Expert: Tina - 11/9/2007

Question
My cat has been a diabetic for about 2 yrs. Every since then he's been peeing outside of his litter box. Its never really in the same spot. Any advice would be very helpful. Thank You.

Answer
HI Joyce,

You haven't mentioned how you manage your cat's diabetes. Is he on daily insulin? The tight regulation protocol is the best approach to help your cat with diabetes:

http://www.yourdiabeticcat.com

As for the urination outside the box, please read the following article for lots of suggestions:

http://catnet.stanford.edu/articles/infosheet_litterbox.pdf

Finally, as a diabetic, your cat will be healthiest eating a high protein canned food or raw meat diet, which will also acidify the urine and help prevent and cure any existing urinary tract problems. For more information about why you should not be feeding dry food - especially to a diabetic cat - please read the following websites:

http://www.catnutrition.org/diabetes.php

http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.php?action=library&act=show&item=whycatsneedca...

http://www.catinfo.org