What affects us affects cats
Intro: this is a long and detailed article. It is written by a great guy who has first hand experience of caring for a diabetic cat so it is very useful. Bob kindly agreed to pass on his experience. It was written years ago but is as useful now as it was then. Feline …
In an era in the United States when up to 50% of domestic cats are said to be obese, it is appropriate to discuss the signs of Type 2 diabetes in domestic cats because obesity is a predisposing factor for all cats and Burmese cats may have a genetic predisposition. Male cats have twice …
People ask Dr Google: ‘does dry cat food cause diabetes?’. For me the answer can be found from two sources (1) a study published on 1st December 2016 ‘Environmental Risk Factors for Diabetes Mellitus in Cats‘ and (2) a book written by a veterinarian entitled ‘Your Cat’ by Elizabeth M Hodgkins DVM. There was …
A fifth (20 out of 100 cat owners) don’t realise that their cat is a carnivore so concludes a 2,000 cat owner survey by a cat food manufacturer, Lily’s Kitchen. This lack of basic and essential knowledge on cat nutrition has some startling consequences. Ten percent of British cat owners feed their cats raw …
The best discussion and the best advice that I have seen about a diet for a diabetic cat is in the book Your Cat by Elizabeth M Hodgkins DVM. She writes extensively about feline diabetes (I am referring to sugar diabetes): how to manage it and how to cure it. I’m going to briefly …
In the UK, and probably in Europe generally and in America, feline diabetes is getting worse. The number of cats with diabetes has more than doubled (an increase of 130%) in the past year. This is shocking and it comes from vets via a pet insurance company who say that owners are overfeeding their …
By Cassandra Cat Did you know that not only dry food is the culprit, but declawing causes diabetes too. The diabetes connection…..When we printed the list of declawed cats to inspect, one thing immediately caught our eye: nearly every diabetic cat Animal Ark currently houses was on the list, with only one exception. To …
According to data from pet insurer Animal Friends, there has been an increase of 1161% in domestic cat diabetes cases since 2011. An expert from UK veterinary charity PDSA says that one the main reasons for this is that people are feeding their pets with human snacks. I would argue that quite possibly the …
