How To Encourage Your Cat To Drink Water

Encourage Your Cat To Drink Water, cat care

Have you ever wondered how much water your cat need daily ? well if you want to know, you can find out about that in Cat Water Intake. Inadequate water intake may lead to many urinary problems like kidney problems or Feline urinary syndrome (FUS) or feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD).  Some Tricks may encourage your cat to drink water, like :


A Brief History of Commercial Cat Food and Cat Litter

Although cats have been household pets for thousands of years, the notion of specially marketed food and litter for them is very modern.


Diabetic Cat Food Guide

Cats are obligate carnivores and are not designed by nature to consume a high carbohydrate diet. It is terribly illogical to feed any cat dry kibble, but especially one with diabetes. The rationale also applies to any of the prescription dry diabetes diets such as Purina DM and Hill's Science Diet w/d and m/d.

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.

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