Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
Can anyone tell me what the treatment for diabetes entails please? :wave:
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Treatment for diabetes
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Diabetes Mellitus or Insipidus ?
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Well Jake supposedly had DI which came on when he was about 10 months of age. He was treated with a Desmopressin
http://www.patient.co.uk/medicine/Desmopressin.htm
However, I am now less convinced that he did actually have DI. His symptoms spontaneously resolved and I was told that with DI this can happen............:?
I have no first hand experience of DM in Rabbits.
AFAIK it cannot be diagnosed by just one Blood Test.
Also insulin plays a less important role in herbivores than it does in carnivores so from what I have read if DM is actually diagnosed in a Rabbit it is usually managed with dietary modification.
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/GI_diseases/Metabolic_diseases/diabetes.PDF
http://www.patient.co.uk/medicine/Desmopressin.htm
However, I am now less convinced that he did actually have DI. His symptoms spontaneously resolved and I was told that with DI this can happen............:?
I have no first hand experience of DM in Rabbits.
AFAIK it cannot be diagnosed by just one Blood Test.
Also insulin plays a less important role in herbivores than it does in carnivores so from what I have read if DM is actually diagnosed in a Rabbit it is usually managed with dietary modification.
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/GI_diseases/Metabolic_diseases/diabetes.PDF
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
Thanks :wave:
Seems that a normal diet is all that is needed :? Plus Freddy is loosing weight not obese, yet he has all the symptoms. His urine glucose was normal and his blood glucose raised but this is more likely due to stress as he had never had a vet visit before only home visits. But with nothing else to go on the vets couldn't rule diabetes out :?
I just thought if the treatment wasn't to invasive then we would give it a try but he has been on the diet suggested all his life :?
Back to the drawing board :roll:
Last night Freddy drank a whole bowl of water between 7pm and 10pm :shock:
Seems that a normal diet is all that is needed :? Plus Freddy is loosing weight not obese, yet he has all the symptoms. His urine glucose was normal and his blood glucose raised but this is more likely due to stress as he had never had a vet visit before only home visits. But with nothing else to go on the vets couldn't rule diabetes out :?
I just thought if the treatment wasn't to invasive then we would give it a try but he has been on the diet suggested all his life :?
Back to the drawing board :roll:
Last night Freddy drank a whole bowl of water between 7pm and 10pm :shock:
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
What were his LFTs like in the blood test ?
The symptoms you describe and the raised glucose could indicate a Liver problem
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
I don't have a break down of the individual results but she said everything came back normal. They were sent to the lab rather than in house so we could get a more detailed look at any problems but nothing showed up :?
If the vet suggests sending off for fructosamine results, make sure the lab has a normal range to compare it to. Our vets asked the IDEXX lab if they could run the test, and they said they could, only problem was they couldn't tell us what the results meant :evil:, Marie Kubiak said she had often heard of this problem.
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
At the moment because of how severely disabled Freddy has become we have decided not to do any more tests for now but it doesn't stop me worrying myself sick about him 
Thanks for letting me know :wave:
Thanks for letting me know :wave:
