A Michael Broad Blog
This is a story which completely vindicates what Dr Elizabeth Hodgkins DVM has stated very clearly in her book Your Cat. In dedicating an entire chapter to the explosion in feline diabetes in America she puts the blame squarely on the shoulders of the pet food manufacturers and dry cat food which is high …
Just before Christmas Babz and I noticed that Walter, one of our 13 year old cats, was drinking water, which he has never done in his life before. Both Walter and Jozef are fed wet food so he was obviously getting enough moisture that way. As he isn’t overweight and has only the best …
There are up to a quarter of a million cat guardians in the USA who monitor their cat’s blood glucose levels because their cat has type I or II diabetes. One in 400 American cats have diabetes. The cat fails to produce enough insulin resulting in elevated blood sugar levels. Obesity predisposes that cat …
There has been a catastrophic rise in the incidence of feline diabetes. Cats are four times more likely to contract this disease today than 30 years ago1 and as a consequence the U.K.’s first feline diabetes clinic has recently opened in Hertfordshire. It is called the Feline Diabetic Remission Clinic. Stijn Niessen runs It. The …
Modern cat food has almost eliminated feline diseases caused by an inadequate diet. At one time most people fed their cats human food scraps – whatever came to hand. Certainly cat food was far less refined than it is today. However, it could be argued that in some respects commercial cat food is too …
by Elle (La) My 20 yr old cat is having eye problems. He is diabetic and I administer insulin once a day. He is also on diabetic diet. He has had eye infections since the onslaught of the diagnosis of diabetes. Today I noticed his left eye had his tear duct covering half of …
by Theresa Roy (Saint John, N.B. Canada) My cat was an indoor cat. She had all needles (injections) required. She was taken to vet almost yearly. She had her in for a normal routine check up the year before (2009). I felt a lump on her right side. She was drinking more than usual …
Feline Diabetes? No but this is a nice cat at the vets pic. Photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid – laughingsquid.com. Introduction Feline diabetes was and still is something that I am particularly interested in as my cat is susceptible to it, being overweight, and in the past I have been fearful that she …
