I live in Arazona, US, now it is too cold for me but Basenji feels good enough to bear such cold, so this is fine to Basenji below normal temperature.
Diabetic basenji - advice?
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just got my boy tested and vet says he is diabetic - thought it was fanconi but his blood sugar is 400 and should be under 120 - any one out there with a diabetic basenji that can offer up some advice?
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just got my boy tested and vet says he is diabetic - thought it was fanconi but his blood sugar is 400 and should be under 120 - any one out there with a diabetic basenji that can offer up some advice?
I am on a few other lists and will see if I can track down anyone that has a Basenji that is diabetic and let you know in a private message what I find.
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I am also told by someone that had diabetic Basenjis that Dr. Gonto should be consulted before treatment.
Also I put out an email to someone that had and treated a diabetic Basenji for years. I am waiting to her back from her. -
I don't have any advice on basenjis with diabetes, but my family owned a mini pin mix that had it. We got him on a good diet to help with it, but he would need insulin twice a day. We had a human glucometer, and would use the inside of his lip to check his bloodsugar twice a day.
Your vet should be able to get you set up with it and tell you how to manage it. -
i would appreciate anything you can find - is Dr Gonto a vet - my doc looked at the protocol and didn't see it - but any advice you have i would love - my email address is the same as my name tewwi22@aol.com
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i would appreciate anything you can find - is Dr Gonto a vet - my doc looked at the protocol and didn't see it - but any advice you have i would love - my email address is the same as my name tewwi22@aol.com
Didn't see what? It says at the top Fanconi Diesese Management Protocol for Veterinarians and under that heading, Steve Gonto, M.M.SC., PH.D. and no he is not a vet but the person that saved so very many Basenji lives with "his" development of the protocol. And has been published in Veterinarian publications. I am guessing that your Vet was not/is not familar with Fanconi Protocol?
Anyway I am sending you a private message that has the name and email of a Vet Tech here on the West Coast that manages many diabetic dogs (not Basenjis) but she is a Basenji owner/breeder/person… -
where do you get the private posts?
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foound it - thanks
