November is National Pet Diabetes Awareness Month- from Pet Cancer Awareness

 

November is Pet Diabetes Awareness month: It was designated to help create more awareness of this disease that can significantly impact the health of companion animals.

If you didn’t know your dog or cat could develop diabetes, you’re not alone. Many owners don’t realize diabetes can affect pets too, so learning that your dog or cat has the condition can leave you with many questions.

Diabetes is a relatively common disease in which the body doesn’t use glucose properly. If left untreated, diabetes is life-threatening. It is manageable and if detected early enough, pets with diabetes can live a normal life when treated and medicated properly. In some cases with cats, diabetes can actually be reversed.

Signs and symptoms of diabetes that owners should be aware of include the following:
•    Increase in water consumption
•    Increase in urination
•    Increase in appetite
•    Weight loss
•    Cataracts may be present if diabetes has been existent for a longer period of time

Your veterinarian is an essential partner in your pet’s diabetes care. Only your veterinarian can diagnose diabetes and provide appropriate preventive and management programs.

Treatment

Even if your animal develops diabetes, if you work with your veterinarian and follow his or her recommendations closely, your animal can have a good quality of life. Diet will be the first thing your veterinarian will consider, especially if your pet is a cat. Besides diet, there have been improvements in the types of insulin and the types of monitoring tests available to your veterinarian.

Prevention

Although obesity is clearly linked to the development of diabetes, not every pet who develops diabetes is fat and not every obese pet will develop diabetes. Nonetheless, diabetes is almost always a preventable disease if your pet maintains a normal weight.

Featured dog- Missy

Owner moved and did not take dog with her. Missy has Pannus which is an eye disease and she is about half blind. She needs eye drops twice a day to help control the disease. She is a nice girl but needs to have a exercise and diet routine to help her with weight  issues. She loves to play with toys and will fetch them. NO OTHER DOGS PLEASE.

Featured cat- Missy

Beautiful torbie cat. She is round like a butterball. She is declawed. Missy loves to be petted and will follow you around for attention. She is getting along with the cats in the cat room  but would rather be with people.

Dogs

Missy-German Shepard. Eye condition requiring drops twice a day. NO OTHER DOGS

 

Cats

Paris –  Orange/White Tabby

Katy –  (Sissy’s Mom) black/wh medium hair

Sissy –   Calico

Laverne –  Calico

Shirley –  Tortoiseshell

Nessie – all white Taz’s mom 

Taz – all white

Cher –  gray/black MH

Missy – Calico

 

The animals submitted to the media may have changed so please visit our Petfinder website for a current listing and more detailed information on the animals. www.mesquiteanimalshelter.petfinder.com

 

All animals will be spayed or neutered prior to leaving shelter and receive 1 year rabies vaccination and city license. Ages are approximate.

 

The City of Mesquite Animal Shelter located at 795 Hardy Way is open for adoptions from 8:00 am until 4 pm Monday through Friday (excluding holidays), Saturday 11am-1pm , Sunday 1pm -3pm. Please call – Animal Control may be reached by phone or voicemail at 702-346-5268 

Please also check our Facebook pages for lost and found animals along with pet information. https://www.facebook.com/MesquiteNVAnimalControl  and https://www.facebook.com/FRIENDSOFMESQUITENVANIMALSHELTER