[nharrison]

hi, first time poster. i have a 5 y/o female, spayed rottie, tina. tina was just diagnosed a month ago. she had surgery in oct. 2007 so i figure between then and now she developed the diabetes (because they did a blood panel for surtgery and she was fine) the only symptoms she had were all of a sudden excessive drinking of water and excessive peeing. that was only for 1-week. i changed her diet immediately to variety raw chicken patties and cut out the treats and the peeing and drinking stopped. she never vomited or had diarrhea. i also give her 2 slices of eziekeil4.9 low glycemic bread
4gr protein/.5 gr fat/ 3gr fiber, and she seems to be doing just fine. she has also lost over 10lbs (she was way overweight at 128lbs) and we walk 3x/day.

but vet says she needs to be on insulin, blood curve was between 288-389 over a five hour glucose testing period.
she started off on .3 units 2x/day. then when i kept getting negative keto-diastix urine readings vet said to go to .2 units 1x/day. then the keytones went to "trace" and now she's back to .3 humulin-n 2x/day. her sugar and ketones have been negative for the past 5 days. vet wants to put her on a Rx diet. i want to keep her on raw and high grade, low fat kibble. i am looking at innova 18% protein/8% fat/5% fiber, wellness 33%prt./10%fat/8.5% fiber.

so i really would like some suggestions for food,.i DO NOT want to go with the vet's commercial Rx foods.

also, i use 25 5/8 bd needles. it still freaks me out to inject her, but, ofcourse i do it. any suggestions for smaller needles or are these just fine and i will just have to get used to it?

thanks and my tina thanks you too!