Muffin Pet Diabetes Support Group

Beat the Heat Treats

Suggestions from: Bamandpeb@aol.com

Maybe our cats are strange, but these are their favorite "beat the heat
treats".

Morris (dc) loves pineapple. Whenever I cook a Hawaiian Pizza he comes in
the kitchen begging for pineapple. (Since he has been diagnosed as being
diabetic, we don't let him have very much pineapple.)

Sherlock likes grapes. Two years ago when I was home recovering from
surgery my coworkers sent me a fruit basket. Sherlock kept stealing the
grape bunches and would run off with them.

BamBam loves ice cubes. He will put his head down and lick ice cubes in a
glass of water etc. Also, he dips his paws in the beverage and licks his
paws off. So far he likes water, peach flavored ice tea and rootbeer pop.

Slyvester (our cat that died 31/2 years ago) really liked honeydew melons.
He would lick the juice off the inside of the rind.

Scooter (our cat that died 3 months after Slyvester) liked corn on the cob.
He would steal the corn right off your plate and run off with it between
his legs.

From: "Laurie Lanfer" <ldlanfer@total.net>
Subject: [MuffinDiabetes] Treats for cats
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 99 17:36:13 PST

Great news for Pussycat owners !!

Medi-Cal has just introduced a treat that is safe for diabetic cats!! And Roy-Boy really likes them!! (He sticks his paw in the bag and pulls them out one at a time!)

They are called "Medi-Treats", and have only 1.6 calories per kibble. In addition, they are supposed to control tartar and prevent hair balls.

Guaranteed analysis:

Moisture max. 10%
Protein min. 23%
Lipid min. 6%
Ash max. 9.5%
Fibre max. 2.5%
Calcium min. 0.8%
Phosphorus min. 0.7%
Magnesium max. 0.1%

Our regular vet gave them to us as a present..., and I verified with Roy-Boy's specialist and vet-tech (who orders all the food for the hospital) who said that they were perfectly okay for diabetics (as a treat) as they were not high in calories.

Laurie and Roy-Boy
Montreal, Canada