I am caring for a neighbor’s cat, a 15-16 dsh neutered male. The cat’s owner, after a long surgery recuperation, probably will not be in a position to do a raw diet, or even a homemade one for her cat, even if she were so inclined (we’ve had a few arguments about food). So, I need a KISS diet.
For the background on this situation, please scroll down the category and see my other two posts on this subject — I don’t want to bore anyone by regurgitating the same stuff. Just bear in mind that the woman, after a long surgery recuperation, probably will not be in a position to do a raw diet, or even a homemade one for her cat.
So, after an entire day of researching, (Shirley’s Wellness, Dr.Hodgekins, SnikSnak, you name it, I’ve been there) it seems like there are two very divided schools of thought) (and one sort of in the middleon food for diabetes management in cats. One is a high-carb, low protein diet (in fact Cornell Veterinary School recommends that). The other is a moderate protein, low carb diet, and the other is a high-protein, high fact, moderate carb. I feed my own cats an 80% home-made, about 50% raw, but I am reluctant to get this cat on this type of diets, as, knowing the owner of the cat…it will never happen, but I can probably convince her to feed a primarily wet, good-quality canned food.
So, I want to know what you folks with diabetic cats who do NOT feed raw feed. For those of you who have seen my posts, you know Is give Hills a thumbs down, but when researching food, I am astonished the number of dry foods that claim to be suitable for diabetes, but if a suitable low-carb/low grain dry is available I know this would be a good option for the cat’s owner.
What supplements do you give your cats? I give my cats enzymes, will this be any benefit (I’ve seen nothing about it in the sites).
Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated.