So my cat (yes this is the SAME cat) was recovering from the pit bull attack when he developed diabetes. I am thinking about my options and hoping to get some insight from you folks.
I wasn't sure whether to post here or in the pets forum, but my concerns are mostly boondocking-oriented, and probably apply to humans with diabetes too, so here goes.
He is a special cat. One of those pet-human bonds that go very deep.
He also has other health problems -- pemphigus, and a partial cleft palate. He is 10. I love him a lot.
I have health problems of my own. I had planned a 'trip of a lifetime' for this fall and winter, and it may be my last chance. Or not, but maybe.
I was planning to spend 2-3 months in remote areas, a mixture of boondocking and established campgrounds, and then the winter in a place I have not been before. And in the spring, more months on the road -- maybe even all winter too if I feel like it.
I've been reading a lot online about feline diabetes. It's pretty high maintenance. I don't think I have anyone I can leave him with who could give as good of care as I could on the road.
I can't stay at my S&B over the winter because of my own health issues.
I am worried about veterinary emergencies on the road, and about stuff like keeping insulin cool and unshaken.
I am not sure how well I will be able to handle the added workload of caring for him while camping. I will have to scale back, not sure how much. My schedule is flexible and so is my mindset.
On the plus side, he has adapted well to being indoor only, and not seeing much of the other cats, these past 6 weeks. A big change from his former mostly- outdoor life in a neighborhood FULL of cats. So this makes me think he might do ok living in the van with me.
I sometimes put him on a leash and open the door, to get some fresh air in the house and so he can go out if he wants. Today for the first time he went a couple steps out the door, then came back in. He does not get upset about the leash, although I think he feels LESS safe with it on, for obvious reasons.
So, can you folks tell me anything? Any boondockers here with diabetes? Or with pets who have it? Honestly, I don't even know what my questions are, but I feel like anything you can share would be useful.
3/4 timing in a DIY van conversion. Backroads, mountains, boondocking, sometimes big cities for a change of pace.
