Hi @Mustang67 @Ru-bee and all cat lovers here. I’m so glad to find a space dedicated to all things cats!

@Mustang67 Your cat is gorgeous! I love her colours!

I have a calico tortoiseshell called Mitz who is 7 and I’ve had her since she was a 3 month old kitten which I rescued from the local RSPCA. For the past 12 days, she’s been a very expensive cat as she’s just been diagnosed with diabetes along with pancreatitis and DKA (she got diagnosed with that nearly 2 weeks ago when we took her to the vet as we noticed she wasn’t looking well - she had DKA and had to have emergency treatment that night before being diagnosed with diabetes and pancreatitis a day later.). For all of last week, she was at the vets in a daily basis and is now back to once a week with blood tests happening to check her blood levels, including her blood sugar levels as part of her diabetes treatment. We’ve had to purchase specialist diabetes food for her and give her twice daily insulin and antibiotics which she hasn’t been enjoying but is making a great recovery- she’s now back to her usual sassy self with her trying to hide when we have to give her her insulin! The vet who we see loves her and her little attitude which is good as he’s good at treating her and takes into consideration the financial situation I’m in when treating her. The vet service has been really good in treating her and has given me a discount in regards to some treatments and even donated some diabetic food to us when we couldn’t afford it (I’ve now gotten paid and have been able to purchase the diabetic food from a discount pet food supplier thanks to discount codes found on the internet). My housemate is also diabetic so has been able to help me learn how to deal with a diabetic cat in regards to administrating the insulin and the correct doses for Mitz. Mitz is getting better and I’m hoping this shows in her blood results on Monday afternoon when she goes to the vet again. Oh, and as a side note, as Mitz is orange, black and white, and I love the AFL, her AFL team is the GWS Giants due to her colours! 

I look forward to hearing more about your cat stories!

Take care!

Judi9877☺️😻