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My dear friend, Scott, has severe cerebral palsy. Confined to wheelchair, and can only use one hand. He types with one finger on a digital board to talk.
He has a cat named Simon who is his whole heart. Months ago, he started losing weight, vomiting, was eventually diagnosed with IBD. Put on Hills zd. Seemed to improve, then suddenly developed severe diabetes! The vet kept Simon for 3 weeks trying oral medication, however, they couldn't get the diabetes under control. Simon has to have insulin injections twice a day.
Scott's care givers are practically useless and do as little as they can get away with, and they won't do the injections, so Simon couldn't stay with Scott. I made him a promise long ago that Simon would always have a home here, if needed. But yesterday, as I was leaving with Simon, Scott just broke down sobbing and it crushed my heart in a million pieces. This man's family has abandoned him, caregivers that don't really care about him, I live 90 minutes away, he has no one in the world, really, and now he lost his best buddy. I made a promise that I would do everything I could to try to stabilize Simon in the hope he can return to Scott.
My research has told me the zd lots of times leads to diabetes because the calorie breakdown is 34% carbs! I am suspecting the IBD was caused by low quality food, and then the diabetes was caused by the zd food. I understand that diabetes needs high protein, moderate fat, low carbs. Someone on here had mentioned the Fancy Feast pate canned food for the IBD.
That is also a highly recommended food for the diabetes. Does anyone have advice on a good quality canned food to try? No way his staff would ever prepare raw food, they hardly clean the litter box, and can't be bothered to water one plant. Thank you for the help. I need to get this kitty back to daddy!
He has a cat named Simon who is his whole heart. Months ago, he started losing weight, vomiting, was eventually diagnosed with IBD. Put on Hills zd. Seemed to improve, then suddenly developed severe diabetes! The vet kept Simon for 3 weeks trying oral medication, however, they couldn't get the diabetes under control. Simon has to have insulin injections twice a day.
Scott's care givers are practically useless and do as little as they can get away with, and they won't do the injections, so Simon couldn't stay with Scott. I made him a promise long ago that Simon would always have a home here, if needed. But yesterday, as I was leaving with Simon, Scott just broke down sobbing and it crushed my heart in a million pieces. This man's family has abandoned him, caregivers that don't really care about him, I live 90 minutes away, he has no one in the world, really, and now he lost his best buddy. I made a promise that I would do everything I could to try to stabilize Simon in the hope he can return to Scott.
My research has told me the zd lots of times leads to diabetes because the calorie breakdown is 34% carbs! I am suspecting the IBD was caused by low quality food, and then the diabetes was caused by the zd food. I understand that diabetes needs high protein, moderate fat, low carbs. Someone on here had mentioned the Fancy Feast pate canned food for the IBD.
That is also a highly recommended food for the diabetes. Does anyone have advice on a good quality canned food to try? No way his staff would ever prepare raw food, they hardly clean the litter box, and can't be bothered to water one plant. Thank you for the help. I need to get this kitty back to daddy!
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