Dear all,
I am very glad I stumbled upon this forum as I am in desperate need of information.
My dog, Ben, who is 10/11 years old (cross-breed but looks like a Toy Manchester Terrier) has been disgnosed with disbetes in December, just before Christmas. Today, he is on his death bed. Is it normal?
Our vet started him on a low insulin dose (caninsulin - we are in Europe) and gradually increased it to 8.5 . Ben had been losing weight all this time, refusing to eat Hill's W/d and we started feeding him chicken (refused barley, oats, broccoli, wd canned food, wd dry food soaked in broth). His thirst nver subsided, pees three times / night and sugar levels have remained high (24-21). Last Sunday he started vomiting water as soon as he drank it. We went straight to the vet who put him on an intravenous drip and he r cover d slightly, only to relapse yesterday and he is again on drip.
Our vet is suspecting he has Cushing's disease (tests are underway but will have to wait two weeks for results as they have to be sent to the UK - no analysis is possible where I live). I am suspecting Ben might have Addison's too, which is why I am writing to see if from your experience Addison's can occur with simultaneously with high rather than low blood glucose levels.
The symptoms Ben is showing do not tally completely with all the information I am finding on the Internet for Cushing's (his coat is still velvety and he has no pot belly). I am worried as it seems that for my vet this will be the last attempt to save Ben's life and I am doing my best to leave no stone unturned before that happens.
Do you have any suggestions?
I am very glad I stumbled upon this forum as I am in desperate need of information.
My dog, Ben, who is 10/11 years old (cross-breed but looks like a Toy Manchester Terrier) has been disgnosed with disbetes in December, just before Christmas. Today, he is on his death bed. Is it normal?
Our vet started him on a low insulin dose (caninsulin - we are in Europe) and gradually increased it to 8.5 . Ben had been losing weight all this time, refusing to eat Hill's W/d and we started feeding him chicken (refused barley, oats, broccoli, wd canned food, wd dry food soaked in broth). His thirst nver subsided, pees three times / night and sugar levels have remained high (24-21). Last Sunday he started vomiting water as soon as he drank it. We went straight to the vet who put him on an intravenous drip and he r cover d slightly, only to relapse yesterday and he is again on drip.
Our vet is suspecting he has Cushing's disease (tests are underway but will have to wait two weeks for results as they have to be sent to the UK - no analysis is possible where I live). I am suspecting Ben might have Addison's too, which is why I am writing to see if from your experience Addison's can occur with simultaneously with high rather than low blood glucose levels.
The symptoms Ben is showing do not tally completely with all the information I am finding on the Internet for Cushing's (his coat is still velvety and he has no pot belly). I am worried as it seems that for my vet this will be the last attempt to save Ben's life and I am doing my best to leave no stone unturned before that happens.
Do you have any suggestions?
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