Overfed pets, especially cats, are developing Type 2 diabetes, an Australian researcher, Dr Jacqui Rand says. And the major cause, much as with humans, apart from a genetic tendency, is too much of the wrong food and too little exercise.

Professor Rand researches animal diabetes, causes and treatments at the University of Queensland’s Centre for Companion Animal Health.

In cats already diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, Dr Rand says the use of long-acting insulin twice daily, close home monitoring of blood glucose concentrations and feeding a low carbohydrate diet could lead to remission.

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