Specific feeding instructions increase owner adherence and simplify diabetes management for dogs and cats.

When Randy Frostig took his cat, Bill, to the veterinarian six years ago, he was seriously worried. “He was lethargic and he wasn’t eating, and his urine was sticking to his paws,” Frostig recalls.

You may not know this, but cats can get diabetes. The pancreas normally produces insulin, a hormone, which helps move glucose from the blood stream to the cells of the body, so it can be used for ...

Learning a pet has diabetes can be a shock. Sadly, about 20% of diabetic cats and dogs are euthanized within a year of diagnosis due to the impacts on the pets' health and their owners' lifestyle and ...

A full nutrition assessment should direct therapeutic diet selection for newly diagnosed dogs and cats with diabetes.

The causes of diabetes mellitus in cats remain unknown although there has been a strong debate about whether a dry food diet puts cats at greater risk for diabetes. A new study suggests that weight ...

Our cat has been overweight for years and came down with diabetes two years ago, at 11. We have treated it with a prescription diet and insulin shots twice a day. The food hasn’t really made much ...