Diabetes mellitus can present more of a challenge in cats due to difficulties handling, investigating and handling the patient, but with the right approach it is possible to return a cat to normal blood glucose levels.

In this edition of the Vet Times Podcast, we hear from Kit Sturgess about managing this condition.

He has written the article “Diabetes mellitus in cats – a case-based approach”, which was in Vet Times (Volume 52, Issue 47, Pages 6-9). It is online at vettimes.co.uk (https://www.vettimes.co.uk/article/diabetes-mellitus-in-cats-a-case-based-approach/)
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Kit graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1986, then spent six years in general veterinary practice. He has further professional qualifications in imaging, cardiology and internal medicine, as well as a PhD awarded for looking at the effects of FIV on mucosal immune function.

Kit is a fellow of the RCVS, a specialist in small animal internal medicine and an advanced practitioner in veterinary cardiology. He has been seeing referral small animal medicine cases for the past 25 years, both at university-based and private specialist practices.

Kit’s love of teaching and learning led him to develop a new, more flexible, role combining lecturing, writing and clinic time. The majority of his clinical time is spent providing an internal medicine service at Optivet Referrals in Havant, Hampshire.

He maintains a keen interest in many areas of internal medicine and has authored numerous articles and two textbooks, and presented lectures and research abstracts at conferences worldwide.

In July, he was announced by Cats Protection as its new chair of trustees, who will lead the board of volunteer trustees responsible for values, strategy and overall performance at the UK’s leading cat charity.