumpkin for about a week.
Jennie eats (other than the aforementioned pumpkin which has now been stopped) a very low carb diet, combination of Prey Model Raw and By Nature Organic canned. She is down to eating only 3.3 ounces total a day.
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