Pet Diabetes Newsletter

Monitoring diabetes is critical to determining your pet's proper insulin dose as discussed in Pet Diabetes Monitoring - Part 1. To a large extent, monitoring can be done at home and it is possible to save a great deal of money by doing so. However, some tests simply must be done at the veterinarian's office.

Detailed discussion on the topic of monitoring diabetes in pets, including warning signs that a pet owner can watch for, a simple process for taking note and keeping track of your pet's physical condition, and some basic instructions on the proper way to check and manage your pet's glucose levels should they be found to be in need of diabetes monitoring.

... According to the 2009 Pet Obesity Prevention Study, it is estimated that 89 million US dogs and cats are overweight (54% of the estimated 171 million pets) or obese and an estimated 26 million US pets (15% of pets) are obese. For comparison, it is estimated that 64% of the US population is overweight and 26% is obese according the North American Association for the Study of Obesity...

I get many questions from owners of pets with diabetes. This month, I address pet insulin syringes.

Dear Dr. Gary,

My dog has been getting 5 units of insulin with U-40 syringes, but I ran out of syringes and I all have are U-100 syringes. Is 1 unit of insulin in a U-40 syringe equal to 1 […]

My cat, Tiger, has been drinking a lot of water and losing weight. My veterinarian diagnosed diabetes, but what does this mean?

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common endocrine diseases of dogs and cats. To better understand the disease process, let’s review the normal metabolism of an animal. The body’s cells need energy in the […]

Growing up, I knew I was destined to be in the health care field since most of my family was involved in medicine.

My parents both developed diabetes when I was a teenager and I decided to be actively involved with their care. I knew nothing about this illness, but I learned quickly because I was scared […]