Everything in the world has birth, old age, sickness and death, and no one can avoid getting sick. When a dog gets sick, because the owner is unfamiliar with pet diseases, he becomes afraid when he hears some diseases. Today I want to talk about how...
Everything in the world has birth, old age, sickness and death, and no one can avoid getting sick. When a dog gets sick, because the owner is unfamiliar with pet diseases, he becomes afraid when he hears some diseases. Today I want to talk about how to treat diabetes from dogs. Diabetes of dogs are not scary. If even the owner gives up, who else can the dog rely on?
The incidence of diabetes in dogs is actually not high compared to diseases such as the heart, kidney or liver. The data I have seen before is that in every 700 dogs, about one dog suffers from diabetes, but life may have improved. Judging from the data in recent years, the probability of dogs suffering from diabetes has increased.
The pancreas cannot produce insulin, which is type I diabetes (formerly known as juvenile diabetes).
Dogs cannot produce the insulin needed by the body, which is type II diabetes.
Most of diabetic dogs are type II, and obese, genetic or middle-aged and elderly dogs are the most common people with diabetes.
Digital diabetes symptoms
The obvious symptoms of dog diabetes are very similar to those of humans, "three more and one less", drinking more, eating more, urinating more, and losing weight.
1. Drink more
Dogs with diabetes have increased demand for water, so we should observe whether the dog's demand for water has increased in the near future. If you just finished exercising, or if you are normal factors such as hot weather, you don’t have to worry too much about drinking water.
2. Eat more
When the feeding amount is the same as before, if the dog is always unable to eat enough and after eating more, its weight remains unchanged or decreases, it is also a significant sign of diabetes.
3. As the amount of polyuria
increases, the amount of urination of dogs will naturally increase accordingly. However, in addition to the increase in urine volume, dogs' urination frequency has also increased. If you see that the dog's water consumption increases and the amount of urination and the number of urination increases significantly, you need to pay more attention.
4. Weight loss
Because diabetes can increase the body's metabolism. Even if the dog eats more, its weight will not increase but decrease.
In addition, it can be accompanied by hair loss (especially hair along the back), fatigue or lethargy, as well as complications such as urinary tract infection and cataracts.
Which dogs are more popular with diabetes?
Breeds, age, gender, weight, and diet will all become the reasons why diabetes targets dogs.
Breeds: Among purebred dogs, Husky, Poodle, Samoyed, Schnauzer, Mini Doberman, Fox Dog, Fox Terrier, Bichon, Dutch Lion, Poly, Kayon Terrier, and Australian Terrier may all be high-risk groups. There are also studies that compared with purebred dogs, mixed breeds are more likely to develop diabetes, but no corresponding research report has been found yet, so they remain skeptical about this.
Age: Very few dogs under one year old have diabetes. Middle-aged and elderly dogs are a high-incidence group of diabetes, and most of them are over seven years old when they are diagnosed.
Gender: The probability of a bitch is > male dog;
Weight: Obesity is the original sin.
Diet: A high-fat diet may cause pancreatitis and can also cause diabetes to the dog.
Diabetes Treatment
Diabetes is a chronic disease, so what is more needed is the conditioning of daily life. Under dietary conditioning, exercise and insulin, dogs can live as happy as ordinary dogs.
Diet: Most pet doctors recommend a high-fiber and low-fat diet. Foods with high fiber are more full, while foods with low fat have fewer calories. But make sure your dog drinks enough water, as foods that are not as high-fiber can cause constipation or other problems.
Exercise: Excessive obesity can cause other diseases to the dog. If the dog is overweight, you must lose weight. For diabetic dogs, proper exercise every day can not only reduce the dog's weight, but also reduce blood sugar levels. But don’t exercise for a long time or suddenly and vigorously, as hypoglycemia is more fatal.
Insulin: Dogs with diabetes need one or two insulin injections per day. As for insulin, please consult your pet doctor.
Daily monitoring of dog blood sugar: Take measurements every one to two hours within 12 to 24 hours. Regularly checking your dog's blood sugar levels can detect problems before they occur. Levels that are too high or too low can be dangerous. It is recommended to have a physical examination 3-6 months later to ask the pet doctor to reassess the dog's condition.
Horror hypoglycemia is also a risk factor in the process of diabetes control. Excessive insulin doses and maintaining the same dose despite weight loss or reduced appetite are common causes of hypoglycemia.
It is best to keep some honey or glucose at home. If there is excessive insulin or insufficient food intake, it is necessary to rescue it in time. Otherwise, hypoglycemia, which is ten times more dangerous than diabetes, will have a fatal effect on dogs.
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Diabetes is not a disaster
Diabetes does not have to empty their wealth for treatment as imagined. Modern medicine has been able to control diabetes in dogs well. Compared with the smallest treatment costs of canine distemper, dogs' diabetes is not a disaster, and daily care is the most important thing.
Daily care may seem cumbersome at first, but once the habit becomes daily.
Nowadays, pet medical care is becoming more and more developed, and the cure rate of this type of disease is also greater. So please do not abandon dogs with sick dogs. In the world of dogs, you are the only one.
