In my general practice here in south Florida I usually diagnose a diabetic every month or 2. This past week I diagnosed 2 in one day! One of the biggest worries clients have (other than financial, of course), is giving injections to their beloved pet! Some pet owners are a natural with giving injections. Others need […]
This week I was presented with a pet who was drinking a noticeably greater amount than he previously had been drinking. The owner was afraid the pet had diabetes. That is a very valid thought! Diabetes, kidney disease and Cushings disease all come to mind when a pet gradually starts to drink more. If I had […]
“Tell me why my vet wants to run a urine culture when the urinalysis was normal?”
Boy, I’ve gotten this question several times this year! Running urine cultures is part of the “routine” tests your veterinarian will want to test on at least a yearly basis for a diabetic pet. Many internists suggest doing a urine culture […]
When I joined the ADW team in 2011, my charge was to help educate our ADW clients about pet diabetes. I love interactions with our clients, and the emails I receive are a great source of future articles. I love being part of the ADW team and sharing my experiences as a small animal general practitioner […]
This week we had a client write in about why a diabetes company would sell feline Greenies, which are not a low carbohydrate cat treat. My answer to her was this: cats are like potato chips, in that few of us manage to have “just […]
As a veterinarian in South Florida, I can’t tell you how many itchy allergic pets I see every week. I see pets with food allergies, flea allergies and a lot of pets with hay fever (aka atopic dermatitis or atopy). When veterinarians first see a pet with allergic dermatitis we must first figure out if it […]
In the past few weeks I have had great dialogue with dozens of diabetic pet owners with questions about obtaining better overall health for their pets. I met with people that were newly diagnosed and I met with people that have been working towards better diabetes management for years.
A blood glucose meter kit is designed to give the user everything needed to begin immediate blood glucose testing. The starter kits have a meter, a lancing device, lancets, test strips, instructions and the little noticed bottle of control solution. Folks usually get the starter kit and are so nervous and excited to check Fluffy’s […]
When I first tell my veterinary clients with diabetic pets that I’m going to show them how to check a blood glucose on their pet (so that they can do so at home), I’d say a good number of them get a “deer in the headlights” look. It’s almost as dramatic as the look a client […]
As a veterinarian, I can’t help but associate diseases I hear about in humans to similar diseases in pets. The typical layperson does likewise in associating pet diseases to their human counterpart diseases. It’s a sign of intelligence to extrapolate what we already know to an issue new to us, but it can occasionally mislead us. […]