My beloved Cat Esther who I had to put down last year because of her diabetes, we couldn't keep her in range and there were other health issues, she was 16 and the vet was like honestly if she were my cat, I would let her go, so we did even though it broke my heart.

But she had diabetes treated for 2.5 years. We struggled to keep her numbers in range and she had to be hospitalized a few times for a few days at a time where they could monitor her every hour. We used to free feed her and then had to go to structured eating times which she did not like. She flat out refused to eat the diabetic wet food no matter what I tried, so we stuck to the prescription dry food and also did unsalted chicken broth for her which she loved.

We gave her another good 2 years of life before she went really downhill and doing the insulin shots and stuff twice a day just became normal to us. I have two other cats and I hope they never get diabetes but if they do I know what we are getting into.

Best of luck to you and your furbaby.