Does fat cat have diabetes?
One of our cats is titis can be caused by
almost 15 and recently eating toxins, having
developed issues that parasites or even trauma
have had her in and including that
out of the ER. We hope brought on by inflammatory
you might shed some bowel disease,
light on the situation however the cause is
because we’re still usually unknown.
confused as to what Pancreatitis is an
happened yet relieved inflammatory condition
she is stable now. She in which some of
used to be a heavy cat the enzymes normally
and had lost at least 6 produced are shed
pounds over three to almost eating away at
four months’ time. local tissues.
One day she developed In the case of your severe lethargy cat, despite the confusion,
and stopped eating so I suspect that she
we were concerned. Of note is that may have had an underlying mild
she had been drinking more water. pancreatitis for some time that
The ER admitted her and after fully manifested itself leading to
blood tests and an ultrasound, we the acute need for hospitalization.
were told she had moderate to This probably also led to a reduction
severe pancreatitis and her glucose in insulin production causing
was elevated. What could have diabetes mellitus over the previous
caused the pancreatitis or possible month. That your cat was
diabetes? They stabilized her quickly, overweight before also likely led the pancreatitis resolved almost to the diabetes. In other words,
immediately, and she came home on the situation is complex and both
insulin for diabetes. After a seizure conditions often have an
at home returned her to the ER, we unknown cause.
adjusted the insulin dose and things Pancreatitis in cats can often
are good. resolve in two or three days with
Could they have been that confused, hospitalized care and IV fluid and can pancreatitis resolve therapies. Since you do not specify
so quickly? how long the cat was there, I
You may want to do some independent suspect that might have been the reading on pancreatitis case. Insulin dosing can be a challenge and diabetes in cats. Both are, as and while cats are usually the name suggests, related to the started at a low level, I suspect an pancreas, which is an organ that initial dose was too high, causing produces digestive enzymes that the seizure and the dose was lowered break down foods thereby allow- to a manageable level that ing digestion to take place. It also is you have seem to have achieved the body organ that produces insu- now. It seems as if good care was lin in cells called Beta cells, as well given to your cat and I am glad as a few other hormones. Pancrea- things are now under control.