Poor Mollie

We found out this week that Mollie has diabetes. She had been losing a lot of weight and was drinking and using her litterbox a LOT. These are the first symptoms owners usually notice. She is doing very well and needs two insulin shots a day. Dan is great at giving them and I'm thinking he would have been a very good small animal vet. I've done three now and the needle is so fine that Mollie doesn't even seem to notice. I hate giving her the shots but have to when Dan's gone. We hope that in the future she will be okay on diet alone but our vet says that for now we should just work on getting her down to one shot per day with the diet change.

Did you know that canned food is better for your cats than dry because it has more protein and very little carbs/sugar? Even cheap canned food is just fine as long as it's not the kind with gravy, which has high fructane sugars. Cats eat mice, which are almost pure protein, they do not need carbs. I was surprised by the research I found online, but it makes sense. Many cats do fine with dry, but could use a little canned now and then, mixed in with the dry as a treat. It has more water which they need too. Something to think about if you have a kitty in your home.

I should mention that Mollie is doing just great, her fur seems softer already with the canned food, she's kind of lazy but she's always been that way. Weight and inactivity predisposed her to diabetes. Being a Siamese was another factor.