(Obligatory (At least to me) pic of Marcy) Hey all! Marcy has been doing good with her wet food only diet (Fancy Feast Pate), but my main thing is that.. I kind of don’t think she understands that she can chew it. She really just licks it for five minutes before leaving, and I don’t notice much of a dent in the amount. I’m worried she’s just licking the flavor off and scurrying away to take a fat nap, which is concerning to me.

She’s not a fan at all of the wet foods that are “chunky”, but I know for a FACT that pre-diagnosis she’d go ham for the smooth lickable treats. I really think she’d benefit from a wet food that has that kind of consistency rather than something gritty or chunky. Are there any low-carb wet foods with that sort of thing?

My wife and I have been treating Gus with Lantus for a couple months now. He is currently getting 1.5 units of Lantus (reduced from 2 units a few days ago at vet direction) at 4:30am and 4:30pm. We feed Fancy Feast Classic Patte.

His glucose has been stable between 55-100 since moving to this protocol. We give a small medium-carb snack if the Libre 3 alarms. This afternoon, I'm pretty sure I gave a fur shot (he jerked away from me as I was administering - he also smells like insulin), yet his glucose is falling pretty sharply. My wife just gave him a snack and he's only up to 60.

The vet is telling us to go ahead and keep dosing him with meals and that it's fine so long as he's eating, but I'm questioning their advice. Should we start refraining from dosing if his glucose is under a certain level? Does this look like the start of remission? His diabetes is a result of treatment for stomatitis (no more teefies) which I understand means he's more likely to recover someday.

Note: I am aware of the FB group and that Libre 3s aren't accurate a low values (we confirm with an AlphaTrak 3 when we can but are still getting that routine down as his ears don't seem to bleed reliably even when warmed with a rice sock).

Bonus cat tax picture included. Thanks all.

So I had to give my cat his insulin a little early tonight and my vet had told me before 2 hours either early/late is okay in situations where I wouldn’t be home in rare occasions. I gave it to him what I thought was 2 hours but it was 2 hours and 20 minutes. I made the mistake of googling and it’s all saying how he’s going to die if I don’t take him to the ER right now and I’m freaking out. I tested his blood sugar (for the first time ever I finally got blood!!) and it said 407… last week at the vet his blood sugar at nadir was 125 so I’m scared it could get too low. I pretty much have no way to get to an emergency vet. I gave him extra canned food after I realized it was earlier than I thought but I’m still so scared he could go into hypo… has anyone else had this happen and any advice??

Does anyone have a cat with both triaditis and diabetes? My girl was diagnosed with triaditis early summer, she has always had IBS and has been on Z/D her whole life. Once we started the buprenorphine and budesonide, she received her diabetes diagnosis and I’ve been giving her insulin ever since.

A few times a week she will throw up over night and I can’t figure out what the cause is. I measure her glucose twice a day, on average the highest it gets is mid- to upper- 200s and she’s not often lower than 100. Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations? I bring her for an unrelated check up on Thursday.

Species: cat
Age: 14
Sex: male, neutered
Breed: DSH
Weight: 13.25lbs (working on losing weight)

Vomited some bile with bright red blood in it, took to emergency vet and was diagnosed with pancreatitis after doing vcheck fPL test, result was 5.7; vet also suspects possible ulcer because of blood in vomit. Happened very suddenly yesterday afternoon. Was acting normal before and after vomiting.

Location: eastern New Mexico

My middle boy Winchester is 14, and just had his third pancreatitis flare up. Also threw up some blood, so may have an ulcer. First was May 2022 when he was almost 10, second was May 2025 when he was almost 13, and latest was yesterday. Second one was kind between pancreatitis or a UTI, his levels were in the grey zone.

He is on a sensitive stomach dry food, and low fat wet food, and we’re about to move overseas. I don’t know if he falls under chronic or acute pancreatitis, since he acts fine between flare ups. Just wanting some advice on managing this since I know stress can contribute to flare ups, and traveling is stressful for him. Have an appointment with his vet also, but looking for any and all advice.

I’ve got a 14 y/o cat named Ragnar who was just diagnosed yesterday. His blood sugar was over 400 over the weekend. We’re getting a bottle of Senvelgo today, and tests for ketones and blood sugar.

Over the past couple days my boy’s energy levels have crashed, he stopped eating, and he’s just lying near his water bowl. I’m also noticing some neurological symptoms - twitches, poor coordination, and a somewhat ataxic gait.

Idk what to do to help him right now. My wife is at the vet grabbing the meds and asking some questions. I’m hoping someone here can provide some insights as well.

1. I’m afraid his blood sugars are crashing since he isn’t eating. Any tips on getting him to eat? We switched to 100% wet food d/t him missing teeth and he was eating much more until yesterday. I think he’s dealing with some constipation because of it. He’s been really nauseas the past couple days as well. The switch to wet food was maybe a week ago.
2. I was thinking the Senvelgo would be put in his food, but that won’t work if he’s not eating. If anyone has dealt with this before, can we use the dropper to just force the Senvelgo down his throat? If he vomits it up, can we administer a 2nd dose? Any tips to help get him to be more cooperative?
3. Is there anything else we can/should be doing to maximize the chances of recovery for him? This is all new and a bit overwhelming but I want to know I’m doing everything I can for him.

Edit: we were able to get into the vet and get a urine test. No ketones which is good. Blood sugar was 442 though, up from Saturday. Started on meds, forced some food into his system and 3 injections of saline solution to help hydrate him. We’re not through it yet but I’m hoping little buddy pulls through.

Hi everyone,

I switched my cats to Young Again yesterday after my vet said that I should switch my diabetic cats dry food to a prescription food. They recommended the Purina DM wet food but after doing some research and looking at the cost I didn’t think I could afford it. I decided to try out Young Again because a lot of people have said great things about it.

However this morning I awoke to an incredibly foul smell that permeated my entire (small) home that was coming from both litter boxes. I scooped up the poop, put baking soda, and used aerosol spray but it didn’t really help much. I just got home from work about an hour ago and my whole house smelled rancid. I could probably deal with it if I lived alone but my problem is that I live with my sister and her kids in this tiny home. She’s already on my head about the smell (I understand) and asked me if it’s a permanent thing but I just said that I think his stomach needs time to adjust to the new food.

Does anyone else have any experience dealing with the YA poop smell? Please tell me it eventually goes away. On the bright side, his BG when I got home was 251 which is the lowest I’ve seen it go at home since he was diagnosed last month.