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Diabetes occurs in about 1% of all cats. With 93.6 million cats in the United States there are over 900,000 diabetic cats.
Most cats are type II diabetics as oppose to dogs that are type I. Type I use to be called juvenile diabetes and Type II old age onset.
For Type I diabetics, they are always insulin dependent. Type II diabetics can sometime go into remission and not need insulin. This is a double edge sword. The good news is that you can stop giving insulin. The bad news is that without monitoring you can give too much insulin to your cat and end up in the emergency room.
We are here to help you prevent your cat from becoming obese and diabetic. We are also here to help provide you with the knowledge and resources to give your cat a great quality of life.
Diabetes is a challenging and expensive disease to manage, but with the proper guidance we can do this together.
We will be sending out a survey to all of clients that have diabetic cats to provide a luncheon and seminar to help with management of their disease. With guidance this is a very manageable disease.
The American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) has many resources to help. For more information click here
Abbott labs also has a great web site with resources to help. For help click here
We are here to help provide you with all the knowledge and resources that you need. Please feel free to email at office@novacatclinic.com or call us at 703 525-1955 with any questions.
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