Cat diabetes. HELP!!!!!!!?

[fallingskilletup]

I just found out my cat has diabetes and don't know much about it. Could someone please give me some information on what to do. A website or something. Also where can I get cheaper medicine for him? And is there a special diet I should put him on?


Thanks in advance.


Oh and don't know that this matters, but he is an older cat.

[janelly_chick]

well usually the vet will recommend a food for your pet to eat, it will probably be expensive though since it is a prescription food. also, the insulin you have to buy is extremely expensive; sometimes if you get it from a pharmacy it can be a bit cheaper along with the insulin syringes. just do me a favor and treat your cat for diabetes. at my animal clinic these people have a diabetic cat and they don't treat it and the poor cat is miserable. he comes in every few weeks and has to get an enema because he can't poop and he has mega-colon. it's horrible. it doesn't matter how much the insulin is, plus he probably doesn't get a large amount of the insulin so a bottle should last awhile, if he is a smaller cat.