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The links on this page are some of those
that I found helpful when I was managing Susie's diabetes, particularly in
the early days. Several years have passed since then and there may
be many more useful sites, so I also recommend trying some of the major
search engines using key words or phrases. I no longer regularly
maintain the links on this page, but I do occasionally check them all and
update or remove any that are not working. They were last checked in
full in March/April 2008.
Even though I am in the UK, many of the links
are to USA websites. This is simply because when I was first putting this page
together, the majority of
informative websites about diabetes in cats were based there. As a result,
you might see a mixture of different spellings on this page. I have
used American English where it is part of the name of an organisation in
the US. All other spellings are in British English.
Principal Feline
Diabetes Sites
These are complete extensive sites that provide
comprehensive coverage of feline or pet diabetes.
 www.sugarpet.net - Very
extensive UK based site from Deborah dedicated to her two
"sugar pet" diabetic cats, Paris and Tokyo (Tatty), packed with
practical information and tips, particularly about home blood glucose
testing, and an extensive links page with many links
different to those that you'll find here. There are pages with graphs
of BG curves from Paris and Tatty, and a page with some excellent photos of
how to inject a cat, featuring Tatty.
felinediabetes.com
- Feline Diabetes. Excellent comprehensive site dedicated solely to diabetes
in cats, with many
pages, a good introduction, techniques and tips and the renowned Feline
Diabetes Message Board.
www.petdiabetes.org
- Pets With Diabetes. Another excellent and comprehensive site covering
diabetes in cats, dogs and other companion animals. A wealth of information from the more basic aspects to some very
specific areas, divided into manageable sections such as
education, resources, techniques.
www.caninsulin.co.uk
(for vets in UK), www.caninsulin.com
(for vets outside of UK), www.cat-dog-diabetes.com
(for pet owners) and www.pet-diabetes.com
(takes you to cat-dog-diabetes.com) - Slightly different
versions of the Caninsulin website from manufacturers Intervet.
Caninsulin is the U-40 insulin that I used for Susie's
diabetes since 1999. This family of websites contains a wealth of information about diagnosing and managing
diabetes including a video of injecting a cat, typical blood glucose curves
and those for common complications, management of diabetic cats and dogs at
all stages, and of course information about Caninsulin itself. The
veterinary sites have a more technical slant, but I still found them very
informative. There are also different sets of FAQs targeted at vets
and pet owners.
www.petdiabetes.net - As well
as a lot of practical advice and support on the site, this is the home of
the Muffin e-mail Support Group for owners of
diabetic pets, founded in 1997. The group is owned and run by
Susan and is based in Canada. Muffin was Susan's diabetic dog. I joined the group in February
2000 and was a member until 2006. It's an excellent way of keeping in touch and
sharing advice and experience with other owners of diabetic
pets all over the world.
www.petdiabetes.com
- Another comprehensive support site, owned by Judy, who I think is based in
Canada. Dedicated to Judy's diabetic dog. Again, a wealth of information,
links and profiles, and another e-mail support group for owners of diabetic
cats and dogs. An example of one of the pages is www.petdiabetes.com/brenda.htm
- reasons why BG might remain high in diabetic cats and dogs.
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Other Major Feline
Diabetes or Animal Diabetes Pages
These links may be to sites dedicated to diabetes in cats, to
sections within websites or to particularly informative single
pages. They provide detailed accounts of feline diabetes.
 www.sugarcats.com -
Sugar Cats. A fun site dedicated mainly to feline
diabetes where you can register yourself or your cat as a
special agent! Not just humour, also has a lot of useful
info, e.g. about insulin and fructosamine within the
infirmary section.
www.sugarcats.net/sites/harry/bgtest.htm
- How to Test Your Pet's Blood Glucose at
Home (starring Harry) by Nancy Johnson. A series of
excellent pages on home BG testing, including pages on ear
prick testing for cats, lip prick testing for dogs,
interpreting BG results and urine testing. Harry was a
diabetic cat who sadly passed away at the end of 1999. Essential reading if you are thinking of testing your pet's
BG at home!
www.vetmed.auburn.edu/sac/mededu/diabetes/home.html
- Several pages of useful information focusing mainly on
insulin and injections, from the Client Education Series of
Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine. Two particularly
useful pages within this section are www.vetmed.auburn.edu/sac/mededu/diabetes/administer.html
with advice and pictures about administering insulin by injection, and www.vetmed.auburn.edu/sac/mededu/diabetes/somogyi.html
which has information about the Somogyi rebound and examples of BG
curves.
 www.PetEducation.com
- Provided by Doctors Foster and Smith in the
USA with contributions from many other experts. Click on the
button on the left for their main index page for access to
their whole site - a superb, easy to navigate, extensive
collection of pages about pet care and pet health. Diabetes
in dogs and many other aspects of pet health are also covered.
