28064212 said:

My Chubby Diabetic Cat Story is also the name of my autobiography

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pfxtc said:

28064212 said:

My Chubby Diabetic Cat Story is also the name of my autobiography

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Is that a penis reference?

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Sheekle said:

my cat's cooler cuz he has brain damage

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blojo02184 said:

Dry cat food is bad for cats!?!?!?

Why am I not told these things???????

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Do some research,
or I can break it down for you.

Dry food has insane amounts of carbohydrates. Cats bodies absolutely cannot tolerate carbohydrates, and instantly get stored as fat. This leads to all kinds of things like UTI/liver failure/diabetes/etc. Cats are not 'bred' to DRINK water. They get water from MEAT [wet food] They hardly ever do. Wet food contains the water they need to survive and flush their systems out. To save money with our NON diabetic cats [because she HAS to eat only wet food because of low carb levels] We do about 1/2 cup dry food per day per 7 pounds. My 7 pound cat gets 1/4 wet and 1/4 dry each morning, my 14 pound gets 1/4 wet and 1/2 dry. If you insist on ony using dry food, you MUST MUST MUST mix water in with the food or they can get terrible Urinary tract infections.

If youre interested at all in this PM me or something and i can help you out. I've done a lot of research. PetSmart's AUTHORITY brand CANNED WET food is absolutely great for our diabetic. Very low carb content. Not as important for 'regular' cats, but mixing in wet food AND water with every feeding [scheduled feeding is best] is crucial, and will save you thousands down the road in vet bills/surgeries. I'd put all my cats on only wet food diet, but I'm too broke to get all 3 of them wet food, so the other 2 just have to deal with the dry stuff, but they're not diabetic so it's not a huge issue.

Example, our cat became diabetic in the shelter. They gave her dry food [tons of carbs] and her body went into hyperglycemic states and she gained tons of weight. They counter this with insulin to balance here. After we got her home we stopped the dry food [no carbs] thus there's no reason to balance her carb intake with insulin because guess what, there's no carbs in her diet.

I love the Internet. PM me or post here if you wanna know more But bottom line is that wet food is always better, and if you can't do that, at least add water to dry food and add a 1/4 can [of say a 5.5oz can] to each meal for each cat.

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we've gotten her completely off of DRY food [which is horrible for cats, FYI], and her blood sugar levels are normal now that she's on only wet food.

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Asante said:

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we've gotten her completely off of DRY food [which is horrible for cats, FYI], and her blood sugar levels are normal now that she's on only wet food.

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I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH

Cats are carnivores, they eat primarily proteins and fats. No cut is too greasy for a cat.

But! Dry food almost always contains a lot of carbs, starch, whereas wet food are typically meat and fish, so almost no carbs.

Carbs are bad for cats. They are NOT made to digest it. Many cats can live off of dry food only, or half and half, but it just aint healthy, and a good number of cats gets sick of it, especially later in life.

The only reason for dry food is as an emergency food if s/he has to be alone for a long stretch that would spoil wet food.

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pfxtc said:

WHOA WHOA WHOA MEOW CALM DOWN

this is not the dead cat thread
it's the happy cat thread


and i'm sorry for all your losses. Toonces looks very adoreable. Was her/his diabetes bad?

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