Caring for a Diabetic Pet
It might be frightening to learn that your pet has diabetes. However, with proper management of insulin medication, food, and exercise under your veterinarian's guidance, a pet's quality of life can be preserved.
Is diabetes likely to be discovered in your pet? This disorder can affect as many as one cat or dog out of every 500, or even one out of every 100. Diabetes arises when there is an excessive amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood, which is brought on by either inadequate insulin synthesis or an inability of the body to react to insulin. Between the ages of 4 and 14 for dogs and middle-aged to older cats, diabetes often first manifests in older animals. In dogs, unspayed females are twice as prone to develop diabetes as unspayed males. Male cats that have been spayed or neutered are more likely to be affected. Obesity can cause dogs to develop the illness, just like it can in humans.
DIAGNOSIS SIGNS The following symptoms in your pet might point to diabetes mellitus. Not all of the indicators will appear in every pet, but any are worth mentioning to your veterinarian so they may look into the problem further. *increased urine volume and frequent urination
