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10 Warning Signs of Diabetes in Dogs & Cats

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10 Warning Signs of Diabetes in Dogs & Cats

 

A growing epidemic amongst our pets, recognizing and spreading awareness about diabetes in dogs and cats is vital to helping pet owners spot and treat the disorder early.

10. Weakness or Fatigue

Diabetes can cause wasting of back muscles or weakness in the back legs of cats. With dogs there may just be a general sense of lethargy, being less active, or sleeping more.

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10:44AM PDT on Apr 15, 2013

Thanks for the info

2:57PM PST on Dec 26, 2012

My cat definitely has diabetes

I got some supplies from www.diabetessuppliesplus.com on clearance and used them on him.

12:09PM PDT on Aug 20, 2012

Thanks for publishing this! My suspicion that my cat had diabetes was deepened by this post. When I took him to the vet, sure enough, my suspicions were confirmed. The good news is that we caught it early, meaning that my baby will regain his old quality of life and may even go into remission!

Sudden weight loss (as if it happened overnight), a ravenous appetite (even if your baby was eating like a piranha before), and increased thirst are the earliest signs. If you let it go too long, your cat will die. Most need insulin to survive.

12:05PM PDT on Aug 20, 2012

Thanks for publishing this! My suspicion that my cat had diabetes was deepened by this post. When I took him to the vet, sure enough, my suspicions were confirmed. The good news is that we caught it early, meaning that my baby will regain his old quality of life and may even go into remission!

Sudden weight loss (as if it happened overnight), a ravenous appetite (even if your baby was eating like a piranha before), and increased thirst are the earliest signs. If you let it go too long, your cat will die. Most need insulin to survive.

11:57AM PDT on Aug 20, 2012

Thanks for publishing this! My suspicion that my cat had diabetes was deepened by this post. When I took him to the vet, sure enough, my suspicions were confirmed. The good news is that we caught it early, meaning that my baby will regain his old quality of life and may even go into remission!

Sudden weight loss (as if it happened overnight), a ravenous appetite (even if your baby was eating like a piranha before), and increased thirst are the earliest signs. If you let it go too long, your cat will die. Most need insulin to survive.

12:24AM PDT on Aug 10, 2012

thank you.

8:23AM PDT on Aug 9, 2012

Hugh? I clicked on this article & it went to #10...??? Where is 1-9????

6:52AM PDT on Aug 8, 2012

My dog has hair loss and some stress-related urination.Think he is a normal healthy dog. Thanks for the feature so that we are all sufficiently warned.

10:19PM PDT on Aug 7, 2012

favorited this and shared it two times on my fb timeline today, since i never knew any of this, i thought maybe others won't have either. now i'm worrying though since my dog has every symptom but one, the hair loss since he's akita/chow mix with like 5 different coats of fur.

6:31PM PDT on Aug 7, 2012

thanks

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