So you have just found out your beloved pet has diabetes? It’s not the end of the world and it’s not a death sentence for your pet either. It doesn’t necessarily mean a radical change in both yours and your pets life’s either. The treatment courses are different depending on wither your pet has type [...]

You have just found out your pet has diabetes, you know nothing about it. You are scared for your pet and worried about its well being. This can be a very traumatic and stressful time especially if your pet has been in your family for a very long time. Dealing with a diabetic pet is [...]

Are you worried about your dog? Or maybe you are just educating yourself prior to getting a dog. Either way this article plans to educate you on diabetes in dogs. 1 in 500 dogs develop diabetes which is approximately 0.2% of dogs so while you are not alone there will be someone close who is [...]

Diabetes mellitus is a condition in which a person or animal has an abnormal blood sugar level in which the host of the disease cannot control. Diabetes can occur in two ways, if your body can’t produce enough insulin then you have diabetes. Insulin is secreted by your pancreas and is released to control a [...]

A pet can be one of the family, loved and respected by everyone around it. Many people worry about their pets, it’s a good job too as if no one was there to look out for it then something could have happened a long time ago. So maybe you heard about diabetes in pets from [...]

For all of time cats have taken care of perpetuating themselves pretty much on their own. Originally, the domesticated cat was used for the hunting and extermination of rodents. In earlier times with cats we would feed them so that they would remain around our homes. As time marched on we began to take part [...]

If you have a dog or a cat, it’s not a good idea to share that chocolate with them. NOTE: You never know what your pet will like to eat. I have one cat that LOVES ICE CREME and BREAD…the other cat LOVES POPCORN. Who knew????? http://DiabeticKitty.com

Well here it is almost the end of Feb 2010. After a wicked start of the New Decade my Diabetic Kitty Blacktop is doing great! I am so happy to see him doing so well after all the hell he has been through over the last couple of months. I truly hope that all diabetic [...]

New Decade brings my Diabetic Kitty “Blacktop” problems. In my last months post I told you how Blacktop’s blood sugar had risen to dangerous levels which caused him coordination problems etc…so the vet increased his insulin dosage back to 2 units. Okay the New Decade rolled around…..it’s 2010 yea! Blacktop on his new 2 unit [...]

DECEMBER 2009 As I posted in my last post after “Blacktop” started losing weight we made a trip to the Vet where he had several test. Since we had dropped “Blacktop”s dosage back down to one unit from three units….now he was suffering from not enough insulin. Seems whatever he eats does not nourish him [...]