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A Peril To Your Pet: Cat Diabetes |
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Several rats must have cursed your lovely cat!
It has feline diabetes. Like a human being, it has gone through
pathological tests. And the tests have confirmed that the cat has
diabetes. In the initial stage, you are not willing to believe this. But
the test reports are before you! It is a serious disease!
Now, what is diabetes in a cat? How does it differ from the
diabetes in human beings? Not much in principle, except that human
beings can be advised to exercise control over the diet, but the cat
won't stop eating rats!
Now you know what diabetes is. At the
cost of repeating and for the benefit of the cat, I repeat it for you.
Blood contains sugar. This sugar is known as glucose. The hormone
insulin controls the blood sugar level. Insulin is produced by the
pancreas. When this organ does not produce adequate insulin, it is the
state of diabetes.
Cats pass more urine than the usual and wish
to drink more and more water. It suffers weight loss, develops lethargy
and poor coat condition and decreased appetite.
In the state
explained above, your cat needs to be provided with immediate treatment.
If you neglect its present stage, it will soon become inactive, stop
urinating, will begin to vomit regularly and in the end fall into a
coma. You need to give to your cat, appropriate food, at fixed intervals.
Your
vet surgeon needs to be consulted immediately. It needs insulin shots.
The surgeon will decide about the number of shots required per
day.
Before taking the cat for the
insulin shot, give it the proper food. Never take it for the insulin
shot on an empty stomach. The reaction or side effect in such a case
will be instant. If that is not done, a hypoglycemic shock may occur
with the cat. Excess insulin may also do the ultimate damage.
Feline diabetes may affect cats of any breed, age or sex. The
exact causes for diabetes in cats are not known. But the known causes
read like the ones that contribute to diabetes in human beings. They are
obesity, pancreatic disease, genetics and hormonal imbalances...and the
usual cause, wrong medication!
If you are a genuine lover of
animals, you need to give the same care to your pets, presently the cat.
That you can do by taking it for periodical physical examination to your
vet. By doing so, you may get a gift there. The precious gift of the
life of your pet!
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