• Insulin, Important Hormone in Cat Diabetes
    Insulin plays important role in cat diabetes. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas, is responsible for regulating the flow of glucose from the bloodstream into the cells of the body. When insulin is deficient or ineffective, the cat's body starts breaking down fat and protein stores to use as alternative energy sources.
  • What is Feline Diabetes?
    You probably ever hear the word diabetes. It is a metabolic disease affects the sugar (carbohydrate) metabolism in your body. Like human, Feline/cat can also suffered this disease.

    What is diabetes mellitus?

    Diabetes mellitus, or "sugar" diabetes, is a complex but common disorder in cats and dogs, caused by the inability of the hormone insulin to properly balance blood sugar (glucose) levels.  
  • Beware Hypoglycemia in Feline diabetes
    As an owner of a feline with cat diabetes, you have to be on the lookout for a hypoglycemic reaction. Hypoglycemia is low blood sugar that is also called insulin reaction or insulin shock.
  • Feline Diabetes Neuropathy: Weak Back Leg
    Feline Diabetes Neuropathy is nerve degeneration (nerve problems) associated/caused by feline diabetes. Mostly affected back leg nerves.

    Look for the following cat diabetes symptoms:

    • Weak hind legs
    • Feet slipping out from under him/her on the floor
    • Walking down on the hocks in back and/or on the wrists in front
    • Lying down more frequently, especially after short walks
  • Feline/Cat Diabetes Glossary
    Words/terms that often used in feline diabetes. You must know the meaning all of these words if you have diabetic cats at home.
  • Cat Diabetes Symptoms
    Cats cannot tell you if they are feeling unwell. Instead on relying on them to let us know that something is wrong, we have to look for the symptoms of cat diabetes. Since cat diabetes is fairly common in cats, it's important to know the feline diabetes symptoms so you can get help right away.
  • What You Should Know About Cats Diabetes

    Things that appear to be true for feline diabetes and some you might find useful when treating your diabetic cat. You will spend more years with your diabetic cats, find out what should do and what don't to your diabetic cat.

  • Fading Kitten Caused by Bacterial Infection

    Bacterial infections are the most common infectious disease of newborns.

    Fading kitten syndromeIt is hypothesized that many of these fading kitten deaths may be due to bacterial infection, and the main culprit is Strep canis (also called Group G Strep).

    The solution to this problem is a one time injection of antibiotics for both kitten and queen.

  • Fading Kitten Caused by Hereditary & Congenital Abnormalities

    There are many congenital abnormalities of cats which may become apparent during the first few months of life and some of these may cause death of young kittens. Some will be discovered on casual examination of the kittens, but in other cases a post mortem examination will be required to reveal their presence. Many inborn errors of metabolism are recognised in man and other species and these can only be diagnosed in life, often requiring sophisticated laboratory investigation.



  • Fading Kitten Caused by Feline Neonatal Isoerythrolysis (NI)
    Neonatal Isoerythrolysis involves an incompatibility in the blood group of the kittens and their mother It can occur if a group B queen has group A kittens. Some such queens have potent antibodies against group B blood.