Diabeties incipidus in dog

sarahking_2

Hi, I have a dog who was diagnosed with diabeties incipidus. Aparently a very rare form (water diabeties) The medication is really expensive to treat him with (£110 per month!) after all the initial tests for organ failure.... :eek: and we pay for it ourselves due to him being an older pedigree dog 8+ insurance is not really an option... luckily after a bit of digging i found a much cheaper alternative from the chemist (not the vets) which costs less than half that price. My vet is great and writes a perscription to collect from chemist..

Just wondering if anyone else has had any experience of this diabeties in dogs and what the best treatment they found was...

I know he will be on medication for the rest of his life but we wouldnt change him for the world.... he was a rescue

Waterfalls

the only dealings i have seen of this was a collie, he was around 8 months old when it started. and is about a year old now. he was prescribed DDAVP drops, but devloped a fear of these ( poor fella) and is now on the tablets, which are much more expensive.he is doing great on them and luckily, the owners have him insured.

buddys_mum

My Buddy has diabetes mellitus, he is currently not doing great though.

sarahking_2

Our boy had the drops but had to change to the tablets as he ended up not letting us near him to give the drops... he knows when its tablet time and reminds me lol