Wouldn't you much rather keep your cat as healthy as possible just by feeding it a certain diet, as opposed to paying for
more frequent veterinary visits and medications to your vet?
In dogs, this is a disease that can be costly to treat and requires twice - a-day insulin along
with frequent veterinary visits for the rest of your dog's life.
Cervical Intervertebral Disc Disease often requires long - term treatment and
frequent veterinary visits to manage pain.
Also, the fact that the more well to do owners of short nosed dogs are already more accustomed to
frequent veterinary visits and the greater sophistication of veterinarians in large cities could also have skewed the findings.
They may have special needs that require extra attention and possibly more
frequent veterinary visits.
Thankfully, with aggressive supportive care, many patients with DKA do well as long as pet parents are prepared for the long - term commitment (including twice - a-day insulin,
frequent veterinary visits to monitor the blood sugar, and the ongoing costs of insulin, syringes, etc.).