Just catching up on all this. I am sorry about Cocoa being dignosed with diabetes, it is a lot to cope with and to learn all at once.

Just wondering if you are testing blood glucose at home with a glucometer?

There IS an on line pet diabetes forum, I've seen it mentioned here on Pet Talk as well as on other forums. You may find some good info from folks there? Here is the link, in case you are interested:

http://www.petdiabetes.net/


Here is the chat room on the above site: http://www.petdiabetes.net/chatroom/chatroom.html


From your posts, it sounds like the OM made things worse and by taking Cocoa off that, you may see a rapid improvement. I pray that happens!

I laughed when I read Sonia's post about 'hunting.' I bought one of those balls for my Sparkle when she was overweight. It took her less than half an hour to figure out that she could hold the ball poised with one paw, be LYING DOWN, and just rotate that paw to get the kibble to drop out in front of her! They really CAN be amazingly smart; when you don't WANT them to be!!!

I have a cat on a prescription diet, cats on managed intake, and cats who can eat what they want. I use 3 bedrooms, a bathroom and a hallway at cat feeding times. Doors get closed. After a few days, the cats learned where their feeding station was and made a point of going to it. (Alright, have to admit one pudgy kitty kept insisting on entering with the free feeders then I had to pick him up and carry him to HIS room.)

I feed 3 times per day: when I get up in the morning about 7 AM, at 4 PM and just before I go to bed, usually about 10 PM. The cats on restricted diets have a set amount they can eat in a 24 hour period, and that just put out in small installments.

I hope you can find a method which works for you, Cocoa and the other household members!