Hello all. Thought I would stop in and write up a little update on Pippin. He is actually doing well. As he's getting older he's been not really wanting to eat his dry food so we put out wet food and dry food for him. One time a vet told me that for a diabetic cat any type of wet food was ok for them. So it doesn't have to be specifically for diabetes. I don't know if his teeth are hurting him but since he's 15 I'm a little nervous about having his teeth cleaned again. He had them done when he was 13 I think and he didn't do too well afterwards so I'm putting it off unless it seems necessary.
He's started to walk on his hocks a little which is called Neuropathy. Neuropathy is nerve pain that diabetics get in their limbs. I took him into the vet and she didn't seem that concerned and said we just need to get him regulated. He is regulated though so then she told me though eventually it can become irreversible. I came home though and did a lot of research on the internet about it and found some diabetic cat threads where people were talking about giving their cats B12 for Neuropathy. I found people were using Zobaline (specifically for cats) so I emailed my vet and asked about it. She said she doesn't tell people to use it because it's not proven to help cats with Neuropathy but told me that if I wanted to try it I could. Of course I ordered it. I think it's helping him but my husband says he looks the same. HAHA! So ... I'm going to keep him on it forever since it doesn't hurt and it's just a supplement and since it could be helping him why not?
As Pippin gets older I start to think about him passing away. People always ask me... will you get another cat? I am really not sure. It's going to be a long long time before I do. I just can't replace my cats like some people. I just feel like it's.. not right to go out and just get a "new" cat. Maybe it's because I don't have kids and Merry and Pippin are like kids to me. Anyways... hopefully I still at least have two more years with Pippin.
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Sunday, April 29, 2018
New Vet... again
Well.... everything with Pippin is going good. For the first time ever I recently completely forgot to give Pippin his shot. I've never forgotten. Sometimes, I've been late. But this time I remembered in the middle of the night at like 12:30 am and just let it go because my husband gives him his shot at 4:00 am. So I just thought it was best to keep the next shot at 4 am and get back on track from there. I felt terrible. After that I set a reminder on my phone at 5:30 PM just incase I forget again.
I recently sent Pippin's glucose numbers to my vet office (not that anyone there is really checking up on him, or paying attention). After sending the numbers over I did get an email back from the veterinarian I use stating that she was leaving and going back into emergency care. I'm so disappointed in this. I know that the people at the office are like whatever because it's one of those offices where they have like 5 or 6 vets. I hate that. I kept staying with the dame Dr whenever I go in for an appointment and when emailing in. I did ask her for a recommendation in the office of someone who could be my go to but she never answered me back. I hate to change vets and go to an office with one Dr because I'd have to pay $100 some bucks for that first initial visit and explain and go over everything about Pippin all over again. So I'll just stick with this vet and deal with it. I'm really surprised though that I lost another vet. If the Dr was going to a different practice I would follow her there but since she's going into emergency I can't. I do miss my old vet office. They would check in with how Pippin was doing at least once a month and review his glucose numbers with me... the new vet office (though I've been there like 2 years now) just doesn't take as much interest.
Pippin is 15 now. He sleeps soooo much. I can tell that he is starting to feel his age. We recently moved into a new house and it's taken him a little while to adjust. He used to love to sit outside at the old house and this house it's taking a little longer. He has finally started sitting out on the patio just for a little while. He never sits in the windows... he just likes to mostly be in his bed or sitting on a chair with me. It's hard to see my boy age. His diabetes is doing really well though and that's what's important.
I recently sent Pippin's glucose numbers to my vet office (not that anyone there is really checking up on him, or paying attention). After sending the numbers over I did get an email back from the veterinarian I use stating that she was leaving and going back into emergency care. I'm so disappointed in this. I know that the people at the office are like whatever because it's one of those offices where they have like 5 or 6 vets. I hate that. I kept staying with the dame Dr whenever I go in for an appointment and when emailing in. I did ask her for a recommendation in the office of someone who could be my go to but she never answered me back. I hate to change vets and go to an office with one Dr because I'd have to pay $100 some bucks for that first initial visit and explain and go over everything about Pippin all over again. So I'll just stick with this vet and deal with it. I'm really surprised though that I lost another vet. If the Dr was going to a different practice I would follow her there but since she's going into emergency I can't. I do miss my old vet office. They would check in with how Pippin was doing at least once a month and review his glucose numbers with me... the new vet office (though I've been there like 2 years now) just doesn't take as much interest.
