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What is Moasi you may ask? Moasi is the Navajo word for cat!
News
One of our babies, Sassy, was diagnosed with Feline Diabetes in September
2002. Thanks to a great Vet, and finding the Feline Diabetes and Gorbzilla
websites, we learned to home test and care for him.
Sassy was on insulin for about a year, when his numbers started to fall. He needed less and
less insulin, so in November 2003, we managed to take him off insulin completely and control
his sugar with a combination of low carbohydrate, high protein diet, Epogen for his anemia,
and Thyrotabs for his hypo-thyroidism. He maintained blood glucose numbers averaging in the
mid 80s.
After about a year and a half, Sassy's blood glucose numbers started to rise again. We put
him back on the same PZI insulin, and fought regulation for almost 6 months with no success.
We changed to a different insulin, Lantus, and he was regulated almost immediately! He is currently on
.5 units twice a day, and doing wonderfully.
See our Kitties Page page for more
information.
Revised:
08/21/06
Links
These are some of our favorite links...
A Heavenly Fable
.....Fable
by Michael Mountain reprinted by permission from Best Friends magazine.
Bear Creek Animal Clinic
.....Link
This is a link to our very special Veterinary Clinic. We have been going to this clinic for over 15 years
and love the whole staff. They are extremely caring and also very up to date on treatment protocols for
diabetic kitties!
Texas Siamese Rescue Alliance
.....Link
If you are interested in adopting a wonderful Siamese or Siamese mix,
please check out this link. They maintain a central rescue located just
north of Dallas in Denton, TX, satellite rescues in
Austin and Houston, and have about 30 fosters taking care of the kitties. At the center in Denton,
they have a cat tree room, playrooms, a room for nursing moms, and an isolation room for kitties
that come to the center with any illnesses.
Gorbzilla
.....Link
Gorbzilla.com is your source for Feline Diabetes on the web. Check out the Official Feline Diabetes
Links for lots of information on home testing, neuropathy, diet/nutrition, CRF, pancreatitis, hyperthyroidism,
and so much more.
Jenny's Portraits
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Jenny is a wonderful artist, capturing the very soul of your 2 or 4 legged companion with
pastels and paper. Please visit her site to see incredible examples of her craft.
Feline Diabetes
.....Link
Felinediabetes.com is a great place to message with other owners of diabetic cats. Check out their message
board and Quality of Life stories!
In Memory Of Magic - IMOM
.....Link
This is an excellent site...their mission:
Helping people help pets. To better the lives of sick, injured and abused
companion animals. We are dedicated to insure that no companion animal has to be
euthanized simply because their caretaker is financially challenged.