Need Input from anyone that has a cat with diabetes

My oldest cat was diagnosed with feline diabetes last December at age 12. He has undergone the day at the vet glucose curve testing three times and he is currently on Vetsulin (two injections a day--one after breakfast and one after dinner). My vet tried "people" insulin now thought to be the most effective, but he did not respond. As far as testing, I was instructed to use the Keto-Diastix strips to test his glucose and keytone levels. Keytone's was always negative, glucose always high. I gave up testing. I watch his behavior, his urination and his water drinking and am careful with his diet--steer clear from grains with which most dry cat food is loaded--and hope for the best. Right now he is looking good and once in a while is even frisky. Best of luck.

blood sugar machines are more accraute and maybe you should take your cat to the vet first. I should now I am a diebetic so are my sister, my two brothers, my grandpa and my dad use to be and my mom knows more about it than anyone. She is not diebetic but she has four diabetic children and a diebetic father as well as a diabetic ex-husband who didnt take care of himself so she had to take care of him.

I had a cat that was diabetic for ten years w/twice daily insulin shots ( he was about five years old when diagnosed). I never used any type of monitoring myself (blood glucose or the urine tests). Litter crystals wouldn't have worked anyway since I had 3 other cats and they all shared the boxes. I would periodically take Hobo to the vet for a day to have them do a glucose curve. My vet didn't recommend that I do any home testing. I just learned to watch his behavior and if he started having more of an appetite, weight gain/loss, more frequent episodes of hypoglycemia or urinating more I would take him in to see if his insulin needed to be adjusted. One important thing to know is the signs of hypoglycemia since it is a medical emergency and have some type of glucose product on hand. I had a tube of something from the vet (I can't remember what it is called) that I could rub on his gums to bring him out of a crash. Good luck.