Cat or Dog?

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Humans, unlike cats and dogs, live a linear existence. They are aware, at a certain stage in their lives of their own mortality. But for dogs: "Dog time cannot be plotted along a straight line; it does not move on and on, from one thing to the next. It moves in a circle like the hands of a clock". Don't spoil their party

Hi Hanadra,

I assume, if animals become diabetic later in their lives, it's Type 2, the same as us. However, if cats become diabetic (later in life) then it is not necessarily permanent. I believe cats are the only animals who can be 'cured' of the disease. Our 16 year old Burmese, Teddy, developed it and lead us a right dance with his BS literally going off the scale - the monitor only goes up to 33 and insulin injections would only eventually bring it down. He would sometimes get hypos, but not often. It was difficult for about 3 months and then he got spontaneous remission and he's completely back to normal (except for the kidneys). His BS has been perfect for the last 6 months and he may never be diabetic again - but he could. We rather subscribe to the theory that some of the treatment for the kidney disease (all that dry food) brought on the diabetes and he now has half and half which keeps him stable.

Good luck with yours,

Russ

thankfully none of our cats has been diabetic either.

Russ said:

We rather subscribe to the theory that some of the treatment for the kidney disease (all that dry food) brought on the diabetes and he now has half and half which keeps him stable.
Russ

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Did Teddy have steroids for the kidney trouble? They can cause T2 in humans which resolves on stopping the steroids.

Apparently Burmese cats are rather prone to diabetes. When I asked my vet which type they tend to get, she said vets don't classify DM the same way doctors do because in cats it doesn't fit the typical type 1/2 patterns.

Yes, indeed he did! We had wondered if that was contributory factor because the vet did say that too much of the steroid wasn't good but didn't go into detail. A feline advisory site has also said that an all dry diet wasn't natural so, as I said, we went back to some moist but know that high protein is not good. Thanks very much for telling me about this.

Teddy also had a persistent and distressing cough (twice) and was given a steroid for that, but I believe it was a different sort. The cough cleared up and stayed clear for about a year. Now, coming up for 17, he's the nicest, funniest , most companionable cat - second, of course to each of everyone else's!

Russ