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Poor Rusty. Do they have him back on insulin now, or is that what the money
is needed for? If he is laying around and sleeping all the time, and not eating,
but drinking a lot, then he has high blood glucose, and needs to be injected
with insulin. If he seems "spacey" or begins to have seizures or acts like he is
having neurological impairment, then he may be hypoglycemic (meaning he got too
much insulin for the amount of food he's eating), and would need to be put on a
glucose drip IV. It's especially important for him to eat if he is getting his
insulin injections, if he's NOT getting the injections, then his not eating may
actually be helping him... the carbs in food turn into blood glucose, and that's
bad for diabetics. If he's not getting his injections, then I highly recommend a
very low carb cat food, one with NO grains is best, such as Innova Evo, OR even
better, raw meat only. Meat has almost no carbs by itself. Normal grocery store
cat foods are VERY VERY bad for diabetic cats (corn is horrible with it's high
carbs), and I know that with the huge numbers down there, you guys are probably
having to buy the cheapest stuff you can find. Try to get the cheapest ground
beef or the chicken legs and thighs.. a pound will last a few feedings for one
cat, and it isn't very much more expensive than cheap cat food.
Phaewryn PLEASE Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!!
http://ucat.us/adopt.html DONATE: We could really use a power saw (for construction), a digital
camera (for pictures) and HOMES for CATS!
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