Real-life stories of cats (and their owners!) and how they are dealing with diabetes. Just click a picture to read their story.
I am extremely grateful to the people and pets shown here for sharing their stories with me, and for allowing me to publish them on this site. Thank you all so much. If you too are caring for a diabetic cat, please send me your story, I would love to add you to this list.
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Half the inspiration for this website and my own beautiful Little Man, Paris is the reason that I know anything at all about diabetes. |
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The other half of this site’s inspiration, and one of the few female diabetic cats I know, I sometimes think that Tokyo became diabetic just to prove to me that I didn’t know as much as I thought I knew! |
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As at June 2007, Oscar has been diabetic for an incredible nine years. Seventeen year old Oscar (or the Old Bear as his owner Jane calls him) is an star! |
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Keeper was diagnosed with diabetes at the end of 2004. Click to read about how he got his unusual name, and how he’s getting to grips with his condition. |
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This is Jazz, a cat of good, strong, Lancastrian stock, diagnosed with diabetes in October 2007 |
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This is Melita and her brother, Othello. Melita was diagnosed diabetic in May 2007. |
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Jazz is an astonishing 19 years old, and has lived successfully with diabetes for four years. |
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Rocky is a handsome 12 year old who lives in Luton with other felines named after characters in the Rocky Horror Picture show, and his Mum Cheryl. |
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Meet Toffee, enjoying a quiet afternoon snooze. This 15 year old rescue cat made a very smart choice when he chose Kim as his new owner! |
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