doggy diabetes

[k@tie]

How can you tell if a dog has diabetes? Would the symptoms be similar to that of a human ( increased thirst, increased urination and tiredness etc) ?

[GypsyGSD]

A friends dog had diabetes, one of the main signs was thirst, she had to do urine collections from her and was taught to give her daily injections which were no problem she was also given a special diet to follow the dog lived to a very good age,so my advice is see a vet

[lankeela]

Excessive eating

Excessive drinking

Excessive urination

Weight loss
*Note, in the dog, sugars can enter the lens of the eye causing rapid cataract formation. Because the lens of the cat is different, this phenomenon occurs only in dogs.

*Another common symptom of diabetes mellitus is urinary tract infection. All the sugar in the urine makes the bladder an excellent incubator for bacteria. Antibiotics are necessary to clear up such an infection when it occurs and some monitoring may be needed to help detect these infections.

[newfoundland]

sounds very much like kidney infection see vet

[mandie73]

my dog was diabetic. signs were constant weeing including accidants in house and excessive drinking. take it to vets thay will do a urine test,good luck.

[happy_face]

excessive drinking and urination can also be caused by urine crystals, which is curable compared to diabetes so collect that urine sample and get it checked out

[k@tie]

thank you all for your advice . i have made an appointment x