All this makes our hairy to develop one of the diseases that most will affect their day to day.
Feline Diabetes Symptoms & Sign
Diabetes in cats is not very different from the human. It is due to excessive increase of glucose in the blood, which causes these symptoms:
Increased appetite
Drink more water than usual
Urine more often
Although these symptoms are those who must give us sound the alarm, any change in your routine or any suspicion that you have, however small, is more than enough reason to go immediately to the vet. It is much better to prevent than cure.
There are several types of diabetes, and the most common in cats is type II, i.e. the causes that there is a lack of insulin secreted by the pancreas and which makes glucose levels skyrocket. If the disease is advanced, the affected cat tends to have difficulty to use their front feet, which makes him walk or jump. In addition, it may have vomiting, dehydration, blindness or you can end up in a coma.
The diagnosis is made by taking a blood sample from the animal to check glucose levels. If you're sick, treatment will consist of injecting insulin once or twice a day, provide a very protein and low carbohydrate diet, and try to follow a routine of physical exercise in the form of games at home.
As we said above, there's nothing like the prevention, and diabetes is one of the easier to prevent diseases. Only have to take into account that should give the right amount of food per day (if you give I think, just follow the table of recommendations, and if you give him raw food give the amount according to your weight and age-appropriate), and make it run after a ball or with a feather duster several times a day.
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