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Diabetic Cat
Our cat Sam (large, neutered male, about 7 years of age) has recently been
diagnosed with diabetes. However, we're having trouble getting him stabilised. Already he's on 12 units of PZI a day, which apparently is extremely high. Does anbody else have a cat on such a high dose? Is it that unusual? Regards Stephen Ward |
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"Sarah" wrote in message
. cable.rogers.com... If you haven't already, you might want to visit www.felinediabetes.com and www.petdiabetes.org. On the latter site, you can join a mailing list made up of owners of diabetic pets. I belonged to this list for a couple of years when I was caring for a diabetic cat and found it very helpful. Oops, the mailing list I belonged to is at www.petdiabetes.com, but the one at petdiabetes.org looks helpful as well... |
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"Sarah" wrote in message
. cable.rogers.com... If you haven't already, you might want to visit www.felinediabetes.com and www.petdiabetes.org. On the latter site, you can join a mailing list made up of owners of diabetic pets. I belonged to this list for a couple of years when I was caring for a diabetic cat and found it very helpful. Oops, the mailing list I belonged to is at www.petdiabetes.com, but the one at petdiabetes.org looks helpful as well... |
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What kind of food has you cat been given the past 7 years?
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What kind of food has you cat been given the past 7 years?
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I know personally a Type II diabetic. It took months to get his
carb/sugar intake fixed and a proper insulin injection regimen dialed in right. I agree that if you sharply reduce sugars without a proper corresponding insulin reduction ... you can go into a coma and possibly die. True type II diabetes does not respond to insulin unless there´s glucose toxicity. Insulin tells a cell to take up glucose from blood by clinging to a protein on the surface of the cell. In type II diabetes, this clinging does not occur so you can shoot a gallon of insulin in a type II diabetic and get no response. But obviously Phil does not know this. That´s what happens when one just copies away without any background. In people, around 90% of diabetics are type II, or non-insulin dependent, also called senile diabetes. This cat could be type I and is not responding to this specific insulin. Insulin from different species have slightly different shapes so some are effective to some individuals and some are not (the clinging must occur for the cell to respond to insulin). For the clinging to occur, the key must fit the lock perfectly. http://www.vetstop.com.au/Info/DMFeline.htm |
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I know personally a Type II diabetic. It took months to get his
carb/sugar intake fixed and a proper insulin injection regimen dialed in right. I agree that if you sharply reduce sugars without a proper corresponding insulin reduction ... you can go into a coma and possibly die. True type II diabetes does not respond to insulin unless there´s glucose toxicity. Insulin tells a cell to take up glucose from blood by clinging to a protein on the surface of the cell. In type II diabetes, this clinging does not occur so you can shoot a gallon of insulin in a type II diabetic and get no response. But obviously Phil does not know this. That´s what happens when one just copies away without any background. In people, around 90% of diabetics are type II, or non-insulin dependent, also called senile diabetes. This cat could be type I and is not responding to this specific insulin. Insulin from different species have slightly different shapes so some are effective to some individuals and some are not (the clinging must occur for the cell to respond to insulin). For the clinging to occur, the key must fit the lock perfectly. http://www.vetstop.com.au/Info/DMFeline.htm |
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"Liz" wrote in message om... But obviously Phil does not know this. That´s what happens when one just copies away without any background. Really? You're not only a nut cat (the opinion of 4 out of 4 vets who read your asinine theories) and dangerous to cats, you're a complete and total mindless fool! ROTFL! Almost every one in this group *knows* I've been managing diabetic cats for more than *10 years*! I've helped several people regulate their cats! ROTFLMAO! Its really *you* who has absolutely *no* background or experience treating or managing diabetic cats... or any cat for that matter! I just love it when you shoot yourself in the foot trying to shoot me! ROTFLMAO! |
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"Liz" wrote in message om... But obviously Phil does not know this. That´s what happens when one just copies away without any background. Really? You're not only a nut cat (the opinion of 4 out of 4 vets who read your asinine theories) and dangerous to cats, you're a complete and total mindless fool! ROTFL! Almost every one in this group *knows* I've been managing diabetic cats for more than *10 years*! I've helped several people regulate their cats! ROTFLMAO! Its really *you* who has absolutely *no* background or experience treating or managing diabetic cats... or any cat for that matter! I just love it when you shoot yourself in the foot trying to shoot me! ROTFLMAO! |
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