Pippin is 15 now. He sleeps soooo much. I can tell that he is starting to feel his age. We recently moved into a new house and it's taken him a little while to adjust. He used to love to sit outside at the old house and this house it's taking a little longer. He has finally started sitting out on the patio just for a little while. He never sits in the windows... he just likes to mostly be in his bed or sitting on a chair with me. It's hard to see my boy age. His diabetes is doing really well though and that's what's important.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Diabetic Cats- Cat Bed
There is nothing worse then having a diabetic cat and finding you left the insulin out. NOTHING. The knowledge that you just wasted $100 on a vial of Prozinc is awful. I came home from going out to dinner tonight to find that the insulin was still on the counter. Luckily it was only out two hours in the dark so I'm hoping that it is still a good vial. The only way to know is to take glucose measurements tomorrow and just hope they go down. It's the first time we have only left the insulin out a few hours rather then 12 hours so I'm really hoping it's good. Plus it was still foggy inside the liquid which I guess is a sign it's still good. I've looked all over the internet whether or not Prozinc can be left out for 2 hours and most say yes. I saw several comments saying that it's OK to leave it out even for 12 hours. I have found that this is false. Anytime we've left insulin out for 12 hours and checked glucose on our cats their glucose numbers are super high and it's obvious the insulin wasn't working anymore.
I recently had to waste money taking Pippin into the vet. The new vet wanted to "see" him (get $60 and blood work) since his glucose was a little higher then usual. My old vet would just adjust insulin amounts... so that kind of sucked. Then she wanted to put him on an antibiotic just incase but I didn't pick that up because he's fine just needed a insulin adjustment. So complicated.
We sold our house so we've been staying with a friend until we get a new one. Pippin has done well. He has the run of two bedrooms and one bathroom. My friend has two cats of his own and Pippin just doesn't want to mingle with them. So he's enjoying his time upstairs in his own territory. Though I know he's ready to get into his own house again.
We have still been buying our needles and food online. Much cheaper then the store. Diabetes hasn't got any easier but Pippin is still doing well and hopefully lives another 5 years. We bought him a new bed finally. All these years he and Merry slept in these tiny circle beds we bought them when we first adopted them. I bought them a bigger bed once before but they completely ignored it. I was then in Petsmart and saw a superhero section (for dogs) and there was a Superman bed! I bought it and he ignored it at first. For a long time actually and now I can't get him out. Since we are staying in our friend's house we had Pippin's bed and food next to each other. This picture shows him not even bothering to get out of bed to eat. He's just leaning over to his food bowl.. so lazy!!
I recently had to waste money taking Pippin into the vet. The new vet wanted to "see" him (get $60 and blood work) since his glucose was a little higher then usual. My old vet would just adjust insulin amounts... so that kind of sucked. Then she wanted to put him on an antibiotic just incase but I didn't pick that up because he's fine just needed a insulin adjustment. So complicated.
We sold our house so we've been staying with a friend until we get a new one. Pippin has done well. He has the run of two bedrooms and one bathroom. My friend has two cats of his own and Pippin just doesn't want to mingle with them. So he's enjoying his time upstairs in his own territory. Though I know he's ready to get into his own house again.
We have still been buying our needles and food online. Much cheaper then the store. Diabetes hasn't got any easier but Pippin is still doing well and hopefully lives another 5 years. We bought him a new bed finally. All these years he and Merry slept in these tiny circle beds we bought them when we first adopted them. I bought them a bigger bed once before but they completely ignored it. I was then in Petsmart and saw a superhero section (for dogs) and there was a Superman bed! I bought it and he ignored it at first. For a long time actually and now I can't get him out. Since we are staying in our friend's house we had Pippin's bed and food next to each other. This picture shows him not even bothering to get out of bed to eat. He's just leaning over to his food bowl.. so lazy!!
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