Alternatively, use the following link below to go straight to the
index page for an excellent series of very informative pages
about diabetes in cats: www.peteducation.com/category_summary.cfm?cls=1&cat=1328
www.lbah.com/feline/diabetes.htm
- Long Beach Animal Hospital, USA. An extensive and
comprehensive account presented on a single page (that took
18 sides of A4 to print out!).
www.petalk.com/feline-diabetes.html
- Slightly different angle on a single large page, covering
topics such as: what it means to you to have a diabetic pet,
related diseases, adjusting insulin dosages.
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Other Feline
Diabetes or Animal Diabetes Pages
These links are generally to single pages on more broadly
based websites that provide a useful overview of feline diabetes
in some detail.
 www.vetmed.wsu.edu/ClientED/diabetes.asp
- Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine,
USA. A single page (12 sides of A4 to print) that goes into
great detail on insulin syringes and injections with a lot of
useful illustrations.
www.montvaleanimalhospital.com/new_page_11.htm
- Montvale Animal Hospital, New Jersey, USA. A single long
page (9 sides of A4 to print) about diabetes in dogs and cats
with a lot of basic information covering topics such as types
of diabetes, diagnosis, insulin therapy, home care,
monitoring and more, but not home BG testing.
www.netpets.org/cats/healthspa/diabetes.html
- Net Pets. An article called "Living with Feline
Diabetes" by Marcia King.
www.cvah.com/article/DMincats.html
- Centennial Valley Animal Hospital, Colorado, USA.
An article by Dr Rebecca Hover that was an earlier
"article of the month" and is now in their previous
months’ archives section. Good, no nonsense introduction
to feline diabetes in plain language.
www.newmanveterinary.com/Diabetes.html - Single large page on diabetes in dogs and cats,
covering insulin basics, problems of high BG, diagnosis,
treatment, types of insulin and more.
www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/brochures/diabetes.html - a page about feline diabetes within the the Feline Health
Center from the Cornell University College
of Veterinary Medicine www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc
with a link to an excellent series of videos about understanding and
managing diabetes in cats. When I checked in April 2008, the link
wasn't straightforward - you had to click on the "For Pet Owners"
tab then "Cats" and select the "Caring for you Diabetic
Cat" video series, but once you're there, the videos are well worth it.
www.bestfriends.org/members/health/feldiabetes.htm
- good basic intro from the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary,
USA in an article called "Diabetes in Cats" by Dr
Margaret Muns.
www.kitsandcards.co.uk/Inka/index.php
- Inka suffered from a very rare complication of diabetes, non-ketotic
hyperosmolar syndrome. This is Romayne's site about her 4 year long
experience of managing Inka's life threatening condition.
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Other Links
www.felinecrf.com
- The USA-based Feline CRF Information Center from Carol and
David diFiori. CRF is Chronic Renal Failure (kidneys).
www.felinecrf.org
- UK-based Tanya's Feline CRF Information Centre, dedicated to the
memory of Tanya and Thomas.
www.marvistavet.com/html/body_pilling_a_cat.html
- practical advice with photographs on how to give your cat a
tablet, from the Mar Vista Animal Medical Center, California,
USA.
www.endocrineweb.com/diabetes/index.html
- The Diabetes Center from Endocrine Web. Focused on human
diabetes, but an excellent introduction to diabetes with
plenty of relevance to diabetes in animals.
 - many of the graphics
used in Susie, Diabetic Cat are from CatStuff.
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Important
note: All information and opinion in the Susie, Diabetic Cat pages is from personal
experience. Nothing in these pages is intended to be a substitute
for proper professional advice, which should always be sought from a
qualified veterinary surgeon.
This page
was last updated
April 2008
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