Diabetes Booklet

05 How is diabetes treated? Insulin injections Insulin helps reduce the amount of circulating glucose and mimics the natural hormone’s effect. Injections are given under the skin, once or twice a day depending on your pet’s individual requirements. In order to achieve good control you must try to give the injections at regular intervals and keep your pet’s lifestyle as consistent as possible. The vets and nurses at your practice will show you how to carry out these injections so that treatment can be maintained at home. Diet Use of a diet designed specifically for diabetic patients may help reduce the quantity of insulin required and achieve faster control of the disease. For dogs this will be carbohydrate based and for cats this will be protein based. Overweight pets tend not to respond as well to insulin, therefore a prescription weight loss diet may be recommended by your vet. Good news! Diabetes mellitus is treatable in both cats and dogs. Most dogs and cats will require a diet change and insulin injections to treat the diabetes. Uncover the signs of diabetes